The MP for Bawku Central and a member of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga, risks being suspended should his bribery allegation against the committee turns out to be false.
Mr. Ayariga Friday accused Energy minister, Boakye Agyarko of attempting to bribe the minority members of the committee, to clear him following his edgy vetting – but they rejected it.
According to him, the energy minister’s bribery attempt was made through the chairman of the committee, Joseph Osei Owusu which was given to the minority caucus by its chief whip, Muntaka Mubarak.
Commenting on the matter Monday in an interview on Morning Starr, the majority chief whip, Ameyaw Cheremeh warned that the Bawku Central legislator could face expulsion from the House should he fail to deduce compelling evidence to back his claim.
For him, the corruption allegation is quite confusing and disturbing, stating that any payment by parliament is made by its accounts office or by the clerks to the various committees.
“It is not the duty of any member of parliament to pay monies on behalf of parliament. So that shows that his [Ayariga’s] story is not true. He is just making up the story,” Mr. Cheremeh told Clegg.
He added : “It is not the duty of Honourable Muntaka [Mubarak] to go and take money from the accounts office to go and pay to the minority. Neither is it my duty as the majority chief whip to go and take monies meant for majority members and pay to them. That is not what we do.”
He said the story does not add up and that Mr. Ayariga would be made to prove the allegation “and suffer the consequence if it turns out to be false.”
Denials
The chairman of the committee, Osei-Owusu and Minority chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak have both denied the allegation, describing it as preposterous.
Speaking Saturday in an interview, Mr. Mubarak said the allegation is untrue and strange maintaining that by Allah he “never gave Ayariga anything that it was coming from Osei Owusu.”
Also, Osei Owusu in an interview with Starr News rubbished the allegation hinting that he would proceed to court Tuesday to clear his name.
“I will make a general statement on the floor and then on Tuesday proceed to the court to clear my name in this matter legally; and that’s what I will do,” he said.
Again, Mr. Agyarko has also denied ever bribing the committee.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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RE: NDC -YOU THINK PARLIAMENTARIANS ARE ANGELS? IF YOU CARE TO KNOW SOME START BRIBING FROM THE BEGINNING TO WIN THE PRIMARIES. SOME SELL THEIR BELONGINGS ABROAD AND COME HOME TO DO THIS BUSINESS. YOU BE SITTING THERE AND THINK THEY CANNOT TAKE BRIBES OR PASS MONEY THROUGH TO GET WHAT THEY WANT. UNSUSPECTING IGNORANCE GHANAIANS BELIEVING 100 PERCENT THEIR HONOURABLE MEN
This will bring sanity to our parliament and the nation. Everything must be looked into so this idi*t if found culpable punished. I'm pleading to the Kings and Chiefs,the Pastors Rev. Ministers and National Chief Imam #daddy loveyou# please make sure any of you is not sort to plead on behalf of these babies with sharp teeth. We need sanity in our country to progress and prosper. These ndc babies with sharp teeth are bound to destroy the hard earned integrity of others and must not be encouraged to be giving a second chance. He should face expulsion from the house. Sayoooo bi-election on the making.