US gave Ghana $300k for Gitmo 2 upkeep

former National Democratic Congress MP, George Loh, has revealed that the US government gave Ghana $300,000 for the upkeep of the two ex-Gitmo detainees brought into the country in 2016.

Speaking on a panel broadcast Saturday, the former North Dayi MP said the stay of the two ex-detainees does not cost the state, since they are being catered for by the US government.
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The Vice Chairperson on parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee made the revelation on Citi FM’s news analysis show “The Big Issue.”
His comments come on the heels of a ruling by the Supreme Court for the Akufo-Addo administration to either rectify their stay in Ghana by seeking parliamentary approval or deport them.
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Meanwhile, one of the detainees, Bin Atef, is said to married in Ghana.
It has, however, emerged that Bin Atef’s wife’s name is Haia. She is a Yemeni. They married about two and a half months ago in Ghana.