The Ministry of National Security has rejected allegations made by one of the #FixTheCountry Convenors, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, that officials of the ministry in 2021 attempted to coerce them to stop their activities.
On September 22, 2023, the leader of the #FixTheCountry movement disclosed to the media during day two of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse demonstration that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of National Security, Kan-Dapaah, and one top military officer had invited him to a secret place in Cantonments in Accra to persuade him to stop his activism.
He alleged that he and some other leaders of the #FixTheCountry movement were offered an amount of $1m and a government appointment, which they refused.
However, a statement released by the Ministry described such claims as unfounded, admitting that such a meeting took place, but no one offered them any money.
“While it is acknowledged that the Ministers for National Security, and Finance, and other relevant stakeholders, in 2021, engaged the convenors of the Fix the Country Movement to listen to their concerns, it must be stated emphatically that no offer of money or appointment was made to persuade the group to end its “activism.
“The allegations made by Oliver Barker-Vormawor are thus false, unfounded, and a calculated attempt to hoodwink Ghanaians.”
The Ministry meanwhile, has challenged Oliver-Barker to produce the recordings of his conversation with the minister, which sought to induce him.
“This Ministry, therefore, challenges him to produce the alleged recording of the said inducement. Meanwhile, the general public is urged to ignore the allegations and treat them with the utmost contempt they deserve.”
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