Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has addressed recent public allegations regarding his official travels, firmly denying any misuse of public resources or luxury travel at the expense of taxpayers.
In a statement issued in response to what he described as baseless and politically motivated attacks, Prof. Gyampo clarified that although his role involves travel opportunities, he has only accepted four trips out of more than 38 opportunities—all of which, he said, were undertaken with express permission from the Chief of Staff.
“Part of my work requires that I travel and out of the over 38 opportunities, I have only honored four, and these were with the expressed approval and permission from the Chief of Staff,” he explained.
Prof. Gyampo also rejected claims that he travels first or business class. On the contrary, he emphasized that he flies economy class on all official assignments, making him, in his own words, “the only CEO in Ghana who travels on an economy ticket.”
“I have never travelled on first class or business class,” he said. “The evidence of my boarding passes for all four trips is there for verification.”
The GSA boss said the clarification was necessary to set the record straight and preserve public confidence in his leadership.
He further revealed that legal action is being initiated against individuals spreading the falsehoods.
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Read Prof. Gyampo’s full statement below:
RESPONDING TO BASELESS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ME
- My attention has been drawn to some allegations made against me on some radio stations and on social media. I wish to thank all my admirers, well wishers, and teaming supporters all over the world on social media, for calling on me to ignore and not to respond. But unfortunately, lies become truth in the psyche of many people when they aren’t corrected. So, I plead that I am allowed to respond, not to the already known grand scheme against me because of my vociferousness against bad governance in the previous regime, but merely as a way to set the records straight.
- I have not recruited 28 women and two men as being alleged. I am not in charge of recruitment at my work place. Recruitment over the years, I am told, has been done professionally by a private outsourced agency that follows a rigorous selection process.
- Part of my work require that I travel and out of the over 38 opportunities, I have only honored 4 and these were with the expressed approval and permission from the Chief of Staff. Anyone can check for the evidence.
- I have never travelled on First Class or Business class. I remain the only CEO in Ghana who travels on ECONOMY TICKET. Again the evidence of my boarding passes for all the four trips are there
- My Lawyers and other lawyers I don’t even know, have taken over the matter and would deal with the individuals behind the baseless allegations, this week.
- I assure all that I know the public confidence in me and I won’t do anything to betray the trust reposed in me. All must also be assured that baseless allegations have never been enough to silent me. I would remain myself and would always speak my mind on every national issues while focusing on my core job of championing the interest of shippers forcefully and proactively.
Thanks to all.
