Accra, March 16, Ghanadot - Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has criticised the ruling National Democratic Congress, (NDC) for not supporting him when he was accused of corruption by the opposition New Patriotic Party, (NPP) during parliamentary vetting before becoming Minister.

The Minister who sounded bitter said, he was expecting his party officials to have  aintervened in the matter but they never did.

Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni made his grievance known during a retreat of Ministers and deputy Ministers at GIMPA in Accra over the weekend.

According to the Foreign Affairs Minister, he considered himself as captive in a diabolic scheme of the NPP and he regretted he had fight them alone.

He noted that, some of the leading members of the NDC secretly supported the action by the NPP.

The poured out his feelings, saying that although he was not indicting his party, he expected the NDC to have come to his rescue during the tough times.

President Mills however responded by saying that, he and other members of government who met the Minister to discuss the issue were also members of the party who have found themselves in government, and therefore, Alhaji Mumuni could have considered it as an intervention by the party.

It should be noted that, during the vetting of Alhaji Mumuni as Minister designate for Foreign Affairs, the minority side of the vetting committee maintained that, Alhaji Mumuni had corrupt charges to answer, citing an alleged misapplication of state funds in an audit report relating to the operations of NVTI when he was Minister of Employment and Social Welfare in the previous NDC administration.

Alhaji Mununi maintained his innocence and indicated that there was no such audit report in existence. The minority side consequently boycotted his vetting but Alhaji Mumuni sailed through with a majority vote.

Ghanadot