General News of Tuesday, 3 April 2018Source: classfmonline.comDefence deal: Kweku Baako 'comparing apples to oranges' – BombandeEmmanuel Bombande, Former Deputy Foreign Affairs MinisterA former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister in the Mahama administration, Emmanuel Bombande, has said a comparison made by Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako Jr., of the 2015 and 2018 military deals signed between Ghana and the government of the United States, amounts to “comparing apples to oranges”, since, according to the security analyst, the two arrangements are totally different. Mr Bombande’s comment comes on the heels of a recent revelation by Mr Baako on Multi TV’s news analysis programme, Newsfile, on Saturday, 31 March that Mr John Mahama, as president, gave approval for Ghana to be used as base for a U.S. military operation that was to protect “U.S. Mr Baako produced a letter dated 12 February 2015 and signed by Hannah Nyarko for the Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, which made copious references to the deal reached between Mr Mahama and the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Miss Bisa Williams, at the Flagstaff House on 4 September 2014. “The operations involved the deployment of 200 U.S. marine forces, Africa personnel, 4 MV 22 Osprey and 2 C130 Hercules aircraft. … So, you cannot compare apples and oranges.

Source: GhanaWeb April 03, 2018 10:41 UTC