The Minority Chief Whip of the Parliament of Ghana, Muntaka Muhammad Mubarak, has stated that the legislative arm of government has lost another golden opportunity to redeem its image.
He said this in reaction to the final report of the ad hoc committee tasked to investigate allegations of monies paid by expatriate business owners at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) to sit near President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Asawase Member of Parliament said the outcome of the report and the attitude of the chairman of the five-member committee is sad for Ghana’s democracy.
According to him, in other jurisdictions such as in the US, it is the committees of Parliament that take matters of public concern seriously and investigate with no partisan interest.
At that stage, they know that they are serving the people and not the executive, he said.
Alhaji Muntaka lamented that Parliament continues to fail each time there is an opportunity to defend the public in matters against the executive.
Speaking in an interview on Onua FM’s Yensempa on Wednesday, Alhaji Muntaka said Parliament has shown no shame because it is clear that the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Millennium Excellent Foundation (MEF) connived to mislead the committee.
He wondered why the Ministry initially denied the allegation of some businessmen paying as much as $100,000 as it came up during the public hearing by the ad hoc committee.
“But the report does not capture that,” he said in Akan. “So what report did they present?” he quizzed.
He noted that anybody who reads between the lines will know who is a credible witness in the matter.
He said the Minority will not accept the report of the committee because it only represents one side of the committee.
He reiterated that the only way the Minority will accept the report is when it includes the view and contribution of the Minority representatives on the committee.
Alhaji Muntaka seconded by MP for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa moved the motion in Parliament for the investigation to be conducted.
The two are the only MPs who appeared before the committee.
Source: 3news
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I HEAR THE PREZ. IS A LAWMAKER. HOW CAN HE COMMENT ON A CASE THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION? ITS ONLY IN GHANA. AM SHOCKED THAT EVERYBODY WAS QUIET WHEN THE PRESIDENT DID THAT. WHAT DO YOU WANT HIS PARTY MEMBERS TO SAY. THAT THEY WERE WRONG. THE NPP HAS THAT CHARACTER AND PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WERE BEIING TOLD TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PUT THEM IN POWER PEOPLE DONT LISTERN NOW THIS IS IT. THEY SAID FUEL WAS TOO HIGH THEY WILL REDUSE IT HERE WE ARE. THEY SAID WE PAY ELECTRICITY MORE THAN RENT HERE WE ARE. THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT BUY ANY CARS BUT USE THE OLD ONES NOT KNOWING THEY HAVE OUTSMART THE NDC TO ORDER CARS FOR THEM AND NOW TURNING AROUND TO SAY THE NDC BOUGHT THE CARS WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE OFFICE. I BLAME MAHAMA AND THE NDC. HOW CAN THEY TRUST THESE PEOPLE WHEN THEY TELL THEM TO DO SOMETHING IN THE NATIONAL INTREST? HOPE THEY HAVE SEEN THEIR SIEZE BY NOW. NEXT TIME THEY WILL BE CAREFUL WHEN DEALING WITH THE THAT ***barred word*** IN THE ***barred word***.
NPP must launch operation remove Muntaka.... We must remove him from the Asawase seat in 2020. Lets start now... Operation remove Muntaka 2020..... When Ayariga made allegations that he received money from Muntaka as bribe from Agyarko he was on the radio swearing now look at what he is doing now....
I don’t know why we wasting our energies on these ig.nor.amus bafuuuns i.e minority caucus. They are a waste of space occupying important seats in Parliament. These morons don’t deserve to be there. There are more pressing and important issues to discuss but ooh nooo; these dimwits are just interested in scoring cheap points and to get the propaganda and lies going to distract the able and competent government. The cheek! You guys paid to have seats in parliament yet u have the temerity to accuse others. Bribing your constituents to get u seat in parliament; ain’t that what u did? How dishonest can u unrepentant ***barred word*** be? Its obvious u people don’t have the nation at heart. Hope the people that u paid to vote for u will take a cue from your appalling and abysmal performances . Shame.less morons. As for the cocoon Muntaka, I won’t even waste my precious time.
What did NDC do in the John Mahama's ford bribe from Kanazoe? NDC never allow parliament to investigate the matter..... Now you NDC guys are complaining today.... Chairman Wuntumi must used all resources to get this Muntaka guy to lose his Asawase seat in the 2020 election. He is a hypocrate...... not fit to be in parliament.
Only an ndc sponsored radio station will have such a headline. They started with extortion, changed to collection, and when they saw disgrace staring them in their faces they quickly decided to write their own report which they could have incorporated in the committee's report. Now they are blaming the Moti and the millennium foundation. Is the president exonerated now? Ndc, you better prepare for the worst in 2020. Ghanaians are discerningly watching.
eh this my people, so what next. not talking in parliament as a sign of protest eh mother Ghana. we have such characters in parliament no wonder. they will not wait for anything but just rush and rush and they are flood always. 2020 is surely waiting you ghanaians vote for them to come back and you will see.
So the subject matter is....did monies exchanged hands, and was the president aware of such a situation? But because we have a s2up1d president who has no manners other than to cheat and steal. why wont his majority have their way? And most definitely the minority will also have their say. But what government does with the issue at stake lays credence to its credibility... Can anyone say this president and his government have any credibility. Abidicio....the ad hoc committee did not have the interest of the people at heart, and if this is the posture of this s2up1d administration, who will respect the presidency. This eed10t has made the office sound like some criminal seat, and rightly so...which is why only his family members occupy sensitive position in government, so as to shield their shady dealings.
THE MTI DENY COLLECTING OF $100,000 WHEN THE NEWS WAS FIRST BROKEN BECAUSE THE $100,000 WAS CLAIMED TO BE A EXTORTION OR LEVY. THE CLAIM OF EXTORTION AND LEVEY, WHICH WOULD INVOLVED COMPULSION, WAS FALSE BECAUSE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT NOBODY HAD PAID OR PROMISE TO PAY &100,000. EXTORTION OR LEVY TO GET A SEAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEMANDED BEFORE OR AT THE EVENT. MUNTAKA IS THEREFORE ILLOGICAL TO CLAIM THE REPORT FAIL TO ADDRESS NO 100,000 TAKEN. AND INDEED THE MENTION OF ANY SPECIFIC AMOUNT WAS IRRELEVANT, IF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE FAULTED. IT WAS WHETHER THE EVENT WAS RIGHT OR NOT AND THAT THE FUNDS COULD BE RAISE OR NOT. AND AGAIN WHETHER THE ACCOUNT RAISE WAS USED FOR INTENDED PURPOSE. IN THE WHOLE TRIAL THE CRITICS OF THE EVENT COULD NOT CLAIM THAT GOVERNMENT MONEY IS TAKEN AWAY BY SOMEBODY. SO WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF NDC NOISE, JUST CAUSE POLITICAL DISTRUPTION>
We watched everything on TV and you Muntaka and Ablakwa did not make much sense. what again are you talking about. Kyenkyenga Man, Koronfo)
The NDC is a joke It is rather sad Never again this Clueless, Greedy, Corrupt and Incompetent Party of an NDC