Sale of SSNIT hotels: I expect to be prosecuted if any trace of corrupt practice is found – SSNIT board chair

The Board Chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Madam Elizabeth Ohene has emphatically stated that she is ready to face prosecution if any corrupt practice is found in the process leading to selecting Rock City as winner of the bid to purchase a stake in four of SSNIT’s Hotels.

In an article titled "Coming out of the hotels", she indicated that the process to select Rock City as the preferred bidder was clean and met every regulation.

She stressed that the process when scrutinised will stand the test of time.

In her article, Madam Elizabeth Ohene indicated that if the process is examined and any irregularity is found, she is ready to take responsibility and expect to be prosecuted as well.

“Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa claims to have God and Ghana on the side of his campaign, and I would hope all of God’s Angels and Ghana’s investigative agencies, temporal and spiritual, would examine the process and tell the world if they find any irregularity or trace of corrupt practice. Indeed, if they should find any evidence of corruption, I will assume and accept responsibility and expect to be prosecuted,” the SSNIT board chair indicated in her article.

The board of SSNIT has been criticised by Ghanaians in the past month after North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa brought to light plans to sell a 60% stake in four hotels to Rock City Hotel Ltd, owned by the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong.

In her article, Madam Elizabeth Ohene said the Board did not involve the President, the Minister, or the government in the process of looking for a strategic investor for the SSNIT Hotels.

She explained that this is because the Act that governs SSNIT makes no such provision.