Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said it is regrettable that President Nana Akufo-Addo failed to assure the diplomatic community that his government will respect the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 196, in his State of the Nations Address (SoNA).
Mr Ablakwa’s comment comes on the back of the demolishing of the Nigerian High Commission properties and the Bulgarian Embassy in the country.
In Mr Ablakwa’s view, the State of the Nation’s Address was an opportunity for President Akufo-Addo to have assured the diplomatic community that such occurrence will not happen under his government again but he missed it.
In a Facebook post, the lawmaker raised concerns that Justice Retired Kwasi Anto Ofori-Atta who was appointed to probe the demolition of the Bulgarian Embassy was given seven days from the 18th of March, 2022, to conclude his work and report to the Lands Minister, it’s been 14 days since and there has been no formal communication to the Ghanaian people and the international community on the status of investigations.
Meanwhile, he bemoaned that the culprit who demolished the embassy building, Dr. Yaw Adu Ampomah remains at post at the NDPC.
He advised the Akufo-Addo-led administration to exhibit more seriousness and a sense of urgency in such grave matters.
Source: Modern Ghana