Produce May 9 Disaster Accounts- Think Tank

Accra, May 9, GNA - Ghana Development Centre, (GhDC) a pro-

democracy and economic think tank, has called for the publishing of the

statement of accounts of the committee that investigated the incidents on

May 9, 2001. "As we remember with a deep sense of loss our brothers and sisters

whose lives were prematurely cut short, we seek to prevent the disdainful

use of their demise to profit certain individuals." Samuel George, Communications Director of GhDC, in a press

statement issued to GNA Sports in Accra on Monday, said the committee

chaired by now Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Otanka

Obetsebi-Lamptey has failed ten (10) years on to render accounts to the

good people of this country. "We seek the redress of this anomaly against the backdrop that the

Committee's most notable achievement was the unlawful detention of a

sitting Member of Parliament, Hon. E. T. Mensah, without regards for the

constitutional procedure of detaining a Member of Parliament. This

aberration happened under the tacit watch of then Attorney-General and

now flag-bearer of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo", the

statement added. The GhDC said in calling on the government to rectify this lacuna in the

events surrounding the May 9, 2001 disaster, it is of the firm belief that it

will serve to assuage the pains of those left behind that their loss has not

been a conduit for causing financial loss to the state. The statement added 93It is our hope that the memories and legacies of

our departed beloved would be upheld and may the sad episode of that

gloomy day never be visited on our beloved Nation again. Long live

probity and accountability! Long live Ghana!!