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The leadership of parliament is unhappy with media reports that members of parliament are threatening to boycott sitting today over unpaid salaries. A section of the media had reported that Government had up to today to pay MPs their two year salary arrears and other allowances or face a possible boycott of proceedings in the House. The reports further stated that the threat has already resulted in government missing out on a 61 million Ghana cedi loan from Cal Bank to fund electrification and water projects in parts of the country. But the leadership of the house has described the reports as a misrepresentation of what transpired on the floor of the house. The concerns were raised by the Minority and Majority leaders, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu and Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor respectively when they spoke on the floor to react to the reports. According to the two leaders, such reports only go to tarnish the reputation of parliamentarians even when they lack credibility.