President Akufo-Addo says he expects attempts by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tag his government with corruption to get worse.
“Clearly, it is the pattern of the opposition. Throw these accusations in the air, when they are debunked we don’t hear anything about it and they just moved to the next allegation. That’s what we have seen,” he said Wednesday during his second encounter with the media in 2018 at the Jubilee House in Accra.
“The allegations are made, they are found to be empty, we just moved on and fabricate the next one and it will go on and it is going to get worse. 2019, a year to the election and these people are so desperate, it is going to get worse. The fabrications will continue and continue,” he stressed.
The President’s comments come on the back of allegations by the Minority in Parliament that the government bought a property in Oslo, Norway for use as Ghana’s embassy at an inflated price.
According to the Minority, the 100-year-old building was bought at a staggering $12.1million instead of $3.5million.
The foreign affairs ministry, however, disputed the Minority’s claim. The building in question it said in a statement was yet to be purchased.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not signed any agreement to purchase the said properties; that is the Chancery and the Ambassador’s Residence,” the Statement said.