General News of Saturday, 24 March 2018Source: peacefmonline.comGhana-US saga: 'Secret' deal signed by Mahama and Hannah Tetteh brought us this far – NPP MPBernard Oko-Boye, MP for Ledzokuku constituencyMember of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku constituency, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye has emphatically stated that Ex-President John Dramani Mahama and his Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh should be blamed if there is any cause for alarm surrounding the Ghana/US military co-operation agreement . According to him, aside the 1998 agreement, Ex-President John Dramani Mahama and Hannah Tetteh in 2015 secretely signed an agreement with the documents they are condemning today without the concern of any citizen, not even Ministers of their regime. Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has disclosed how the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1998 and 2015 signed two major joint military agreements with the United States Armed Forces on behalf of Ghana without parliamentary approvals. Present was the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid.According to him, there is no agreement between the US and Ghana for the establishment of any military base in the country.Mr. Nitiwul said that there is only an agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Government of the United States of America on defence cooperation, status of the United States Forces and use of agreed facilities.

Source: GhanaWeb March 24, 2018 03:22 UTC