Dismissed Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, has denied using the name of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to receive bribes from investors.
An investigative piece by ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which is yet to be aired, allegedly captures Mr Adu Boahen asking an investor to pay an appearance fee of $200,000 to enable a meeting between him and the Vice President.
“You mean, like appearance fees and stuff? I mean he, himself (the Vice President), if you give him some (USD) 200,000 or something as a token, as thank you, appreciation, that’s fine. He’s not really (like) that. All he needs is to worry about his campaign money in 2020,” Charles Adu Boahen is alleged to have said in the soon-to-be-aired video.
The video will be aired later today (Monday, November 14, 2022) at the Accra International Conference Centre.
But reacting to the allegation, the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry maintained that “substantively I have not been involved in this act of which I am being accused”.
He explained that this was merely an attempt to entrap him and others back in 2018.
Mr Boahen added that he would cooperate with the relevant authorities for full investigations to prove his innocence.
“I do not, however, wish to be a distraction to the government and Ministry of Finance at this crucial moment. Consequently, I have submitted my resignation to the President of the Republic. I will, however, look forward to a full investigation which I hope will reveal that I have not committed this act,” he said.
His resignation comes at a time when Vice President Dr Bawumia had already issued a directive for him to be dismissed over the said allegation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
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