{"id":6497,"date":"2024-06-13T11:17:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:17:34","slug":"all-is-set-for-the-hands-off-our-hotels-demonstration-ablakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6497","title":{"rendered":"All is set for the \u2018Hands off our hotels\u2019 demonstration \u2013 Ablakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that he has concluded discussions with the police on the upcoming demonstration against the sale of the hotels belonging to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says all is set for the demonstration to take place on Tuesday, June 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll is set for the \u2018Hands Off Our Hotels Demonstration.\u2019 Yesterday, we concluded discussions with the Ghana Police Service at a meeting in the office of the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Arhin Kwasi Annor. See you all on Tuesday. Enough of the State Capture!\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Ablakwa had petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) against the sale of the hotels to Agric Minister Bryan Acheampong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that the sale of the state properties to government officials is an abuse of power and should be prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MP wants the anti-graft body to stop the sale of the said hotels. Furthermore, Mr Ablakwa alleged in his petition that documents he has intercepted show that negotiations to sell 60% of the shares of the six SSNIT hotels to the minister\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/stop-the-sale-of-ssnit-hotels-to-bryan-acheampong-ablakwa-to-chraj\/#\">\u00a0Rock City Hotel<\/a>\u00a0Limited \u201care far advanced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-9d1be313e3403af1c84f23ce7f478b33 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftk6DbgeMNo?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIntercepted documents in my possession confirm that SSNIT is far advanced in selling a controlling 60% stake in six of its hotels to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/stop-the-sale-of-ssnit-hotels-to-bryan-acheampong-ablakwa-to-chraj\/#\">\u00a0Rock City Hotel<\/a>\u00a0Limited, owned by Hon. Bryan Acheampong, the MP for Abetifi and Minister for Food and Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added, \u201cThe six SSNIT hotels being sold are:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/stop-the-sale-of-ssnit-hotels-to-bryan-acheampong-ablakwa-to-chraj\/#\">&nbsp;Labadi Beach Hotel<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/stop-the-sale-of-ssnit-hotels-to-bryan-acheampong-ablakwa-to-chraj\/#\">&nbsp;La Palm Royal Beach<\/a>&nbsp;Resort,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/stop-the-sale-of-ssnit-hotels-to-bryan-acheampong-ablakwa-to-chraj\/#\">&nbsp;Elmina Beach Resort<\/a>, Ridge Royal Hotel, Busua Beach Resort, and Trust Lodge Hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my petition, I am inviting CHRAJ to investigate grave matters bothering on conflict of interest, abuse of power, lack of due process, procurement breaches, cronyism, and graft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the relief the North Tongu lawmaker is seeking is \u201cthat CHRAJ launches a full-scale, impartial investigation into the imminent prospective sale to Hon. Bryan Acheampong of 60% shares of hotels within SSNIT\u2019s investment portfolio which raise fundamental concerns bothering on conflict of interest and abuse of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, Mr Ablakwa wants CHRAJ to \u201cinvestigate SSNIT\u2019s conduct and procurement processes regarding this matter in issue, particularly with the view to unraveling what led to the numerous violations of due process and unfair treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that he has concluded discussions with the police on the upcoming demonstration against the sale of the hotels belonging to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). He says all is set for the demonstration to take place on Tuesday, June 18. \u201cAll is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2213],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-samuel-okudzeto-ablakwa-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6499,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions\/6499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}