“Hands Off Our Hotels” Protest: Ablakwa Officially Submits Petition to Government

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu, has lodged an official request with the government, urging an immediate cessation to the transfer of ownership of four hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to Rock City Hotel, owned by the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Bryan Acheampong.

The petition outlined a series of requests, urging President Akufo-Addo to promptly stop the sale proceedings.

Okudzeto pointed out that historically, the sale of state properties has not been in Ghana’s best interests. He insists that such transactions should not proceed without the collective consent of Ghanaians.

“…We hereby make the following demands: We call on President Akufo-Addo to immediately stop the sale of our SSNIT hotels. We take the view that state assets should not be sold, especially profitable ones. Historically, since 1966, the sale of state assets has not been in the supreme interest of Ghana, and we, therefore, cannot continue on this destructive trajectory.

“In any case, the government should not sell state properties without the consent of all Ghanaians. It is wrong, immoral, and unethical for ministers and government officials to buy state assets. President Akufo-Addo must not preside over this detestable and dangerous practice.

“Particularly, when he assured this country that his appointees who want to make money through sch transactions should rather stay in the private sector,” he stated.

A representative from the presidency accepted the petition on behalf of the government.