Okudzeto
Ablakwa
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North
Tongu
lawmaker
Samuel
Okudzeto
Ablakwa
has
said
that
the
issue
of
government
officials
acquiring
state
properties
will
be
over
under
a
Mahama
administration.
He
says
that
even
if
the
current
president,
Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo
refuses
to
sign
the
Private
Members
Bill
that
he
is
seeking
to
introduce,
barring
government
officials
from
acquiring
state
properties,
former
President
John
Mahama
will
sign
it
f
he
wins
the
elections.
Commenting
on
the
media
engagement
done
by
the
flagbearer
of
the
NDC
on
Sunday,
July
7,
Mr
Ablakwa
said
on
X
that
“It
is
most
refreshing
to
hear
former
President
John
Mahama
assure
the
nation
during
his
masterful,
inspirational,
sincere
and
intellectually
stimulating
engagement
with
the
media
that
no
member
of
his
government
will
be
allowed
to
buy
state
assets.
“We
are
convinced
that
even
if
President
Akufo-Addo
refuses
to
assent
to
our
Private
Member’s
Bill
prohibiting
politicians
and
politically
exposed
persons
from
buying
state
assets,
President
Mahama
will
not
hesitate
in
granting
presidential
assent
when
he
wins
the
December
7,
2024
elections.
“Very
gratifying
to
know
that
the
canker
of
State
Capture
will
soon
be
vanquished
under
President
Mahama.”
It
is
most
refreshing
to
hear
former
President
John
Mahama
assure
the
nation
during
his
masterful,
inspirational,
sincere
and
intellectually
stimulating
engagement
with
the
media
that
no
member
of
his
government
will
be
allowed
to
buy
state
assets.We
are
convinced
that
even
if…—
Sam
Okudzeto
Ablakwa
(@S_OkudzetoAblak)
July
8,
2024
Earlier,
Ablakwa
indicated
that
he
would
oppose
any
government
official
even
if
the
person
is
a
member
of
his
party
the
National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC)
who
attempts
to
acquire
state
assets.
He
said
he
started
opposing
state
capture
16
years
ago
when
he
took
the
former
National
Chairman
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
the
late
Jake
Obetsebi
Lamptey
to
court
for
acquiring
state
properties.
He
however
lost
that
case
against
Mr
Lamptey.
“This
will
be
my
position
even
if
the
person
is
a
member
of
my
party,”
he
said
on
the
New
Day
show
on
TV3
on
Wednesday,
June
19.
Ablakwa
had
been
up
against
the
Agric
Minister
Bryan
Acheampong
in
a
move
to
acquire
the
hotels
belonging
to
the
Social
Security
and
National
Insurance
Trust
(SSNIT).
It
was
his
view
that
Bryan
Acheampong
was
caught
in
a
conflict
of
interest
situation.
Per
the
records,
he
said,
Bryan
Acheampong
was
a
Minister
of
State
when
the
processes
to
acquire
the
hotels
started.
“Bryan
Acheampong
was
a
minister
of
state
in
2018
in
Akufo-Addo’s
first
term,
he
was
minister
when
this
traction
began,
according
to
SSNIT.
Articles
284,
78
have
been
breached
violently,”
he
said
on
the
New
Day
show
on
TV3
on
Wednesday,
June
19.