{"id":13628,"date":"2018-12-19T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T09:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2018-12-19T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T09:37:07","slug":"ayorkor-botchwey-summoned-by-foreign-affairs-cttee-over-norway-chancery-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13628","title":{"rendered":"Ayorkor Botchwey summoned by Foreign Affairs C\u2019ttee over Norway Chancery deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been invited to appear before Parliament\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee to address concerns over the acquisition of some properties to serve ad a Chancery and Ambassador\u2019s Residence for Ghana\u2019s mission in Norway.<\/p>\n

The Committee stated that while the Ministry had provided the documents it requested on renovations to be undertaken on some of its missions, certain concerns with the information provided for the country\u2019s Norwegian mission necessitated the presence of the Minister before the Committee.<\/p>\n

The Minister was also asked to provide documents on the valuation and location of the said properties as well as a contract for their purchase.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Committee has raised some concerns relating to the acquisition of properties amounting to $16.5 million for the Mission in Oslo. To enable members appreciate\u00a0the nature and form of these purchases, it would be appreciated if the Ministry could furnish the Committee with the following documents relating to the proposed property for the Mission in Oslo; valuation report of the properties, the ownership of the property and the exact location, purchase of agreement\/contract of purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Committee at your earliest convenience wants to meet you for a thorough biefing on purchases and activities of the Mission in Oslo.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\u2019\u00a0earlier denial<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that it had signed an agreement for the procurement of the Chancery and Ambassador\u2019s Residence in Norway, the documents presented to the Committee indicate that the $16 million disbursements\u00a0were set to be\u00a0made for the facility before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The Ministry in a statement said although it has expressed interest in some properties in Norway, it is yet to enter into an agreement with the owners of the properties, contrary to claims by the minority in Parliament.<\/p>\n

The documents, sighted by\u00a0citinewsroom.com, however show that while disbursements had already been made from the $50 million loan facility secured for the renovation of some missions, the release of funds for others, including the Oslo mission, had been held back, pending the completion of \u201cdue diligence procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

The allocations also include two separate payments of 3, 024,706 and 5,875, 294 to be made in 2018 and 2019 respectively, for the purchase of a Chancery in Geneva and\u00a0 $4,542, 595 for Consultancy, Design and Variations.<\/p>\n

Minority raise red flag<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minority in Parliament, led by its Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, leveled claims of cost inflation against the ministry over the conversion of a 100-year-old 6-bedroom house in Oslo Norway, into Ghana\u2019s new mission in Norway.<\/p>\n

Ablakwa alleged that the property was bought by a certain woman for $2.9 million in 2014 and sold to an unknown buyer for $3.5 million in August 2017, and so it was surprising that the ministry in a presentation to the Foreign Affairs committee said it was purchasing the same building for $12.2 million in 2018.<\/p>\n

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MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He, therefore, urged the Speaker, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, to admit a document he presented to back his claims of an inflated contract, but the Speaker ruled that the evidence is not admissible because the documents are not verifiable.<\/p>\n

The sector minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, denied the allegations on the floor of Parliament, saying the Ministry had already backtracked on that particular property and was looking elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Sam George, Ayorkor Botchwey in \u2018near fight\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was also a\u00a0near altercation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in the foyer of Parliament on Monday, between the Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, and the Foreign Affairs Ministe over the matter.<\/p>\n

Citi News\u2019 Duke Mensah Opoku reported the Foreign Affairs Minister was addressing some Minority MPs ostensibly explaining the Ministry\u2019s budgeted expenditure on the Chancery when she heard Sam George making catcalls and taking a video record of her engagement with Okudzeto Ablakwa and some minority MPs.<\/p>\n

The Minister was however held back by her security detail and the Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Foreign Affairs Committee, Frank Annoh Dompreh, averting a possible physical challenge. She was heard hurling insults at Sam George, who was also heard saying that he was going to seek audience with the Speaker.
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Source: Citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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