Mahama Ayariga confessed to making Boakye Agyarko bribery claim up – Joe Osei Owusu

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January 27, 2017 8:12 PM

According to Osei Owusu, the MP said he made the claims to level the field for similar wild and unsubstantiated allegations made against former President John Mahama during the 2016 campaign.

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has said that the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central has withdrawn a made up claim that Boakye Agyarko attempted to bribe the minority side of the appointments committee.

Mahama Ayariga said on Accra-based Radio Gold that the Minister designate for Energy sent money to the minority side in an attempt to influence them.

The NDC Member of Parliament said, they (the minority) received the money thinking it was sitting allowance for being part of the Appointments Committee only to be told it was coming from the minister designate.

They rejected the money and asked that the money be returned to him.

The approval of the duo was however without the Minority’s support. Parliament on Thursday approved only eight out of the 13 nominees vetted so far.

The approval of Boakye Agyarko as the next Energy Minister was said to have been in limbo following some allegations of perjury against his testimony before the Appointments Committee.

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