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K. T.
"Hybrid" Hammond is Scared FOIB Will Lead to
Ghana's Lost $6 Billion-plus Oil Cash?
By: Prof Lungu
September 19, 2016
"...Before that full-throated apology, Lawyer
Mr. K. T. "Hybrid" Hammond jabbed that Dr.
Kunbuor's statement was "...'...the most
disgraceful statement that has ever been made by
any member in (Parliament); it is insulting, it
is foolish and should never be allowed...I ask
for the statement to be withdrawn
immediately…Mr. Speaker, I ask for the stupid
and useless and foolish statement to be
withdrawn immediately…it is palpable
nonsense...'...But, as Ananse will report on the
original Web, it was Mr. K. T. 'Hybrid' Hammond
who in the end was schooled about etiquette,
responsibility, and reflective talk...", ( K. T.
"Hybrid" Hammond, as shadowed by Prof
Lungu)-rev.
We now know this: It is
a fact that even our lawyer, the Adansi Asokwa
NPP Member of Parliament, Mr. Kobina Tahir
"Hybrid" Hammond, bright as he is, cannot show
Ghanaians where in 1990-era P/NDC law a "Ghana
Hybrid System" for collection of oil revenues
owned to Ghana is codified as law.
Further, as we said in Part 1 of this series, it
would not be a surprise to many Ghanaians and
Ghana supporters that Mr. "Hybrid" Hammond's
tolerance for corruption, and his intolerance of
the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, seem
unsurpassed by his own marks.
LAWYER
K. T. "HYBRID" HAMMOND'S TOLERANCE FOR
CORRUPTION SEEMS UNSURPASSED BY HIS OWN RECORDS:
You see, when we initially Googled Mr. H. T.
Hammond of Ghana, the first and most noticeable
item we found was an apology by Mr. Hammond to
members of Ghana's Parliament on 7th December,
2013.
As reported:
"...Mr.
Hammond went ballistic when he rained insults on
Majority Leader Dr. Ben Kunbuor who addressed
the issue of corruption among politicians in the
country...as the disease of the political
elite...saying it had been confirmed by the
'drill ship and Woyome placards' on the floor of
Parliament... However, K.T. Hammond was offended
by the comparison with Woyome, saying that there
was no corruption in the drill ship case..."
Subsequently, Mr. Hammond, in the halls of
the Ghana Parliament and on radio, used those
"...platform(s) to express...unqualified apology
to the good people of Ghana...showing remorse
about his conduct...(to the extent)...his
outburst was...not of the “best behaviour”.
Imagine, before that apology, Mr. Hammond
jabbed that Dr. Kunbuor's statement was "...
'the most disgraceful statement that has ever
been made by any member in (Parliament); it is
insulting, it is foolish and should never be
allowed...I ask for the statement to be
withdrawn immediately…Mr. Speaker, I ask for the
stupid and useless and foolish statement to be
withdrawn immediately…it is palpable nonsense..”
But, it was Mr. K. T. "Hybrid" Hammond
who in the end was schooled about etiquette,
responsibility, reflective pronouncements. And
we have not even to speak of constitutionality
and Ghana-centeredness.
Kudos to Dr. Ben
Kunbuor for responsible Ghana-centered actions!
But, that was all before we read this
the Justice Appau White Paper On Judgment Debts
this week. We now know that in fact Mr. K.T.
Hybrid Hammond, during 2001-2006, while the NPP
was in power and Nana Akufo Addo Danquah was the
Attorney-General of Ghana, caused a loss of $5.5
million, being "...financial loss to the
Corporation (GNPC) and
Ghana...(being)....payment of US$19.5m instead
of US$14 million..." as agreed earlier by Ghana.
To the point:
"... The Acting
Managing Director of the GNPC, Dr. Ofori Quaah,
was not given
room to operate and was coerced
into signing a Power of Attorney prepared at the
Attorney-General’s Office to empower Hon. K. T.
Hammond to sell the GNPC’s marine asset, the
Drillship, ‘Discoverer 511’... a going,
profit-making concern...(and)...use the proceeds
to pay off the debt owed by GNPC..."
According to the Justice Appau White Paper, to
date, $3.5 million of those funds have still not
been properly accounted for by the "...Minister
of Finance and officials of the Controller and
Accountant-General’s Department...(and)...the
Ghana High Commission in London at the time in
question...between 2001 and 2006...".
To be continued...............
NOTE:
1. Our thanks to Andy K for making
information and data available to us at
www.GHanaHero.com.
SOURCES:
1.
Ghanaweb. I’m sorry – KT Hammond begs, 7
December, 2013,
(www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/I-m-sorry-KT-Hammond-begs-294396).
3. CitiFMOnline. Don’t sack any Ghanaian
technical staff, Petroleum Ministry warns
Tullow, 18th March, 2015,
(www.citifmonline.com/2015/03/18/dont-sack-any-ghanaian-technical-staff-petroleum-ministry-warns-tullow/#sthash.9ZM0JBg7.dpuf).
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