In the wake of the controversy between the Executive Council of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) and the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, the legislator has hit back at the real estate developers.

GREDA in a statement demanded apology and retraction for comments made by the MP alleging that the real estate sector in the country is a conduit for money laundering. The statement further gave the legislator a 7-day ultimatum to apologize else they consider legal action against him.

But in a quick response on Wednesday, July 26, the MP made it clear he has no intention of apologizing or retracting his statements.

“Let me start by stating that I have absolutely no intention to render an apology, qualified or not, nor make any retraction. As a public office holder, I am minded first by my fidelity to the truth, my conscience, and the general well-being of the Ghanaian people. These considerations in my opinion supersede the whims of any individual or specific grouping,” the MP said.

He expressed shock that GREDA would “seek to play the ostrich and display publicly the malaise that bedevils our beautiful Nation-hypocrisy!”

Sam George accused the association of trying to silence voices that point out criminality in the sector.

“I am surprised the GREDA Executive Council is seeking to ascribe the criminal activities to ALL of its members when no such allusion was made by me nor the host who actually introduced the subject of real estate into our conversation,” he added.

The MP dared GREDA to take legal action as they had threatened, saying, “It may open a vista for a wider investigation into a sector that we may not have looked at closely.”

Sam George said he would be inviting the Office of the Special Prosecutor to look into possible money laundering and other issues in the real estate sector.