Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emile Short, has said that no amount of damage control by Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo can erase the fact that President Nana Akufo-Addo goofed when he praised Jospong CEO Joseph Siaw Agyapong recently.
“I am really surprised that the President would make complimentary remarks about someone or a company that is under investigation for corruption. I don’t understand why he would make such as an error.
“I think that in my mind, it was an error of judgement when he spoke. I think the president himself ought to come back and correct the error. So, to that extent, the Senior Minister may not have completely erased the damage that was done by that statement,” Mr Short stated.
Jospong has been accused of alleged corruption and being probed. At a recent visit to the Accra Compost Plant project being undertaken by Jospong, President Akufo-Addo applauded the company for its efforts.
The issue came up again at the launch of the 2017 Anti-Corruption and Transparency Week in Accra on Monday, December 4.
Responding to the issue, Mr Marfo felt it was not right for the president to have applauded Jospong considering the numerous allegations of corruption levelled against the company.
“It’s certainly not right. It will give the wrong signals if you are seen to be pampering or endorsing a known wrong doer. That one is not right,” he pointed out.
Even though Mr Short welcomes the remarks by Mr Maafo, he said it will take the president himself to correct the mistake.
“If I [were] the president, I will come back and clarify the statement,” he said in an interview on Joy FM on Tuesday, December 5.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Hmmm so Jo's pong is a ***barred word*** seriously need is a talkative party anybody can say wat he want infact if I m de president I would haf sack dat osafo Mario man today apuuuuu
For me ; I don't get it Kwaraaa!!!!!!; the HYPOCRASY about this matter is beyond me ; Emille Short is CORRECT ; the whole thing is politically TOXIC and will rebound on Nana Adddo oneday because these NPP Uncle Toms are refusing to accept that Nana Addo made a error of poltical judgement in meeting with this Siaw of Jospong ; Nana Addo is human being and not a miniGod and can make mistakes besides Nana is not himself ;the man is being manipulated by some unseen hands at the flagstaff house and being given the impression that all these business people are honest but about 90% are kriminally minded people ; this Siaw is playing the same game he played on Jon Mahama and NDC and eventually won huge contracts and ended up defrauding the state besides the same guiy is under investigation by EOCO ; politically Nana Addo should learn better and be smart on matters concerning these so called business men because they are all fraudesters and thiffs like Woyome ;JJ Rawlings was smart and de-associated himself from Woyome when he knew Woyome will bring disgrace to the NDC and himself ; JJ Rawlings went out clearly and expressed his distaste for Woyomes fraudulnt activities colluding with Betty Mould ; Barton Oduro and others ; today nobody can rope JJ Rawlings into the Woyome stillingand fraudulent saga ; Woyome played the ethnic card of being an ewe/ayigbe man hoping that most ewes will support him for his evil deeds but it was the stooooopid chiefs in Volta region who thought Woyome was a genius ; the same fraudulent Siaw of jospong is playing the ethinic card to drag Nana Addo into this fraudulent business activities ; the man is under heavy cloud for fraud but then Nana Addo is advised to look the orther way and praise the same fraudester Siwa of Jospong ; Nana Adddo should be very careful by these so call trojan business men ; they will soil his name like they did to Jon Mahama because today everybody knows Jon Mahama and the NDC are nation wreckers and thiffs .
Tell him...nana addo is just talking,no action.we are tired of the rhetorics....we thought he was an action man but he has failed to fight corruption.
When such senior statesmen make comments like this you wonder whether we have any "elders in the house". So today Jospong Group has done nothing worthy of commendation because there are alleged issues against his company, Zoomlion. As a lawyer are you saying that when an accused is brought before a court he or stands discredited? Even before proven guilty? This attempt to be holier than thou attitude by some prominent citizens in Ghana smacks of hypocrisy of the highest order. Am really surprised at you Mr. Short.
Please NPP communicators u cant be always wiser than the word "WISE" The President guff when he visited Jaspong simple this wont happened in any civilized world stop explaining to us what "guilty" means, the man is under investigation why the President "Monday morning quarter backing"? Praising him and making reference about the case and said he must be a target of his good work is as obstruction as President Trump. We are not kids..
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM EMILE SHORT? NOBODY HAS CONDEMNED JOSPONG YET. AND EVEN THAT IS THERE NOTHING IN JOSPONG THAT DESERVES TO BE PRAISED. YES, THEY MIGHT BE CORRUPT AND PUNISHED FOR ANY CORRUPTION DEAL BUT THAT DOES NOT TAKE FROM THEM ANYTHING GOOD THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE. PEOPLE LIKE JJ AND HIS PNDC DID SO MUCH EVIL TO GHANAIANS INCLUDING KILLINGS YET WE HAVE TOLERATED HIM FOR ONE OR TWO THINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE.