[ 2021-03-04 ]

Sammy Gyamfi attacks ‘selfish’ Bagbin, Haruna and Muntaka
The National Communications Officer of the
opposition National Democratic Congress Sammy
Gyamfi has accused the Speaker of Parliament and
the leadership of the NDC caucus in the House of
betraying the party.

It comes after the House voted to approve all the
vetted nominees for ministerial positions
Wednesday night.



The party had directed its members to vote against
some of the nominees especially those with
security portfolios.

“Comrades, the betrayal we have suffered in the
hands of the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban
Bagbin, the leadership of our Parliamentary group,
particularly Hon. Haruna Iddrissu and Hon. Muntaka
Mubarak, and dozens of our own MPs, is what
strengthens me to work hard for the great NDC to
regain power.

“They brazenly defied the leadership of the
party and betrayed the collective good for their
selfish interest. And we, must not let them
succeed in their parochial quest to destroy the
NDC, the party that has done so much for them and
all of us. The shame they have brought on the
party will forever hang like an albatross around
their necks,” Mr Gyamfi wrote in a statement
Thursday.

He added: “These are hard times for all of us
but we should not let the betrayal of a few quench
our love for the great NDC. Rather, let it
strengthen us to fight for this party. We all have
an equal stake in this party. They are few, we are
many. Some have sold their conscience but ours is
intact. And we, can work together to rebuild the
party from the ashes of 3rd March, 2021, which I
call “Black Wednesday ”- Our day of
self-inflicted shame.

“This is the time for us to insist on the right
changes in the leadership of the NDC group in
Parliament or forget about them completely. The
current leadership have lost their moral authority
to lead and are not fit to sit on the front bench
of the NDC side of the house. More importantly,
it’s about time we understood, that we don’t
have any NDC Speaker of Parliament. No we don’t!
We have a Speaker who rode on the back of the NDC
into Office to pursue his own parochial agenda and
nothing more. You trust them, at your own
peril”.

Meanwhile, the three Miniserial-nominees who were
rejected by the Minority side on the Appointments
Committee were approved by Parliament through
secret balloting.

Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
sailed through with 115 Yes votes as against 110
No votes. Fisheries and Aqua Culture
Minister-designate Hawa Koomson secured 161 Yes
votes with 104 No votes. Agric Minister-designate
Dr Afriyie Akoto had 143 Yes votes and 121 No
votes.

All other vetted nominees were also approved.

Before the votes, the Minority Members withdrew
their consent for the approval of the three
security sector ministers-designate following an
uproar in the NDC.

Kan Dapaah, for National Security, Dominic Nitiwul
for Defence, and Ambrose Dery for Interior had
already been approved by the NDC MPs on the
committee but the party has raised concerns over
the move citing the nominees’ alleged role in
the Ayawaso by-election violence and the killings
that took place in 2020 polls.



At a caucus meeting Wednesday which lasted for
over 2 hours, the caucus resolved to withdraw
their consent for the consensus approval of the
trio.

Source - Happyfm

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