It has emerged per documents available to Peacefmonline that the Mahama administration signed one of the precedent agreements with the United States granting them (USA) access into the country to camp its military forces, thus exposing the hypocrisy of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The document - detailing an agreement granting the US military access to use Ghana as a base for staging and deploying its forces among others - sparked public debate with its emergence in the media.
The Minority in Parliament vehemently opposed the deal, describing it as attempts by government to ‘sell out’ the country’s sovereignty to the US. They rejected the MoU laid before parliament last Tuesday recommending that the house ratifies the agreement.
But a one-sided Parliament on Friday night ratified the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US.
However, documents available to Peacefmonline, clearly suggests the previous administration sold Ghana out to the United States government in 2015 under the cover of darkness without recourse to Parliament for consideration and ratification.
A copy of the 2015 agreement signed between Hannah Tetteh on behalf of Ghana and James C. Vechery, Brigadier General of the U.S Air Force and Director of Logistics for the U.S Africa Command on behalf of the US government, and which has been kept away from even the Ghanaian Military, spelt out clearly that there will be the facilitation of a reciprocal logistic support between the parties to be used primarily during combined exercise, training, deployments, port calls, operations, or other cooperative efforts.
Peacefmonline.com has in its possession copies of a 1998 agreement signed by the Rawlings government with the USA; and also, an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement entered into by Ghana and the United States in 2015 signed by then Minister of Foreign Affairs under the ertswhile Mahama regime, Hannah Tetteh.
A quick read through both documents (the 1998/2015 agreements) show little discrepancy in the 2018 agreement ratified in Parliament and those signed under the NDC 1 and 3 regimes headed by ex-President Jerry John Rawlings and Hannah Tetteh, respectively on the blind side of Ghana.
Some similarities between the 2018 and the 1998 agreements are cited below:
In the 1998 agreement, it was provided that “US military personnel and civilian employees of the US Department of Defence who may be temporarily present in Ghana in connection with the Africa Crisis Response Initiative and other activities [should]…be accorded the status equivalent to that accorded to administrative and technical staff of the United States Embassy under the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 18th April 1961, and that they may enter and exit Ghana with United States identifications and with collective movement or individual travel orders.”
The 2018 agreement has a similar provision. It says in Article 3 Clause 1 that, “Ghana shall accord to military personnel and civilian personnel the privileges, exemptions, and immunities equivalent to those accorded to the administrative and technical staff of a diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961.”
Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, held a press conference last Thursday to expose what he described as the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the NDC.
Attached below are copies of the agreements:
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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NDC will only continue barking if they know no shame
What hypocrisy is this? NDC circulated the current agreement but wanted the 2015 agreement to be shielded. Aaaaaba! Very annoying!
Hypocrisy is killing peace fm
This Country is not serious how on earth do you publish your security document just because of politics. We are really in a ***barred word*** hole
THESE NDC PEOPLE WERE HOPING NO ONE WILL SEE THE THE AGREEMENTS THEY SIGNED SO THEY WILL PUSH IT ON ONLY NPP. THANK YOU PEACEFM FOR LETTING US SEE WHAT NDC ALSO DID.NDC WILL NEVER COME TO POWER FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS SO THEY SHOULD FORGET THE THREAT THAT THEY WILL REVIEW THE AGREEMENT IN 2021. CAN I MILITARY BASE BE BUILT WITH A HANGER AND A RUNWAY. PLEASE NDC LET US HAVE OUR PEACE OF MIND. I BLAME NPP FOR MAKING IT PUBLIC. NDC SIGNED 2 AND NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY SAY THEY LOVE GHANA BEST.
FULL DISCLOSURE.....1998, 2015 Documents On Ghana/US Military 'Base' Pact! > 26-Mar-2018 Comments ( 37 ) Email Print Related Stories It has emerged per documents available to Peacefmonline that the Mahama administration signed one of the precedent agreements with the United States granting them (USA) access into the country to camp its military forces, thus exposing the hypocrisy of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The document - detailing an agreement granting the US military access to use Ghana as a base for staging and deploying its forces among others - sparked public debate with its emergence in the media. The Minority in Parliament vehemently opposed the deal, describing it as attempts by government to ‘sell out’ the country’s sovereignty to the US. They rejected the MoU laid before parliament last Tuesday recommending that the house ratifies the agreement. But a one-sided Parliament on Friday night ratified the controversial defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and the US. However, documents available to Peacefmonline, clearly suggests the previous administration sold Ghana out to the United States government in 2015 under the cover of darkness without recourse to Parliament for consideration and ratification. A copy of the 2015 agreement signed between Hannah Tetteh on behalf of Ghana and James C. Vechery, Brigadier General of the U.S Air Force and Director of Logistics for the U.S Africa Command on behalf of the US government, and which has been kept away from even the Ghanaian Military, spelt out clearly that there will be the facilitation of a reciprocal logistic support between the parties to be used primarily during combined exercise, training, deployments, port calls, operations, or other cooperative efforts. Peacefmonline.com has in its possession copies of a 1998 agreement signed by the Rawlings government with the USA; and also, an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement entered into by Ghana and the United States in 2015 signed by then Minister of Foreign Affairs under the ertswhile Mahama regime, Hannah Tetteh. A quick read through both documents (the 1998/2015 agreements) show little discrepancy in the 2018 agreement ratified in Parliament and those signed under the NDC 1 and 3 regimes headed by ex-President Jerry John Rawlings and Hannah Tetteh, respectively on the blind side of Ghana. Some similarities between the 2018 and the 1998 agreements are cited below: In the 1998 agreement, it was provided that “US military personnel and civilian employees of the US Department of Defence who may be temporarily present in Ghana in connection with the Africa Crisis Response Initiative and other activities [should]…be accorded the status equivalent to that accorded to administrative and technical staff of the United States Embassy under the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations of 18th April 1961, and that they may enter and exit Ghana with United States identifications and with collective movement or individual travel orders.” The 2018 agreement has a similar provision. It says in Article 3 Clause 1 that, “Ghana shall accord to military personnel and civilian personnel the privileges, exemptions, and immunities equivalent to those accorded to the administrative and technical staff of a diplomatic mission under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961.” Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, held a press conference last Thursday to expose what he described as the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the NDC. Attached below are copies of the agreements: Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana Comments ( 37 ): Post Your Comments >> Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. COMMENTS Name: Faisal Yakubu we all know about peace Fm and the kind of news there put out.Shame unto them. The Good lord will continue to shower his mercy and grace unto our great party NDC.We shall be back by the will of Allah.Shame Peace Fm
we all know about peace Fm and the can of news there put out.Shame unto to them. The Good lord will continue to shower his mercy and grace unto our great party NDC.We shall be back by the will of Allah.Shame Peace Fm
I think it's quite shameful what we have done to the noble profession of journalism. With peacefm taking sides in this discussion is very unfortunate. From the attached memo of the 2015 agreement, we see clearly there are restrictions to even the use of equipment brought in the US team. Unfortunately, in the 2018 agreement, there are no restrictions, they are rather telling us what they want and we have no right to question them under any circumstance. I am not doing NDC/NPP politics. Let's all take a chill and understand what we are arguing about for a moment and seek what is in the best interest of our country. Should any US army personnel, deployed to Ghana after this agreement is concluded, decide to RAPE any Ghanaian woman, I don't think he will first investigate if she is NDC or NPP.
PEACE FM IS IN BED WITH NPP, THEY SHOULD PUBLISH CURRENT AGREEMENT ALSO AS THEY DID AND STOP BEEN BIAS RAT STATION.I THROW A CHALLENGE TO THEM THEY SHOULD COME OUT ASAP WITH CURRENT COPY AGREEMENT.
Ghanaians shd wake up, listen to international news. there is a cold waarrr already out there: China, Russia and USA. Russia is in the middle east, Syria gaining territories for OIL, China is in Asia gaining china seas and East Africa and expanding its military.USA has taken the rest. Each of these nations are using our African leaders one way or the other, because our leaders cannot think far!. Ghanaians know only entertainment (football, ***barred word*** tele-novelas and fuulish politics). All we care is celebrating big funerals for foollish people like Ebony. How much did the Mahamas donate to Prof Alloteys family when he passed away. Does the ordinary ghanaian even know what NASA is or stand for. It shows we are low level thinking africans There is nothing any current or future leaders can do about it. IT is the time of the End,