Former Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, has admitted his committee received money from officials of the National Lottery Authority prior to deliberate on the amendment of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722).
He said the Authority first presented 50,000 cedis to the Committee "but when we looked at the provisions, we realised that the amount was not sufficient so they promised to bring another 50,000 cedis."
Legal Advisor to the NLA, David Lamptey in separate e-mails - addressed to the then Director-General of the NLA, Brigadier General Martin Ahiaglo (Retired) in August 2016 - which have been intercepted by Joy FM, requested the approval of a total sum GHC150,000 presumably to “push the bill for the consideration” by parliamentarians.
According to Mr. Lamptey, the money was spent on accommodation and other resources when the NLA organized a workshop on amendments to the new lottery bill at the Royal Senchi Hotel before it was passed into law.
“We had to pay for the members of parliament to be accommodated,” Mr. Lamptey told host of the Super Morning Show on Joy FM in an interview. He added: “Any payment made was to provide the committee the necessary resources they needed to be able to travel to the venue”.
He, however, denied the move was an attempt on the part of the NLA to bribe members of the Committee to hurry the bill through the legislature.
But Chairman of the Finance Committee at the time, James Klutse Avedzi confessed to taking the money from the NLA but said they received only a GHC100,000 from the NLA.
He said the money was given to the committee members as per diem/sitting allowance contradicting the claim by the NLA that it was used to pay for accommodation for the MPs.
Position of Parliament
The decision to receive the cash has also raised questions about the propriety of Parliament receiving money for work, for which the MPs already draw salaries from the state.
Head of Public Affairs at Parliament, Kate Addo said, parliamentarians are not supposed to take money from any institution to facilitate the passage of a law.
Source: myjoyonline
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Shamelešš DIShonourableš. Who pocketed the remaining GHc 50,000?
F**king armed r0bbers
You all know in Ghana to become an MP one need to pay bribe in ur party to be nominated plain secret, Parliament is corrupt and let admit it and move forward all those who have lost their job due to so called corruption charges are just victims especially the JUDGES from Annas's tiger eye group. Who can tell me Ghanaian courts are different today than before Annas video? Take police and other institutions. I feel sorry for those judges.
Theives
So these MPs took money from nla I national lotteries authority to create unemployment for the teaming youth who were working for banker to banker to make ends meet. ***barred word*** as the youth were, they kept voting for them. Interesting world
Referring to this story, can one conclude that our parliamentarians take bribe.
Ndc has corrupted every sector of the economy. They should be made to refund the money to serve as a deterrent to others who think Parliament is money field, no wonder everybody want's to be a parliamentarian and that must stop. Kate Addo said they are being paid for work done in parliament so what measures have they taken to stop that? Parliament is even a rotten place no wonder people like Suhuyini,Ayariga,Sam George,Ablakwah could denigrate,vilify and destroy others to pave way for them to be there. God is watching you. If you people knew what happened to the first parliamentarians, ministers and government appointees of Dr Nkrumah you wouldn't ever think of enriching yourselves with Ghanaian people's money. Some became destitute before they died people who were even well to do before they joined politics some even said the gap between them and poverty was unbelievable which means filthy rich but died a miserable death and ndc should know the mouth that blessed is the same mouth that curse and that same mouth is used to eat so when people use the same mouth on you never think it will end you well.Ndc party is the party that has hurt Ghanaians the most since independence and the longest serving government after independence but the most wicked and callous and ins*nsitive ever in the history of our country hence that humiliating and disgraceful unprecedented defeat which even they don't care but still annoying the people with unnecessary press conferences and lies. Ndc will never come back to power.
'Saint' James when is the press conference on the GHC 100,000 you took from NLA coming on. SHAME ON YOU. you see how this petty amount has disgraced you? After taking your salary and allowances from Parliament you go around begging from STATE AGENCIES' This is what you call CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SELFISHNESS AND DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. THIS IS BIG TIME EXPOSURE.
it is common knowledge that parliamentarians take monies from institutions before they approve their budgets, etc