Member of Parliament for Builsa South has responded to a revelation made by Koku Anyidoho, former communications director at the presidency under the late Mills that former President John Mahama sacked him less than 48 hours after the death of Atta Mills.
Dr. Clement Apaak said the former deputy general secretary of the NDC must be candid and tell Ghanaians the whole truth.
The CEO of the Atta Mills Institute in a recent interview detailed a phone call he received a day after the passing of President Mills.
He disclosed that immediately after the first caller, another called in, informing him that a decision had been made during a meeting held on July 25, 2012, to dismiss him as the Director of Communications from the presidency.
asserted that he was told by the caller that the newly appointed president had stated that he could not work with him “for obvious reasons.”
“So, five minutes after the call another person called, and he was like yesterday we were in a meeting, which is the 25th of July and a decision has been taken that I must leave the presidency and that the new president (John Mahama) says that he can’t work with you for obvious reasons, so get ready and pack out of the presidency.
“Go and look for three or four state institutions so that you will be considered either CEO or deputy CEO because as for the presidency you are out, so he was like by the end of the day people will call you and tell you, so, I don’t want you to be shocked that is why I am telling you in advance, I said thank you,” he added.
He added that a few days later he visited a prominent individual within the party, who bluntly suggested that he should look for another job because his appointment has been terminated by the new president.
“…a couple of days later I drove to the home of one of the big men, by 7 am I was there, so the moment I sat down, then he was like, Koku you have to go and look for another job, are you going to go back to the bank …so I replied him that the bank that I left for more than ten years now, how I’m I going back to the bank.
“So, he mentioned the name of the president, saying that he has said he cannot work with me so I have to leave and go and look for something else to do,…when I left that man’s house and I didn’t commit suicide, it means that it is not in my DNA to commit suicide, I was shocked because I thought I was so close to Prof so if anybody will deny me, not him and all this happened before the burial of prof.”
But responding to the claims made by Koku Anyidoho, Dr. Clement Apaak asked him to tell Ghanaians that he was offered an ambassadorial job but he rejected it.
He also revealed that Koku Anyidoho was allowed to continue working as a presidential staffer assigned to National Security.
He went on to state that Mr. Anyidoho served in that capacity until the end of the tenure of former President John Dramani Mahama.
He added that Mr. Anyidoho like the rest of the other appointees, took ex-gratia and hence cannot make these assertions and leave out these details.
In a tweet, he wrote “Also indicate that JM offered you an ambassadorial position and you turned it down. He allowed you to continue as a Presidential Staffer assigned to National Security. You served in this capacity till 7/1/2017 and like the rest of us, took ex-gratia.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
