The
Member
of
Parliament
for
North
Tongu,
Samuel
Okudzeto
Ablakwa,
has
clarified
that
he
holds
no
personal
vendetta
against
Bryan
Acheampong,
the
owner
of
Rock
City
Hotel
and
the
Minister
of
Agriculture.
Ablakwa’s
recent
criticisms
of
Bryan
Acheampong
stemmed
from
the
controversial
sale
process
of
the
Social
Security
and
National
Insurance
Trust’s
(SSNIT)
60%
shares
in
four
hotels
to
Rock
City
Hotel.
The
sale
process
faced
significant
opposition,
notably
from
Ablakwa,
who
exposed
the
details
of
the
transaction.
Following
threats
of
a
strike
by
Organised
Labour,
SSNIT
discontinued
the
sale
process.
Subsequently,
Rock
City
Hotel
announced
its
intention
to
withdraw
its
bid
for
the
hotels,
leading
to
Organised
Labour
calling
off
the
planned
strike.
In
an
interview
with
Umaru
Sanda
Amadu
on
Face
to
Face
on
Channel
One
TV,
the
North
Tongu
MP
emphasized
his
longstanding
opposition
to
state
capture.
He
lamented
that
the
sale
of
state
assets
to
individuals
has
often
failed
to
benefit
the
country,
yielding
no
tangible
advantages.
“Why
would
anybody
make
this
just
about
Hon
Bryan
Acheampong?
That
it
is
probably
something
personal
or
I
have
some
personal
hatred
for
him.
He
has
been
saying
it,
this
is
not
about
hatred,
it’s
not
about
singling
out
one
person.
I
have
been
consistent,
and
I
have
always
opposed
this
state
capture,
this
sale
of
state
assets.
“And
if
you
look
at
the
history
since
24th
February
1966,
virtually
all
the
regimes
have
been
engaged
in
these
sales.
What
has
come
out
of
it?
We
have
seen
a
pattern
where
public
officials
deliberately
run
down
state
assets
and
then
turn
around
to
buy
them.
If
these
hotels
are
not
good
for
all
of
us,
why
should
they
be
good
for
you?
Why
should
they
be
good
for
one
person?”
“If
Hon
Bryan
Acheampong
is
such
a
great
hotelier,
hotelier
extraordinaire,
the
best
the
world
has
ever
known
and
has
all
the
acumen,
the
expertise
to
turn
hotels
around.
Why
can’t
he
bring
it
to
bear
now
that
he’s
in
cabinet,
and
his
government
is
in
power?
“He
has
all
the
influence.
He
will
only
bring
that
expertise
to
bear
when
the
hotel
becomes
his.
When
he
has
controlling
shares,
60%.”
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