Hon. Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, has dismissed allegations made by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa regarding the sale of lands supposedly belonging to the Foreign Affairs Ministry under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration.
According to MyNewsGH, Describing the claims as entirely false, Ampratwum-Sarpong clarified that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has never owned any lands, let alone been involved in their sale.
According to him, the lands in question are state properties managed by the Lands Commission.
“My response is that the report coming from Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is 120% false.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs never owned the lands in question and has never sold any land,” Ampratwum-Sarpong stated in an interview with Metro TV.
He further explained that the authority over these lands rests solely with the Lands Commission, which handles allocations and management on behalf of the government.
Any transactions involving those lands, he emphasized, were conducted through the Commission, not the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Expressing his disbelief over the claims, Ampratwum-Sarpong questioned the basis of Ablakwa’s accusations, suggesting they were baseless and misleading.
“The lands are owned by the Ghana Government and managed by the Lands Commission. Any allocation done in that area was carried out by the Lands Commission,” he added.
This response comes amid growing political debate, with Ampratwum-Sarpong standing firm in defense of the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s position on the matter.