George Mireku Duker, a Former Member of Parliament for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, has slammed the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Authority Prof Ransford Gyampo.
Mireku Duker called out Prof. Ransford Gyampo over his conflicting views on calls for reparations in the past.
The former MP argued that Professor Gyampo’s position on reparations has shifted over time.
Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo on March 26, 2026, George Mireku Duker said, “I hear people hailing President Mahama’s move as unprecedented. Someone like Professor Gyampo, I will plead with him to be consistent. I remember when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said it would be important for the West to compensate us because of the slave trade.
“Professor Gyampo said it wasn’t necessary, arguing that Ghana didn’t need such money. Today, the same Professor Gyampo has described Mahama’s call for reparations as unprecedented. Can you imagine? If this continues, they won’t take us seriously,” Duker stated.
“At that time, he said if we got such money, we wouldn’t see where it would go. But now, if the money comes, can we really know where it will pass?” Duker asked.
“What baffles me is his claim that what Mahama said is unprecedented. I mean, what sort of hypocrisy is this?”
However, Prof Gyampo has responded to critics, maintaining that his comments on reparations have been misrepresented.
According to Prof Gyampo, the attack on him is a nation-wrecking propaganda.
He clarified that his earlier remarks were taken out of context from a broader television discussion.
“The call for reparations would be meaningless if we do not address corruption, waste, and negative attitudes that continue to undermine development,” he stressed.
In related news, President John Dramani Mahama has said the United Nations’ approval of a motion on slavery reparations is not the end, as it is only the beginning of the fight for justice on slave reparations.
John Dramani Mahama at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, tabled a resolution calling on the UN to recognise the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime ever committed against humanity.
Following a massive debate, the motion was adopted with 123 countries voting in favour of the slavery reparations motion tabled.
The United States, Argentina, and Israel voted against it, while 52 European Nations 52 abstained.
Speaking after the General Assembly session on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, President Mahama labelled the slavery reparations as a significant milestone.
President Mahama stressed that the outcome, while historic, must transform into sustained global action.
Speaking after the General Assembly session, Mahama stated, “This is not the end. This is the beginning. What we’ve achieved today creates a platform for the struggle for reparative justice”.
“We must take this success and begin to work so that those who denied our ancestors their humanity, those who denied our ancestors their dignity, can accept the truth that this is what happened,” he said.
He added, “Today we’ve accepted that this was a grave crime against humanity — the gravest indeed”.
“This victory is not for Ghana. We did it for the whole of Africa and all people of African descent. If we keep this coalition, we will take the next steps together,” he said.
“Today’s victory is to ensure that we do not forget, and will never forget. As long as this resolution has been passed, our ancestors will never, ever be forgotten,” he concluded.
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