The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has reminded former President John Mahama about the role he played in supervising his younger brother to issue dud cheques after defrauding the state to the tune of GHC14 million.
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was reacting to the public lecturer by Mr. Mahama which was held at the auditorium of UPSA on Thursday.
Speaking to Wontumionline.com shortly after the event, Chairman Wontumi insisted Ghana’s economy was in a mess because Mr. Mahama used his political office to aide Ibrahim Mahama to issue 24 dud cheques which run the economy down.
“Ghana is in a mess because you chewed the meat and left us with the bone. We are in this mess because your brother didn’t pay back loans he collected from Ghanaian banks”, Chairman Wontumi said.
Ibrahim Mahama, a brother of Mr. John Mahama, was ordered by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to pay GHC12.7 million to the state.
The order came after he was investigated by EOCO over some dud cheques he is alleged to have issued to the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port to clear some heavy duty equipment he imported.