Retract and apologize for lying about the president – Ablakwa told

Lawyer for president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman has responded to claims by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that the office of the president has not provided parliament with its annual report for 2023.

According to him, the president provided the annual report by March 28 so claims by the North Tongu Member of Parliament are lies.

To him, if Okudzeto Ablakwa had been thorough enough in his search, he would have got the information that the office of the president had provided parliament with their annual report.

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What is totally reprehensible is that you continue to perpetrate this very same lie every year and, when exposed, fail to apologise to the President and the Ghanaian people. How can you demand an annual report that has already been submitted by the President? It is simply inconceivable!

What kind of formal search did you conduct? However, given your tenure in the House, you are expected to be well informed of the procedure whereby the President directly communicates with the Speaker of Parliament, submitting the annual report as stipulated by Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) through the Speaker.

On 25th March 2024, the President dutifully sent a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, enclosing the annual report on the staffing position of the Office of the President for the year ending 31st December 2023. This letter and its attachment were officially received in the Speaker’s Office on 28th March 2024, with an acknowledgement of receipt by Saaka Klahidu.

If a thorough and formal investigation had been conducted, as you claim, this information would undoubtedly have been uncovered.

Perpetrating such baseless falsehoods by individuals holding esteemed positions significantly undermines the governance process. I respectfully urge the retraction of your statement and insist on an immediate, unequivocal apology to the President and the Ghanaian populace for propagating this deliberate disinformation.

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It is totally reprehensible that virtually every year I need to remind President Akufo-Addo to comply with the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) which mandates every President under Section 11 to submit an Annual Report to Parliament within three months after the end of each financial year.

It is only through the submission of this report that Parliament would know the current numbers of presidential staffers employed at the presidency, their ranks and others attached to that office as at close of the previous year.

A formal search in Parliament conducted today the 8th of April, 2024 indicates that President Akufo-Addo has still not complied with Act 463 when legally, he should have submitted the 2023 Annual Report by end of March.

The continuous breach of the Presidential Office Act by the President impedes the conduct of our parliamentary oversight and our lawful mandate in pursuing financial accountability.

This cannot be a proud legacy for President Akufo-Addo — Ghana deserves better.

We demand the Annual Report NOW!

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