General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has asked that investigations be carried into an alleged GHc120,000 cash deposited into a Fidelity account of the Minister of Gender, Women, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo by Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon Kennedy Agyapong.
The NDC capo believes Ghanaians need to know the source of the money and why such an amount was given to the beleaguered Minister, and if the money was a salary or bribe.
Hon Kennedy Agyapong, on Tuesday revealed that Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare gave him an amount of GH¢120,000 to be deposited into the Dome-Kwabenya MP's bank account for her to attend to Parliament duties to work for the government.
What seemed to have got the MP so worked up is the fact that even after paying the amount, Adwoa Safo has still not appeared in Parliament to support the party passing the e-levy.
“The Chief of Staff called me and I went, I swear [on] my mother’s grave, Chief of Staff gave me ¢120,000 and deposited into Adwoa Safo’s Fidelity Bank account.
“I took the money there into the Fidelity Account, ask her personal assistant if what I am saying is not the truth,” a furious Kennedy Agyapong said on Asaase Radio.
Commenting on the issue in an interview on Okay Fm's Ade Akye Abia programme, Mr Asiedu Nketia quizzed how the Chief of Staff could swagger around with such a whopping amount of money and spend on such frivolous ventures. He also wondered if the money was in dollars or euros or other form of currency.
"GHc120,000 is a lot of money, even if it is in the old currency, that is quite a huge amount of money. So does the Chief of Staff carry such a huge amount of money on her every day? These are legitimate questions we need answers to. We also need to know whether the Chief of Staff owed the MP money and she was paying back.
"More so, how did she receive the money, was it a bank transfer? If it was a bank transfer, we should know how it was done because the banks are required by law to enquire when you are making huge deposits to find out the source of the money unless it is money laundering," he added.
General Mosquito, as the NDC General Secretary is affectionately called, described as worrying the decision to pay such huge amount of money to an elected MP before she agrees to come to the House to perform her duties.
“What kind of corruption is this? This is why I say we should probe this because we want to know whether it was a loan or it was a bribe. If the government that is preaching a cashless system pays money in cash then it’s worrying.
"there are laws in this country and this is the time these laws needs to be triggered to find out if indeed what Hon. kennedy Agyapong is true. and if he is lying too, i believe the Inspector General of Police should invite him because he wouldn't be different from the likes of Boamah Bennieh and bobie Ansah," he added.
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Background
The Dome Kwabenya MP has been absent from her parliamentary duties as a Member of Parliament for several days now, an action some New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the House consider as sabotaging the government.
For instance, the Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Micheal Okyere Baafi, said she is making the work of the government in Parliament difficult.
“All the problems government is facing are attributable to Adwoa Safo. Clearly, her intention and posture show that she wants to sabotage NPP,” he told Kumasi-based Hello FM in a recent interview.
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At this time round the man is saying something sensible and I agree with him đź’Ż%. Ghanaians deserves to know what the money was meant for and whether it was personal money or from state coffers.
Double salary NDC th!eves making noise in our ears. I remember bus branding, Kanazoe ford, double salary and many many more crimes committed by you guys. NDC Shuttt the ***barred word*** up!
ASIEDU NKETIA HAS HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN IN CANADA, HAVE HOUSE HERE, PAY CANADIAN TAXES YET OPPOSE E-LEVY THAT WAS IN NDC MANIFESTO #99 HOW LYERS CAN THE NDC CONTINUE TO LIE TO GHANAIANS WITH THEIR THIE JOHN MAHAMA. HOW LONG DOES THEY TAKE GHANAIANS AS ***barred word*** 2024 ELECTIONS WILL TELL. LET KEEP LYING TO GHANAIANS. NDC IS A SCAM REMEMBER SENCHIE ENDED UP WITH IMF. WHEN DID NDC BECAME MANAGERS OF THE ECONOMY IF THE GAVE GHANA AND GHANAIANS TO IMF TO MANAGE IT. SIGNED TAKE OR PAY POWER SECTOR AGREEMENTS, DOUBLE SALARY TAKERS, BUS BRANDING LOOTERS, WAYOMY LOOTERS, SOLD OLD 120 RAIL CARS FOR SCRAP WHICH COULD BEEN REPAIRE BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR $50,000 DOLLARS. BRANDNEW OF THESE RAIL CARS COST 500,000 DOLLARS WHICH NPP CURRENTLY HAS FIXED 10 RAIL CARS BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR 50,000 DOLLARS SUCH A DISPICABLE ART OF LOOT AND WASTE BY NDC ***barred word*** LOOSERS ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in 1987 obtained a first class degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, the only independent university with a Royal Charter. WHEN DID NDC BECAME MANAGERS OF THE ECONOMY IF THE GAVE GHANA AND GHANAIANS TO IMF TO MANAGE IT. SIGNED TAKE OR PAY POWER SECTOR AGREEMENTS, DOUBLE SALARY TAKERS, BUS BRANDING LOOTERS, WAYOMY LOOTERS, SOLD OLD 120 RAIL CARS FOR SCRAP WHICH COULD BEEN REPAIRE BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR $50,000 DOLLARS. BRANDNEW OF THESE RAIL CARS COST 500,000 DOLLARS WHICH NPP CURRENTLY HAS FIXED 10 RAIL CARS BY SWAME MAGAZANE FOR 50,000 DOLLARS SUCH A DISPICABLE ART OF LOOT AND WASTE BY NDC ***barred word*** LOOSERS ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT. The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in 1987 obtained a first class degree in economics from the University of Buckingham, the only independent university with a Royal Charter. In Ontario, Canada. There's a provincial tax called (Hamonous) and it's 13% that is added to everything you buy from the shop. Suppose you see a pair of shoes that is priced at $100, you'd pay additional 13% on it so you'd end up paying for $113 at the cashier. Ghanaians complain too much but expect so much... Even if you go to the bank and exchange money from Canadian dollars to the US dollars, you'd be taxed 7% SO 1.75% IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN AND TELL GHANAIANS NOT TO THINk OF COMING TO NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE TAXES IS WHAT MAKE THIS COUNTRY WORKED USA AND CANADA government DO NOT BORROW TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CITIZENS
THE BANKING SECTOR WAS SAID TO BE EXPERIENCING LIQUDITY CHALLENGE OF OF 8 BILLION CEDIS.CLANDESTINELY, COMPETENT GOVT AND MANAGERS USED 20 BILLION CEDIS PURPORTEDLY TO SOLVED 8 BILLION CHALLENGE. GHANAIANS ARE NOW BEEN ASKED TO PAY FOR 6.9 BILLION TAX FROM MOMO TAX. SHOULD THIS E LEVY BILL GO THROUGH, TRUST ME GHANAIANS ARE SMARTER AND INTELLIGENT THAN THOSE WHO PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE COMPETENT. REST ASSURED, GHANAIANS WILL AVOID THIS OBNOXIOUS TAX VERY SIMPLE. UNDER THE PROPOSED ARTICLE/BOOK "THE PRINCIPLES OF AVOIDING THE E LEVY/MOMO" HOW TO AVOID PAYING E LEVY/ AVOIDING E LEVY METHODOLOGY. CURRENTLY IF YOU ARE SENDING GH 7000 FROM ACCRA TO YOUR BROTHER IN CAPE COAST FOR A PROJECT/BUSINESS /BUYING MEDICINE , UNDER THE EXISTING PROTOCOL, YOU WILL PAY GH10 EXTRA FOR THE TRANSFER AND ANOTHER TOP UP OF GH 10 FOR YOUR BROTHER COST OF HIS CASH OUT FROM HIS WALLET, IN ALL ADDITIONAL GH20 FOR TRANSACTION COST ON TRANSFERING GH7000. IF THE E LEVY IS PASSED, I WILL BE OBLIGED TO PAY ADDITIONAL 1.5% OF GH7000 WHICH SUMMED UP TO GH105 AS A MOMO TAX. MY TRANSACTIONAL COST WILL JUMPED FROM GH20 TO GH125. IN PERCENTAGE TERMS(125-20)/20 *100 = 525% JUMPED OR INCREMENT IN TRANSACTIONAL COST. THIS 525% INCREMENTAL COST CAN PAY FOR MY ENTIRE YEAR NORMAL CHARGES IF I WERE TO SEND THE SAME AMOUMT EVERY QUARTER IE GH20 *4= GH80 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN TAX AVOIDANCE AND TAX EVASION.THE LAW FROWNS ON THE LATTER. TO AVOID PAYING THE E LEVY, FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS. 1. JUST DEPOSIT THE MONEY ON YOUR WALLET WHICH IS FREE OR TRANSFER FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO YOUR WALLET 2.LET THE RECEPIENT/RECEIVER GO TO A KNOWN VENDOR WHILES YOU ARE ON CALL/VIDEO EG IN CAPE 3. SEND YOUR ID NO TO THE RECIPIENT 4. COMMUNICATE THE EXACT AMOUNT TO SEND 5. YOUR RECIPIENT WILL GIVE YOUR CELL NO TO THE MERCHANT FOR THE ALLOW CASH TO COMMENCE IN CAPE 6. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE SENDER IN ACCRA WILL INITIATE CASH OUT PROCESSES 7. THE PROMPT WILL COME TO THE SENDER IN ACCRA TO CONFIRM AND APPROVE. IN ALL, THE INITIAL COST OF TELCO CHARGES WILL BE HALFED FROM GH20 TO GH10(ONLY WITHRAWAL COST WILL BE INCURRED). SMARTLY, MOMO TAX OF GH105 WILL BECOME ZERO COST IN THE EQUATION. YOU THEN SIMPLY AVOID THE MOMO TAX, THE AGENT WILL GET HIS/HER TRANSACTION FEES. TO MAINTAIN GOOD BUSINESS WITH THE VENDOR, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO DASH/REWARD THE VENDOR WITH GH10 TIPS.