The Minority in Parliament has denied allegations that it paid or attempted to coach some Ghanaian evacuees from South Africa to speak against the government over the handling of their repatriation and related allowances.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, October 27, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, said the Minority had not paid or persuaded any of the evacuees to make allegations against the government.
Mr Jinapor rejected the allegation, insisting that the Minority had not influenced any of the evacuees to speak publicly on the matter.
He explained that some of the evacuees had decided to speak out after learning of discrepancies between the allowances they were allegedly entitled to receive and the amounts they actually received.
Mr Jinapor said the concerns remained unresolved despite explanations from the Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and renewed the Minority’s call for an independent audit of the exercise.
