A group calling itself GaDangme Elites says it is outraged by the decision of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to suspend the operations of McDan Aviation at the Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal One.
The management of GACL directed McDan Aviation to suspend its private jet operations for breaching aviation rules. McDan Aviation has cooperated and suspended its operations to pave the way for the company, GACL and all key stakeholders to dialogue on the way forward.
But reacting to this development, the GaDangme Elites said it sees “this single act as an attempt to, once again, gag another industrious GaDangme who has made it big in the private sector and aims at expanding his empire in the aviation industry, [of] which he has over 30 years’ experience.”
The group, in a statement, asked the Board of GACL to answer certain questions, or they will “mobilise the youth from Ada to Waija in our next action if proper response is not given.” “The entire youth of the GaDangme State shall spit fire upon the attack of any other successful
GaDangme businessman,” the statement said.
Find below the full statement:
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IF NOT SHEER HATRED, GHANA AIRPORT COMPANY LIMITED
The Gadangme Elites are highly outraged by the actions of the Ghana Airports Company Limited in the issue concerning the Private Jet Lounge established by McDan and matters arising. The Elites sees this single act as an attempt to once again gag another industrious Gadangme who has made it big in the private sector and aims at expanding his empire in the aviation
industry which he has over 30 years’ experience. There are visionaries and there are also visionary-achievers in which category McDan can be suitably placed. His passion for the Gadangme State and the economy of Ghana cannot be
overemphasized.
There is a single fact that McDan is a Gadangme and has his leanings from La. The Airport Company is on Gadangme land and specifically La, Accra. Should we deny any industrious La man, who has gone through the mill and now qualifies as an Aviation expert from doing
something for his people and country? The Gadangme Elites needs an urgent answer to the following questions directed at the
Management Board of the Ghana Airports Company led by Mr Yaw Kwakwa.
- Who renovated the rejected Terminal 1 to its modern present state? Why did they lead him on if there were no initial agreement?
- Is McDan being targeted because he is a successful Gadangme businessman? Do we give the same treatment to persons from other tribes and their businessmen?
- Could this attempted embarrassment be done to a successful businessman from the tribe of the CEO, Mr Yaw Kwakwa?
- Has Gadangmes done any wrong by peacefully accommodating all other tribes and hosting government business in the capital? Should this show of leniency be taken for our weakness?
- Has there been any contract between the Ghana Airport Company Limited and the McDan Aviation Lounge?
- Has there been any business proposal between McDan Aviation and the Ghana Airports Company Limited concerning a Private Jet Lounge?
- When first did the GACL see the operations of McDan Aviation in the Airport yard? What steps did they take at that early stage to halt it?
- Was the Airport Company oblivious of the activities of the McDan Aviation Lounge in their yard for the past few months? Who allowed them in? Is Ghana Airport that porous without security and management? Heads must start rolling.
- If that is not so, what happened to honesty, contract, and good faith? Is someone hiding something from the general public?
- Is there a corruption or bribery bit in this arrangement in which the latter’s failure to comply led to the deliberate pull-him-down attempt to humiliate him?
- Is the Private Jet Lounge necessary for the economic growth and employment boost of this country, especially in the Gadangme Region? Is this targeted plot not an attack on the growth of private indigenous businesses?
The presence of the Traditional Leadership of the Gadangme State, the land which hosts the Airport, should have signalled the Ghana Airports Company Limited’s management of the full support of the Gadangme State to the project. The management of the GACL led by Mr Yaw Kwakwa disregarded that. This is a big insult to the King and people of the Gadangme State and it shall not be taken lightly. We are resolved to mobilise the youth from Ada to Waija in our next action if a proper responseis not given. The entire youth of the Gadangme State shall spit fire upon the attack of any othersuccessful Gadangme Businessman.The youth shall not sit for our Kings and people to be humiliated on our own land. GaDangmesshall soon take our rightful place in Ghana.
Long live the Gadangme State
Long live Gadangme Business TycoonsShort live tribal bigots against the Gadangme
State Signed…
Nii Ayitey Armah Convenor,
Gadangme Elites Nii Odartey Osro Majemabu Executive Secretary,
Gadangme Elites
Nii Kpakpo Zumstar Organiser/Press Secretary
