Former president J.J Rawlings has commended president Nana Akufo-Addo for instructing the Finance Ministry to pay a $45,000 loan Ghana contracted from ex-boxer D.K. Poison some decades ago.
Mr. Akufo-Addo has instructed that the former world boxing champion be paid back on compassionate grounds.
D.K. ‘Poison’ loaned the cash to the state during the administration of military leader General Kutu Acheampong at a time the country was in dire need of money to save the economy.
He has been unsuccessful in retrieving the money from previous governments.
In a letter dated September 28, 2020 and signed by the Secretary of the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, President Akufo-Addo has directed that the money should be paid to D.K. Poison on “compassionate grounds.”
“By a copy of this letter, the Ministry of Finance is requested to take the necessary action to give effect to this directive,” the letter noted.
