[ 2021-03-02 ]

Ghana owes Bagbin “Order of Volta Award”
Following his elevation to the Speaker of the
eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic, two
businessmen have called on government to consider
Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin for the Order off
the Volta Award.








They believed he had endeared himself to Ghanaians
on account of his enormous contributions to
democracy in the country and beyond.

A statement signed by Mr. Samuel Krah, Chief
Executive Officer of Takoradi based Nimo Power
Tools and Mr. F. Mintah, a Mobile phone Dealer and
copied to the Ghana News Agency in Takoradi said
“Everybody in our country admits that Rt. Hon.
Alban Bagbin has been the most influential human
pillar in the Parliament of our Fourth Republic
and yet for some reason, we are not following
words with actions. Why has the most celebrated
Parliamentarian of our day not received the
highest honour of the land - the Order of the
Volta.”

Speaker Bagbin is often celebrated as the longest
serving Parliamentarian in the Fourth Republic
having been elected repeatedly by the people of
Nadowli/Kaleo since 1992 when the Fourth Republic
commenced until he decided to step down in 2020.

Then when he was just about to handover his Second
Deputy portfolio, he was elected as the Speaker of
the eighth Parliament.

The statement said it was not just his long
survival in Parliament that distinguished him
throughout his days as MP, but how he built a
reputation as a nurturer of Parliamentarians on
both sides of the political divide.

It added that the eventual election of Mr Alban
Bagbin as Speaker was a befitting crown to his
outstanding service in Parliament arguing that the
Speakership of Parliament was not necessarily an
award.

“This is why when you have illustrious sons and
daughters who sacrifice for their nation, you
single them out and decorate them with the highest
honour. This is how you use their lives to inspire
others to good deeds in the national interest.

“The Speakership of Parliament is not the
highest honour of the land, the Order of Volta is,
and if we truly are appreciative of the
contributor that Rt. Hon. Bagbin has been to the
Fourth Republic, then it is only befitting that he
is awarded the order of the Volta,” the
statement said.

Source - GNA

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