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Rumor Mill of Sunday, 1 September 2002

Source: Osaman Joe @the Castle

Obetsebi-Lamptey to be FIRED!

Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey is being sidelined by the Kufuor govt for some dubious deals that have been going on behind the scenes and his unwillingness to comply. Jake was responsible for the following decisions/blunders

  • Mastermind of the importation of Right hand drive buses to Ghana. He made a fortune from that deal
  • Dubious checks for renovation of castle.
  • Renovated his govt house for over $100,000. The money actually went to his company
  • A member of the Sahara 5. hat was the dubious oil lifting deal with an NPP front Company, Sahara Energy Resource Company Ltd.
  • BECE examination questions leak on a massive and unprecedented scale. Joy FM reports it. Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey castigates Joy FM, formally writing to accuse the station of "irresponsibility" and "sensationalism".
And rumor has it that
  • Media Relations Minister Elizabeth Ohene does not get along well with him
  • The "osiekrom boys" have ganged against him


My proof (Read this news item):
Government on Monday congratulated Ms Eva Lokko, on her appointment as the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). A statement signed by Papa Owusu Ankoma, Acting Minister of Information and Presidential Affairs ..

Why did the deputy minister not sign this? Why is Papa Owusu Ankomah the acting Minister of Information?