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Ghartey Committee suspends sitting
Chairman of the Committee, Joe Ghartey said Friday's sitting had to be rescheduled because the witnesses had not been properly served.
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The Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak and Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko were expected to appear on Friday to testify on the circumstances surrounding the bribery scandal in parliament.
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of parliament, Joe Osei Owusu told the Committee on Wednesday that he decided not to push for investigations into the alleged bribery scandal involving Energy Minister, Boakye Ayarko because the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa claimed it was framed.
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According to Mr Osei-Owusu, Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa told him and some members of the Committee that “they were spreading the corruption allegation” because the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko had labelled former President John Mahama as corrupt.
But Mr Ablakwa denied the claims and subsequently wrote to the Committee, threatening to sue it if it fails to invite him to testify.
The Committee has since given him the chance to testify after he was earlier excluded.
He has since requested for an audio recording of the proceedings on Friday morning.
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The Committee’s Chairman, Joe Ghartey, explained on Friday that the break in the committee’s sitting was to accommodate Mr. Ablakwa’s request for the transcript and recording of the first sitting, where Joe Osei-Owusu appeared.
Mr Ghartey has also directed the clerk of Parliament to, within an hour, serve all the witnesses set to appear before the committee on Monday.
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