Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed that former President Akufo-Addo has been a strong advocate of Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL).
He said President John Dramani Mahama ought to be commended for introducing ORAL because he has saved Ghana a great deal.
He proposed all Ghanaians, particularly the MPs from both sides, must support ORAL and look at it beyond Ghana.
Mr. Ablakwa stated that ORAL has an international dimension with the former president being the champion of ORAL through his advocacy for foreign countries that colonised Africa to return the things they looted from their colonies.
‘’Many people forget that ORAL has an international dimension. I need not remind our colleagues here that former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been an ORAL champion in the international arena. He has been advocating for reparations from our colonial masters, who looted Africa; they should bring it back and return our money and artefacts. So I am so shocked that our friends who started ORAL before President Mahama won the election in the international arena, when they come home, don’t want to hear about ORAL. This is quite remarkable. I would have thought that charity would begin at home. You want the French and the Dutch to return the loot, but back home you want looters to go scot-free… I find it contradictory. So let’s see some consistency.
Meanwhile, he has announced that the ORAL Committee will present their findings to President Mahama, who appointed them, and he will make a decision on the next steps with his Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
