[ 2017-01-28 ]

NPP MP confirmed Ayariga’s bribery claim - Kwesi Pratt
Managing Editor of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi
Pratt Jnr has refused to accept claims that the
alleged attempted bribery of the minority is a
rumour.

He categorically stated that details relating to
the raising of the money and its delivery were
revealed by a member of parliament - belonging to
the camp of NPP - to some members of the
minority.

An alleged bribery scandal was disclosed by Mahama
Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku central
while granting an interview on Radio Gold.

He indicated that an amount of GHC 3000 was
presented to him by Minority Chief Whip and MP for
Asawase Hon. Muntaka Mubarak as "bribe" to
facilitate the approval of Energy Minister, Boakye
Agyarko.

The allegation also has it that the money was
given to Hon. Muntaka by chairman of the
Appointments Committee, Joe Osei-Wusu on behalf of
Boakye Agyarko.

However, the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko and
Chairman of the Committee Joe Osei-Wusu have both
denied the allegations and threatened legal
action.

Speaking on Joynews flagship program today, Hon.
Mutaka rubbished the bribery claims by his
colleague on the minority side, Mahama Ayariga. He
also expressed surprise at the conduct of the
Bawku Central MP.

Mahama Ayariga on the other hand insists the
allegations are true and he’s willing to put his
integrity on the line to prove the veracity of the
alleged bribery.

Speaking on Radio Gold’s Saturday morning
current affairs program, Alhaji and Alhaji, Kwesi
Pratt asserted that he received credible
information from some MPs he interacted with to
the effect that they had received some money to
facilitate the approval of Energy Minister.

He revealed that the money was returned because of
the involvement of an untrusted NPP MP in raising
and delivering the funds.

“I have spoken to several members of parliament
and one of them tells me that a member of
parliament from the other side called him and told
him that he helped to mobilise that money for
payment to be done in other to approve Boakye
Agyarko, and that’s what raised the alarm… and
the reason why they raised the alarm had to do
with the character of the MP who claimed to have
raised those monies. They couldn’t trust
him.”

The veteran journalist also questioned the
procedure by parliament in paying monies due MPs.
He called for a proper system to be put in place
to ensure that there are no loopholes for bribery
and corruption.

He advocated for a full scale investigation into
the matter to unravel all the facts surrounding
the issue and make things clearer.

Source - GhanaWeb.com

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