Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, has confirmed that a quantum of money was given to the Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, by embattled Energy Minister-designate, Boakye Agyarko, to be distributed to the Minority MPs on the committee with the intention of influencing them to give him the nod so he could be sworn in as Minister.
Mr Ayariga, who is a member of the Committee, told Radio Gold in an interview on Friday, 27 January that the Minority MPs outrightly rejected the GHS3000 each which was enveloped for them when they later found out from Mr Osei Owusu that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko.
According to Mr Ayariga, the Minority MPs first accepted the money because they were under the impression that the money was their sitting allowance but got alarmed and decided to return the money after they heard rumours that the money was coming from Mr Agyarko to bribe them.
“We were expecting our committee allowances from the chairman so when we were called by our leader to come and take our money we took it knowing that that is our allowance so as for the quantum we cannot tell how much money he might have given to the chairman so there are all sort of speculations about what sort of quantum he is alleged to have given but what we know is what came to us as individuals, that is what we can bear testimony to: whether it’s GHS1 or GHS2, no matter how small it is, what we know is what was given to us and we found out later that it was coming from him so as for the quantum, it’s not important, for me the most important thing is that we were expecting to be given our committee sitting allowances, and we were promised by our chairman that it will come very soon, and we were called to pick up money from our Whip, we picked it up and assumed that it was our allowances and then later we heard rumours in the house and we called our leader and asked him where is the money coming from, he said it came from the Chairman but chairman said it was coming from Boakye Agyarko so that is where we realised that we can't take money from Boakye Agyarko, so we asked him to take his money back, we are not interested. The quantum is insignificant, even if he had brought GHS1million we will still return it to him,” Mr Ayariga said.
The committee has endorsed 8 out of the 13 nominees of President Nana Akufo-Addo who have so far been vetted. The committee is divided against passing Senior Minister-designate Yaw Osafo Marfo and Mr Agyarko.
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So disappointed in Ayariga. My issue is not about the allegation but the line that reads;we accepted the $3000 each thinking it was our sitting allowance. Imagine what you guys are doing to this nation. Robbing us at pen point. Just sitting and vetting, u are expecting such an exorbitant amount. Yoo God will punish u all
Ayariga is saying Hon minority leader was told that the money was from Boakye Agyarko and he accepted to go and distribute to his minority members? I thought minority held up the approval Boakye Agyarko because he had made an allegation against Prez Mahama which to them was not correct and was meant to embarrass the former Prez so they were seeking to get the man to substantiate or apologise? Why would Ayariga come up with such a infantile story just to do the same thing that they new saints of NDC were preaching against which is political equalization. Again, NDC held a press conference complaining about seizure and sacking of their people from public offices which they did worse in their time but are now saying Political equalization must stop. My last question is what on earth would Boakye Agyarko desperately need from the committee to warrant bribe with history of approvals from that committee? Ayariga should just apologize to all Ghanaians. HE HAS GOOFED BIG TIME>
NDC propaganda will not work. Find something better doing. Mmoa, You have been doing that for long, now we are eye - openers. Your propaganda won't work.
Indeed you are right the GAME has just started. The problem is that the NPP is just too naive sometimes to realise just how diabolical the NDC is, just how craft they are. the will do just about anything to get what they want. Only God knows how to deal with the crafty. The victory at the election was because God Almighty destroyed their devices so that their hands could not accomplish their mission. NPP functionaries beware beware beware. You don't know your opponents at all. All of you pray and pray. GHANAIANS know you are better managers of the economy. Whilst NDC always sends us to the IMF. NPP always take us out of the IMF. Terribly crafty men out only to destroy what others build. Job 5:12-13 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. Yes the GAME has just began. NPP beware. Their mission is equalization. They want to portray NPP as corrupt because they are corrupt. As for the MPs who doesn't know they receive gifts. All of them or so the rumor mill says.
Liars th13ves kleptomaniacs!Why would Agyarko bribe the minority when the worst they can do is to delay the approval of the nominee?Propaganda and lies never helped these people and they still haven't learnt anything.
How does it taste? Was that not the kind of politics NPP used to attract sympathy? False stories peddled around, by the time NDC could say jack many people have been deceived, so no matter how Mahama and his team tried, you have people trying to draw them back. The game has just started.
In the worst case scenario, the matter will be determined at the plenary, where NPP will use its majority to approve them.
Eiii so soon . I pray it tend to be false.
Just now and they are bribing, God help our home land Ghana.
Baloney Mr Tractor Stealer