The Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP) says his narration about the alleged attempt to buy the approval of Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko was inherently “factual and absolute fact.”
Mahama Ayariga dared the Minister to take whatever action he might deem fit, saying he would defend himself anywhere.
He believes the facts he has put out in the public and actions taken to return the money are enough to acquit him in any court.
“I am not sure any law court if it hears the evidence that I am giving and [if] my colleagues confirm” would deem the issue unworthy, he told Samson Lardy Ayenini, host of Joy FM/MultiTV's news analysis programme Newsfile Saturday.
Mr Ayariga has alleged on an Accra-based Radio Gold that he was told Mr Agyarko had offered GHC100,000 to the Appointments Committee.
He said each member of the Committee was offered GHC3,000, but when they were told of the giver of the money the minority members returned it.
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Mr Agyarko's approval together with Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo had earlier been scuttled by the NDC after some "inaccurate" information they provided the Committee.
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu
They were requested to provide further information to support some claims they have made in the past. The alleged money was seen as an attempt to buy the approval of minority members on the Committee.
Chairman of the Committee, Joseph Osei Owusu later revealed a different information. He told Parliament the legislator had withdrawn his claim at an in-camera meeting.
Few minutes after his swearing as a minister by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Mr Boakye said he might consider legal actions against the MP.
Although he admitted that he never dealt with the Minister directly, Mr Ayariga said he gave facts about events he was part of.
"I have recounted facts and actions taken and [what] I have witnesses," he said.
Source: myjoyonline
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You are a dirty liar and possible excessive ***barred word***. You have done nothing for Bawku people as MP. You have done nothing for Ghana people as minister. And now, you want to show us that you are NOT a GOOD liar. You are a fuuuuuuuuuul and waste of tax-payer's money. Who am I?
AYARIGA IS A PROBLEM,PRES MILLS TIME,THIS MAN STEALING SOME TRACTOR
This guy is just bragging. He will apologize in secret and come back to make noise in public. I wished someone will take this issue seriously and sue him to serve as a lesson to those "Babies with Sharp Teeth." I blame those who vote for such 1d1ots to represent them in parliament.
Mr Ayariga, what you and some few guys in the NDC have forgotten to realize is that , most Ghanaians have become discerning thanks to the active Media. So you cannot throw dust into the eyes of the public through the airwaves and get away with it. How will a man whose party holds a comfortable majority in Parliament bribe a minority side so to receive the endorsement to become a minister of state? I am not sure that with your position as a Lawyer, you have really deciphered your cock and bull story. Where lies the logic of your claims?
and you have such persons parading themselves as mp's. dishonest people.
Ayariga and ndc must listening attentively to their party founder Rawlings to free the truth as lies and propaganda flawed them with humiliation in last past election 2016