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Mahama boys prevented me from meeting him – Fibre Optics Inventor
A renowned Ghanaian-American chemical engineer and inventor Dr. Thomas Mensah said he came with a US astronaut to meet Mr. Mahama.
Speaking on Accra-based Starr FM, Dr Mensah said he came with a US astronaut to meet Mr. Mahama.
He said he requested to meet Mr Mahama at a time when the then president was in the US. However, he was allowed a 5-minute engagement time with the leader.
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However, Dr. Mensah who developed fibre optics said it was different with Nana Akufo-Addo, who was then opposition leader. He noted Akufo-Addo, now president, had a 2-hour conversation with him over his plans for development in the technology world.
“I had a five minutes conversation with Mahama but I had a two-hour conversation with Nana Akufo-Addo. I brought an Astronaut with me to meet Mahama but the people around him didn’t allow it. They didn’t allow me to have a lengthy conversation with him. It was just a handshake and that was it, about five minutes.”
The inventor who has 16 patents to his name said he is committed to developing a silicon Valley in Ghana and has commenced the move with an outfit at the Kofi Annan Centre in Accra.
“I have already started the Silicon Valley in Ghana. I didn’t want the various universities to accuse me of bias so I established it at a neutral grounds, the Kofi Annan Centre. We mean what we are saying and Ghanaians will soon see what we want to do. I want to develop an aircraft maintenance facility in this country. When we have it in Ghana, many airlines will come here and that will boost tourism because tourists will come around in their numbers,” he noted.
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