A piece of recent information revealed by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has revealed that he is now the owner of the Volta River Authority’s Akosombo Continental Hotel.
Mr Acheampong made this known when he vowed to gift the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa a house and a hotel if the MP can substantiate claims that Rock City Hotel is incurring losses.
If Ablakwa “is able to prove that Rock City’s 2023 account recorded losses, in fact, in his constituency, North Tongu, there is a hotel owned by Rock City—Akosombo Continental Hotel. If he’s able to prove it, that hotel is for Rock City, and I will give it to him as well. He should prove it.”
Reacting to this information in an interview on Metro TV, Mr Ablakwa clarified a misinformation made by Mr Acheampong.
According to him, the Akosombo Continental Hotel is not in the North Tongu Constituency but in the Asuogyaman constituency.
Mr Ablakwa expressed shock over the fact that the hotel has been acquired by the Agric Minister.
“Let me state for the record, I think he missed his bearing. He said Akosombo Hotel in my constituency. Some people have sent me messages saying when he came to your constituency to buy a hotel you didn’t protest but he is doing it in Accra and you are making noise.”
“Let me state it on record that Akosombo Hotel is not in my constituency. It is in the eastern region of the Asuogyaman constituency.”
“It is next door to my constituency. It is quite revealing. I didn’t know that the VRA had sold the hotel to him so we are grateful that he has shared that information,” he said.
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