The Minority on the Vetting Committee has stated that the Minister-designate for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah lied under oath when he appeared before the Vetting Committee.
The Minority in their report stated that the Minister-designate was the least candid with the committee on the multiple infractions of law leading to the Bank of Ghana’s revocation of the license of Oval Microfinance-a company they claim he was 83% shareholder.
The second reason they gave was that Mr. Oppong Nkrumah failed to admit ethical liability for the related party lending between Oval Microfinance and West Brownstone which also belongs to him.
According to them, he also denied outstanding obligations to Oval Microfinance despite the Bank of Ghana’s examination report establishing the contrary.
It was also the claim of the Minority that the nominee peddled untruths under oath about the circumstances leading to investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni relocating to South Africa with the assistance of the Media Foundation for West Africa when the journalist faced threats to his life.
”The nominee was quite evasive on his association with MX24 TV which is owned and managed by his wife with other family members such as Kwabena Oppong Nkrumah serving as shareholder/Trustee for the parent company of MX24 TV known as Black Volta Publications Limited incorporated recently on the 4th of April, 2017 when the nominee was serving ass Deputy Minister for information,” the Minority added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
