Former Ghana’s envoy to Angola Moses Bukari Mabengba has vowed never to use the VIP lounge at the country’s airports as long as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government remains in power.
A livid former Northern Regional Minister told mynewsgh.com that he has served this country without blemish in various capacities as a District Chief Executive, Member of Parliament, Deputy Minister, Minister and an Ambassador spanning 21 years and if such courtesies cannot be extended to him, he wondered where the country is heading in its quest for true democracy.
“I will never use the VIP lounge whether they change the directive or not. I do not think this is the way we must treat out past leaders who have served this country in various portfolios. I have been DCE for 8 years, an MP, Deputy Minister, Minister and an Ambassador and just using a VIP lounge cannot to be extended to me”, he asked.
He wondered why he would be subjected to such an embarrassing spectacle reiterating his stance not to use the facility whether the procedure is changed or otherwise.
It would be recalled that HE Moses Bukari Mabengba was walked out of the VIP lounge at the Tamale airport with the explanation that he was not among the category of persons allowed to use the facility.
Commenting on the matter he said’ “Since January we’ve been using this place until this morning I got to the place and a young man came to inform me that please you are no more allowed to come and use the VIP lounge, and I asked why and he said orders from above”
“Fortunately for me, I was sitting in the lounge with one of the NPP MPs and also a Minister, Hawa Koomson, and I told her ‘look at what your people are doing – they are asking me a former ambassador, minister, an MP not to use the lounge’.
“Meanwhile, I know that while we’re in government this place was free and even cited several examples…I remember when we lost [and] the vice president visited, I received them at the airport, all of them including non-appointees of government, we were all allowed to pass through the VIP and today they did that to me,”
“I told them, fortunately for me there was so many NPP people in the lounge with the minister that I will make case out of it not because I want redress but just
wanted to be on record that after we left off, we were prevented from using some facilities so that if in future my party comes to government and the same measures are put in place, no sanctimonious pastor or civil society organizations or whatever should come and tell us that what we are doing are not correct”, he warned.
Source: mynewsgh.com
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You this Npp guys should continoun fooling with those childish comments....a bad preceedent is being set and all you could do is to glorify it with stuuuupid comments.Tommorow if the table turns and same is done to you hope you may not complain.
Too late Mr 22yrs minister. 22yrs could have been used to improve the public lounge.
CC, so far, you are the only one who made a contribution
If u dont use the VIP lounge wil it take the country down or wil the airport be closed. Who cares if u dont want to use that facility, stop bragging with those positions u chop just to mismanage our cash , ad33nnnnn aaaaa ive occupied so many positions, mtcheeeew
MR MABENGBA, PLEASE BE PATIENT, WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE SHEMISHES ARE ENEVITABLE AS FAR AS GHANA DEMOCRACY IS CONCERNED, YOU SEE THE GUY SAID INSTRUCTIONS FROM ABOVE WHICH ABOVE?, SO TO KNOW THE TRUTH YOU COULD HAVE CALLED THE CHIEF OF STAFF INSTANTLY TO VERIFY, PLEASE BE PATIENT FOR SAKE OF MOTHER GHANA AND YOUR POSITION IN SOCIETY
Which Ghana did you serve? When you were giving the DCE,deputy Minister, minister and the envoy who benefited not yourself and your party ndc? What service did the ndc give to benefit the country apart from themselves and their party?Ndc give us a break in your lousy opposition. Who did you want to sympathize with you? Not the Ghanaians you people treated as slaves in their own country,you complaining about things you did worst to others and an American will say what goes around comes around. Ndc is not coming any moment from now can't you people get it? The Lord of Host has delivered you ndc into the hands of the people of Ghana and there is no way Ghanaians will allow you to come back not even juju or voodoo can help you and not your dress rehearsal of hacking media houses can also help you,if you learning how to hack the Electoral system there are others too on stand by to jam it. The people have rejected ndc big time and there is no way they will bring you back for hardship and suffering. One thing Every Ghanaians is aware and nothing will change their minds is we have a leader who is not corrupt,who is patriotic and compassionate,A leader who is not a thi*f and is there to serve the nation not his party nor himself. You ndc can throw whatever at him but it will never stick. We just don't like ndc 'period' never again shall we make any mistake to bring back ndc 16 years of ndc mismanagement of Ghana is enough.
Who cares do you mean all former govt appointees will be using this facility.It means that in ten years times the VIP lounge will become so crowded by this ex govt appointees.