The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over the legal basis of the government’s alleged collaboration with the United States in launching airstrikes against terrorist targets in Nigeria.
According to the Minority, the development was disclosed by Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, during an engagement in London.
Former Defence Minister and Member of Parliament for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul, also expressed concern about the implications of the minister’s comments, warning that such disclosures could pose a serious security risk to Ghana.
“What he has disclosed to the world poses a serious risk to the citizens of Ghana and the country as a whole. We all want to fight terrorism, but no government should be allowed to invite a foreign country,without a formal agreement, to use our territory to bomb, attack, or kill anybody,” he said.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, March 11, the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, called on the Foreign Affairs Minister to appear before Parliament of Ghana to clarify the circumstances surrounding the alleged operation.
“We need the Minister for Foreign Affairs to appear before Parliament immediately to brief the House on the circumstances under which the Mahama administration collaborated with the United States to carry out this action in Nigeria, and give the Ghanaian people the assurance that the country is not unnecessarily being exposed to terrorist organisations,” he stated.
