‘Who in this country would rent at Airport Hills?’

Samuel Nartey George, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has taken a swipe at the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George (Sam George), for supposedly creating the impression that they are ‘righteous’ people. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Sunday, February 2, 2025, Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, accused his colleague legislators of hiding their sources of wealth and the properties they own. On Ablakwa, Afenyo-Markin indicated that the North Tongu legislator’s claim that he is not the owner of his residence at Airport Hills, during his vetting as Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate, was not the truth.

According to him, every person who resides at Airport Hills is the owner of the property he or she lives in and not a tenant. The Minority Leader also took a swipe at the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation-designate, Sam George, for claiming that his wife takes care of him. “They are acting childish, and they are creating an impression that they are righteous.



That is why they cannot boldly say that they own a property at Airport Hills. That is why they say, ‘My wife takes care of me. I am a tenant.

’ “Who in this country would stay at Airport Hills and rent? That place, you build to own. The covenant in the agreement is that it is owner-occupation,” Afenyo-Markin said. He made these remarks while criticising the works of the Operation-Recover All Loot preparatory team led by Okudzeto Ablakwa.

He was not enthused by the committee’s focus on state lands acquired by proponents of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “I will not say that because of politics, somebody who has committed a crime should not face the law. But if you go to Cantonments, you go to Chain Homes, the entire Chain Homes was state land that a private developer acquired from the state.

“Why is the so-called ORAL not interested in going to Chain Homes to question all the property owners that you have looted? If you go to Cantonments, all these huge apartments, all owned by the Turkish, the Lebanese, Syrians, Indians, British, Americans, all investors from all parts of the world, including Ghanaians, are on state lands. When Mr Ablakwa was talking about looting, there were some big men behind him who I know own state land at Ridge, huge acreage,” he said. What Sam George and Ablakwa said: On January 30, 2025, Afenyo-Markin, who is the Ranking Member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, during the vetting of Sam George, asked the minister-designate about his sources of income aside from his parliamentary salary.

The Ningo-Prampram legislator, in his response, said, “My wife takes care of me,” which drew laughter and warm reactions from the committee members. Similarly, during the Appointments Committee sitting on January 31, 2025, Afenyo-Markin asked Okudzeto Ablakwa about the ownership of his residence at Airport Hills, where he (Ablakwa) has been staying for eight years. The foreign minister-designate said that he was merely a tenant and not the owner of his Airport Hills residence.

BAI/EK You can also watch videos from the Minority after chaos erupted during Mintah Akandoh’s vetting.