The Director of Communications for the United Party (UP), Solomon Owusu, has condemned the former Chief Executive of MASLOC, Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, for embezzling state funds during her tenure.
Owusu says he does not support people who take what doesn’t belong to them, and would be the last person to vouch for someone who used state funds for personal gain.
His comment follows the extradition of the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) from the United States to Ghana, to serve a 10-year prison sentence after she was convicted in absentia in April 2024.
Tamakloe-Attionu was charged for causing nearly GH¢90 million in financial losses to the State, during her tenure from 2013 to 2016. However, she wasn’t in the country to serve her sentence.
Commenting on the development on TV3’s BigIssue segment on the NewDay morning show on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, Owusu said, “I will be the last person to support Sedina Tamakloe.”
According to him, between 2013 and 2016, when Tamakloe-Attionu was accused of embezzling State funds, Ghana was going through erratic power challenges (dumsor) due to lack of funds to purchase gas to fuel the power plants.
He says the woman could have given the amount in question to the Government as loan to fuel the power plants to avert ‘dumsor’, but chose her personal interest over that of the State.
“You had money sitting at MASLOC that you could have even loan some to your own government to power our energy needs, you decided to pocket it,” he stated.
Owusu added that no political party’s constitution admonishes stealing, the reason Madam Tamakloe-Attionu must face the full rigours of the law.
“…and I’ve checked the NDC’s constitution, checked the NPP’s constitution and checked the UP’s constitution; no provision provides for any appointee to go and steal State money,” he stated, adding that she should be made to face the punishment for her deeds.
“So, if you decide to do that, then it is a personal decision so she has to face the law,” he added, questioning why a political party could choose to defend such an act.
Sedina Tamakloe, the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has been extradited from the United States to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison sentence after she was convicted in absentia in April 2024.
She was charged for causing nearly GH¢90 million in financial losses to the State, during her tenure from 2013 to 2016.
However, Madam Tamakloe-Attionu wasn’t in the country to serve her sentence, which, according to Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, commences once the conviction is pronounced.
The former MASLOC CEO’s charges included 25 counts of stealing, 20 counts of wilfully causing financial loss to the state, and four counts of money laundering.
Tamakloe-Attionu was arrested by US Marshals in Texas and held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center pending extradition proceedings.
Ghana’s government initiated extradition proceedings in 2025, and the US court ruled that the extradition treaty between Ghana and the US remains valid and enforceable.
A US District Court in Nevada certified Ghana’s extradition request in April 2026, finding sufficient legal grounds and probable cause linked to her conviction.
She arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, and is currently in police custody undergoing routine medical checks before serving her sentence.
The US Embassy in Ghana described the extradition as a “strong sign of cooperation between the two countries in tackling corruption and financial crimes.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, in a post on X on Tuesday, June 9, disclosed that the Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, is going to have a high-level engagement with the US Depart of Justice to discuss other extradition requests between the two countries.
