Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, has found himself in an uncomfortable zone following a damning bribery allegation he made on Radio Gold last week.
He has come under a barrage of reasonable attack from his colleagues in Parliament to produce evidence of the bribery allegation he has made against minister designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko.
Alliance For Accountable Governance (AFAG), dreads the path taken by the Bawku Central MP to tarnish the image of Boakye Agyarko, is a major indictment on the House if left unpunished.
The group is calling on the august house to punish Mahama Ayariga for the falsehood he cooked up after Boakye Agyarko had been vetted.
In a statement sent to Peacefmonline.com, the group furiously noted that- “AFAG holds the opinion that Parliament must not take this matter lightly since it is a stain on the entire house. This is a major indictment on every parliamentarian.
It is only prudent that the leadership of the august house must immediately investigate this matter to the latter.
We are also of the opinion that if Mr. Ayariga is found blameworthy, he must be punished by the house. It is the high time people with the title ‘honorable’ start behaving honorably.”
Full statement below…
Parliament Must Punish Mahama Ayariga For Bribery Fib
Our Constitution guarantees the freedom of speech to every Ghanaian. It is rich that both local and international laws guarantee the right of every individual to say what they feel and share their opinion on matters at any time.
The freedom of speech and expression as spelled out in Article 21(1) (a) of the the1992 constitution, as well as Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), is a fundamental human right that is to be enjoyed by all persons.
However, an abuse of this freedom by one individual could threaten the very life of another individual. One of such persons abusing their right to freedom of speech and expression is the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon. Mahama Ayariga.
Alliance For Accountable Governance (AFAG) is gutted at the blatant lies and excessive use of propaganda by some supposed honorable members of Parliament. The habit of mudslinging and slandering of people with decent credibility by some Ghanaian politicians must be condemned unequivocally.
The claim of bribery by Hon. Mahama Ayariga against minister designate for Energy, Boakye Agyarko is very unfortunate. The allegation of receiving Gh3,000 from the minority Chief Whip, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak as money supposedly coming from Boakye Agyarko to entice the minority to approve his [Mr. Agyarko] nomination has turned out to have never happened.
Mahama Ayariga’s claim was also negated by his superiors on the Appointments Committee of Parliament. AFAG is, however, of the view that the public denial of this event by the Chairman of the Committee Joe Osei-Owusu and the minority Chief Whip clearly showed that Mr. Ayariga cooked up this story to damage the reputation and integrity of Mr. Boakye Agyarko, Hon. Muntaka Mubarak, Hon. Joe Osei-Owusu and by extension, the Minority Leader, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu.
AFAG believes that for a member of the highest echelon of the Ghanaian society to throw out such baseless accusation without any concrete evidence is reckless and ill-fated. This drama of allegations and denials by the NDC members of parliament is a major indictment on the house of parliament.
AFAG holds the opinion that Parliament must not take this matter lightly since it is a stain on the entire house.
This is a major indictment on every parliamentarian. It is only prudent that the leadership of the august house must immediately investigate this matter to the latter.
We are also of the opinion that if Mr. Ayariga is found blameworthy, he must be punished by the house. It is the high time people with the title ‘honorable’ start behaving honorably.
AFAG also support the move by the Chairman of the Committee to go to the court to prove his innocence and have his name cleared from this accusation. We also encourage Mr. Boakye Agyarko and Hon. Muntaka Mubarak to take a similar step to bring this matter to an end.
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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So called Asante ndc is not coming g back,never dream of ndc coming back to do what? to ste*l with impunity,the arrogance,the disrespectful to Ghanaians, the corruption that knew no bounds,the tribalistic tendencies or the division and discrimination in public and security institutions apuuu! Never! Anyway! The investigation is a must and if Ayariga is found to have lied to destroy some people's reputation then of cause he must be punished. I agree with Hon Joe Wise to go to court to clear his name that of his Be Kwai constituency and his region as a whole. He can't allow such miscreants to destroy his integrity and that of his people he represent. In fact Ayariga's constituents must feel what they've done to Ghana by electing such a hate filled liar to parliament. This guy was behind Hon. Adamu Sakande's imprisonment and sickness,they should have known him to be an evil person before sending him there to disgrace them. Ayariga is a big disgrace to Muslim religion and Ghana for his lies and blackmailing. He needs to be punished.
I hope Mahama Ayeriga has the evidence to prove this very serious accusation, made against Boakye Agyarko. If not, it will be a very big blot and stain not only on Mahama Ayariga and the august house of parliament, but also on the nation. Ghana is a member of the community of nations and there are international media houses covering our politics because of some successes we have chalked, we therefore have to be serious with our governance. We have to be careful not to be seen as people who make up serious lies in the high level of governance such as parliament. The systems in charge of investigation need to take up this issue and work on it speedily and seriously. Whoever is seen to have infringed the laws of the land has to be dealt according to our laws. Its about time we punished people, irrespective of their position for breaching the laws of Ghana.
Looks like AFAG is not portraying itself as being neutral in this case, no hasty conclusions please.
HON.AYARIGA AND HIS OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE PETITIONED THE SPEAKER FOR A FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER. WHY SHOULD AFAG THAT CLAIM TO BE CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE FOR ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE JUMP HASTILY INTO A CONCLUSION THAT AYARIGA HAS TOLD A LIE. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU BEHAVED WHEN NDC WAS IN POWER. THIS TYPE OF POLITICAL HYPOCRISY MUST STOP IF NOT GHANA WON'T GO ANYWHERE. AFAG SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT THE SAME WAY NDC DID NOT RULE GHANA FOREVER,NPP WILL NOT DO SAME. IF THEY DON'T CHANGE THEIR SCHEME OF THINGS A TIME WILL COME WHEN NOBODY WILL TAKE SERIOUS.