Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, has confirmed that a quantum of money was given to the Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, by embattled Energy Minister-designate, Boakye Agyarko, to be distributed to the Minority MPs on the committee with the intention of influencing them to give him the nod so he could be sworn in as Minister.
Mr Ayariga, who is a member of the Committee, told Radio Gold in an interview on Friday, 27 January that the Minority MPs outrightly rejected the GHS3000 each which was enveloped for them when they later found out from Mr Osei Owusu that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko.
According to Mr Ayariga, the Minority MPs first accepted the money because they were under the impression that the money was their sitting allowance but got alarmed and decided to return the money after they heard rumours that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko to bribe them.
“We were expecting our committee allowances from the chairman so when we were called by our leader to come and take our money we took it knowing that that is our allowance so as for the quantum we cannot tell how much money he might have given to the chairman so there are all sort of speculations about what sort of quantum he is alleged to have given but what we know is what came to us as individuals, that is what we can bear testimony to: whether it’s GHS1 or GHS2, no matter how small it is, what we know is what was given to us and we found out later that it was coming from him so as for the quantum, it’s not important, for me the most important thing is that we were expecting to be given our committee sitting allowances, and we were promised by our chairman that it will come very soon, and we were called to pick up money from our Whip, we picked it up and assumed that it was our allowances and then later we heard rumours in the house and we called our leader and asked him where is the money coming from, he said it came from the Chairman but chairman said it was coming from Boakye Agyarko so that is where we realised that we can't take money from Boakye Agyarko, so we asked him to take his money back, we are not interested. The quantum is insignificant, even if he had brought GHS1million we will still return it to him,” Mr Ayariga said.
The committee has endorsed 8 out of the 13 nominees of President Nana Akufo-Addo who have so far been vetted. The committee is divided against passing Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo Marfo and Mr Agyarko.
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Why will he do that when the NPP can easily use their majority to confirm him. This is doesn't add up
So this this what is going on in Parliament.You sit down for about ten days to vet 'appointees'and qualify for a whopping GHS 3000.00 as sitting allowance. So this is 'where' the tax payers money goes to. Only to be told 'we are a poor country, and we have to pay whopping taxes. No wonder there are 'Mugabes' in Parliament.
NDC are fond of creating fabricated stories. Parliament must ask ayariga to send his evidence of proof else he must be sanctioned like he and his NDC colleagues on the appointment committees asked Hn. Agyarko to send proof of what he said about the World Bank. Nation wreckers.
Massa; This cannot be TRUE !!!!!; because it is too early for Nana Addo's government and party the NPP to start and be tainted with such faeces of corruption !!!!!!!IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE !!!!!!; NANA ADDO SHOULD FRANKLY BE VERY CAREFUL WITH CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN HIS CABINET INCLUDING OSAFO MARFO THEY HAVE ILL MOTIVES IN GOVERNMENET ; the matter should be investigated by Nana Addo PRONTO because this guy Agarko is a corrupt man and a KROOKED MAN who will SOIL the name of Nana Addo: NANA ADDO SHOULD REMEMBER THAT 4 YEARS IS NOT FAR AWAY AND IT WOULD BE SHAME AND IRONIC IF NANA ADDDO IS BOOTED OUT BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION !!!!!!!!
Oh I wish that it is not true that Mr Agyarko tried to bribe the august house! If it's true then I advise Ho. Ayariga etc. to quickly lodge complaint with Police on the matter and cause the Chairman of the Committee and Mr Agyarko to face the full rigours of the law. After all bribery is a crime and so such allegation must not be taken lightly. If on the other hand , it's an allegation aimed to tarnish the image of the NPP then