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We didn't force anybody to pay - Gbeho
The Chairman of the Millennium Excellence Foundation, Victor Gbeho said “We did not coerce or levy any person or institution to come out with sums of money that would enable them to sit next to the head of state.”
The Chairman was speaking when he took his turn to answer questions from the ad hoc committee set by the Speaker of Parliament to probe the cash-for-seat allegations.
“…We did not coerce or levy any person or institution to come out with sums of money that would enable them to sit next to the head of state [President Akufo-Addo].”
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The foundation, he continued “found voluntary sponsors to support the first class event that was held. It did not sell seats for cash nor was any expatriate firm excluded from the attendance of the event because it did not sponsor.”
“Indeed, it is a fact that most of the VIPs [Very Important Personalities] seated on the presidential table did not pay sponsorship of the alleged $100.000.00 before the gala event. Finally, Mr Chairman [referring to the chairman of the committee] the foundation did not participate nor encouraged any stratagem to steal from any businessman or government,” he added.
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, on January 5, 2018, formed a five-member committee at the request of the Minority in Parliament to look into the saga.
The investigatory committee is made up of three members from the Majority side of the House and two from the Minority.
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They are Ameyaw Kyeremeh, Majority Chief Whip,l Chair of the Committee, Dr Assibey Yeboah, Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, and Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, MP for Adentan [all from the Majority].
Those from the Minority are James Klutsey Avedzie, Deputy Minority Leader, and Dominic Ayine, the MP for Bolgatanga East.
The committee has up to January 24 to submit its report.
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