Minority in Parliament stormed out of Parliament on Tuesday over the Speaker’s decision to forward the motion to withdraw the 2015 AMERI deal to the House’s Energy Committee.
Indicating his displeasure to Citi News, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka said, “this is the first time in my whole life in Parliament that I am seeing that a motion, when it is just moved and seconded, is referred to a committee.”
“You see, we keep talking about the gagging but people don’t understand because it is not for nothing that the Minority Leader stands. It is because the Minority have reasons to speak and if you do everything to prevent them from speaking, you make the House very difficult to govern.”
The motion which was filed by K.T Hammond, who was the ranking member of the Energy Committee of Parliament in 2015 when the deal was approved, seeks to reverse the decision.
The John Mahama administration in 2015 signed a contract with Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group’s (AMERI Energy) to rent the 300MW of emergency power from AMERI at the peak of the country’s power crisis.
The power agreement with UAE-based AMERI Energy deal cost $510m.
It later emerged that the government had been shortchanged by AMERI as they presented an overpriced budget and government overpaid by $150 million.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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HAHAHA THEY ARE ALL RUNNING AWAY FROM THE AMERI ENERGY DEAL.THE DEAL STICKS.CORRUPT NDC MPS.
criminal f000lissh NDC MPs .... I hope you will not return to the House again. Speaker must ensure they are not paid for the days they stayed away.... It must also affect their ex-gratia as well.
I really don't understand this NDC MPS why are they only the people who can make the nation a better one. Where were they when the mantle was handed over to them 8 years ago. Nothing happened and now see Alhaji Muntaka telling journalist about how they fill for Ghana. It is a shame to them they shouldn't come back again kraa we don't need them again. I am really disappointed in Haruna Iddrisu it is better he resigns from his post in parliament because this time round he is not out with the truth always lying and following his colleagues tell him he is loosing his reputation as a MP
INCOMPETENT MPS LIKE YOU.GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND NEVER COME BACK.GOOD FOR NOTHING MPS.
You can even go on permanent leave - it will not affect the work of parliament. The real gurus are the NPP MPs. You're incompetent in government and usel.e.s.s in opposition.
I WONDER HOW YOU WALK OUT. STAY THERE AND MAKE YOUR CASE SIMPLE.
I hope u are not going to come back again? You hate to see competency working
stealers stealers.....
No amount of your walkouts will stop the right thing to be done. You are going to lose more seats come 2020 trust me with these attitudes of waling out.
You are irrelevant so just walk out and don't come back. You are uselless to Ghana. Besides, the number of MPs are too big and it should be reduced.