Kofi Annan's son is also involved with ROBERT MUGABE!!!
http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg07877.html Kofi Annan's Son Linked to 75m Harare Airport Deal
Africa News Service
Lagos (This Day, May 8, 2000) - Kojo Annan sounded tetchy. "I want to make
it very clear, to avoid speculation about my father," he said. "When Air
Harbour was awarded airport contract I was not on its board of directors."
The defensiveness of the son of United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan
was understandable. Sunday Business has learnt he is a director of the
offshore company that benefited from what Zimbabwe's opposition alleges is
the country's most notorious act of cronyism.
It is a bizarre tale involving a wayward nephew of president Robert Mugabe,
the son of a former Saudi oil minister, as well as the son of the UN chief.
It is set against the backdrop of a Pounds75 million contract to redevelop
Harare International Airport, the little-known Isle of Man-registered
company that won it, and Mugabe's new mansion.
And it is a story that may yet present the UN secretary-general with
difficulties in dealing with Mugabe as a rising tide of violence sweeps
Zimbabwe.
Last Sunday, Annan's son was keen to emphasis that he did not become a
director of Air Harbour Technologies until ate last year - four years after
its victory in the Harare airport tender caused an outcry in Zimbabwe. But
he was less keen to elaborate on the nature of his involvement with the
company.
Speaking on a mobile phone in his native Ghana, Kojo Annan denied having a
shareholding in Air Harbour, or drawing a salary. He added: "I have
director's fees. I mean, any director of any company gets fees."
But when asked how much he is paid, he said: "Do you really think I'm going
to answer that? I told you I have no further comment. I'm not going to
answer that."
The youngest of Kofi Annan's three children and the son from his first
marriage, Kojo is based in Accra, Ghana, and in Lagos, Nigeria, his mother's
home country. He is a partner in a Lagos firm of consultants called Sutton
Investments, which is involved in development projects. The 26-year-old's
business activities raised eyebrows last year when it emerged that a client
had won the Pounds6 million contract to monitor the UN's "oil-for-food"
programme in Iraq.
Geoffrey Lipman, Air Harbour's chief executive, said: "As a board member,
Kojo passes comment on all of our activities." He stressed that the company
had no relationship with Kofi Annan or the UN.
(SNIP)