The Asogli State Council has described as lies, certain claims made by Mr Paul Adom-Otchere, host of Accra-based Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana programme about the rejection of some GHS365,000 by Togbe Afede, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State for being a member of the Council of State while he was the President of the National House of Chiefs.
In a statement, the Asogli state said: “Our attention has been drawn to comments and allegations made by one Paul Adom-Otchere in his Good Evening Ghana programme on Metro TV on June 7, 2022, during his discussion of Togbe Afede XIV’s rejection of ex-Gratia payment made to him.”
“We ordinary would not respond to comments from Paul Adom-Otchere, knowing who he is”.
“But while we ponder a more suitable reaction, specific allegations he made cannot be ignored”.
“The numbers Paul Adom-Otchere presented on Togbe’s attendance at meetings of the Council of State are both incorrect and misleading and are a disingenuous attempt to discredit Togbe’s performance at the Council”.
“We challenge him to provide the Council’s attendance register from which he compiled his numbers for all to know the truth.”
The Asogli state also denied claims that the chief took a loan from the government.
It also said the chief’s decision to reject the ex gratia was based on principle rather than partisan politics.
In his earlier statement announcing the rejection of the ex gratia, Togbe Afede said: “I want to add that my rejection of the payment was consistent with my general abhorrence of the payment of huge ex gratia and other outrageous benefits to people who have, by their own volition, offered to serve our poor country”.
