National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed claims by the Chairman of the Appointments Committee, suggesting that he admitted making up the bribery allegation against the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko.
Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu, made the claim at the first public hearing of the ad-hoc committee today [Wednesday], saying Mr. Ablakwa had indicated that the Minority made the bribery allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko’s corruption allegation levelled against former President Mahama.
“In the conclave, after they had shown that they [Minority] were satisfied and were willing to withdraw their objection and agree for their report to be amended that Hon Osafo Maafo and Boakye Agyarko be passed by consensus, we were going to leave and I said no, there was this allegation already in the public domain, and Honourbale Ayariga is the one alleged to have made that allegation so we should discuss that matter after meeting, all the Minority members said was ‘Mr. Speaker cool down, cool down’ and I said; ‘How can I cool down?This allegation is already in the public domain’. It was at that point that Okudzeto Ablakwa said ‘because Agyarko said our President [Mahama] was corrupt, we were spreading the corruption allegation’. The mood in the room changed afterwards,” Osei -Owusu said.
But in a Facebook post, Mr. Ablakwa rubbished the claims, saying they were just fabricated.
"May it be known that the so-called confession attributed to me by Hon. Joe Osei-Owusu is nothing but a desperate, malicious and cancerous fabrication which would not be allowed to fester."
According to Mr. Ablakwa, Mr. Joe Osei-Owusu has been inconsistent with his account of events since the scandal was uncovered.
“The last time Hon. Osei-Owusu made this same allegation, he hanged it around the neck of Hon. Mahama Ayariga.”
“I guess he had forgotten to be consistent when he appeared before the Special Committee today.”
The former Deputy Minister of Education declared his preparedness to ensure the truth is established, saying “let no one doubt my resolve and the extent I am willing to go to vindicate the truth in this matter.”
Source: Citifmonline.com
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@FRANK FIAKPUI WHAT A NAME .I BET ITS A DOG OR DONKEY'S NAME.PUI PUI HO-RR-IBLE NAME.FOOSHEEEE FART FART .
YOU ARE MISUSING YOUR GOD GIVEN INTELLIGENCE. LOOK, YOU HAVE LIED TO ILLUSIVE SUCCESS, FAME AND POWER. LOOK BACK DOWN HISTORY, LIES AND PROPAGANDA CAN NEVER SUSTAIN THE LEVEL IT HAS TAKEN YOU. IT IS SOMEBODY'S IMAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO DESTROY. YOU HAVE AN UPHILL TASK BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER WIN WITH LIES. YOU WILL BE EXPOSED BIG TIME!
I liked the way Otiko handled this baby with sharp teeth. Integrity is the one thing killing these small minds and they dont even know.
ONE PERSON WHO HAS PROVED PAPA J DESCRIPTION OF "BABY WITH SHARP TEETH" MORE THAT ANYBODY IN RECENT TIME IS OKODJATO ABLAKWA. HE EXHIBITED THAT WITH HIS UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION WITH OTIKO DJABA. HE HAS ALSO DONE SAME FOR HIS COMMENT ON OSEI OWUSU STATEMENTS AT THE PARLIAMENTARY BRIBERY INVESTIGATION. HIS COMMENTS WERE UNCALLED FOR AS IT HAS BEEN ELABORATED BY THE LAST COMMENTATOR.
IN SPITE OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE STATEMENT OF OSEI OWUSU AS FABRICATION AND INCONSISTENT ABLAKWA MIGHT NOT BE TRUTHFUL FOR DENYING POLITICAL EQUALIZATION OF CORRUPTION AT THE CONCLAVE. LOOKING AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE SAGA THE STATEMENT OF EQUALIZATION COULD BE MADE BY SEVERAL PEOPLE OF THE MINORITY INCLUDING BOTH AYARIGA AND ABLAKWA. OSEI OWUSU BRINGING UP THE ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION IN WHICH HE IS MENTIONED WOULD BE ANGRY. SOMEBODY IN THE MINORITY IS LIKELY TO SAY "PLEASE, CHAIRMAN COOL DOWN. TAKE IT COOL, YOU SEE NOW YOU ARE ANGRY WHEN CORRUPTION IS LEVELED AGAINST YOU, BUT AGYARKO MADE SIMILAR CLAIMS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT MAHAMA". THEN THE MAJORITY WOULD REACT TO SAY "SO YOU COOKED THE BRIBERY JUST TO SCORE A POLITICAL GOAL OF EQUALIZATION. THIS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THE TEMPERS AND THE MOOD MOMENTARILY AND SHIFTED THE DEBATE OF BRIBERY ALLEGATION TO POLITICAL EQUALIZATION. NONETHELESS, THE MOMENTARY SHIFT DID NOT STILL ADDRESS THE BRIBERY SAGA AND SO IT WAS RAISED AT THE PARLIAMENT AGAIN. IF THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN ADDRESS AT THAT CONCLAVE THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY SETTING UP OF THE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER BY JOE GHARTEY COMMITTEE. SO YES THE MINORITY COULD HAVE MADE THE EQUALIZATION, BUT IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE MATTER. THE EQUALIZATION IS THEREFORE NOT FABRICATED BY OSEI OWUSU AS ABLAKWA INTEND TO MAKE THE PUBLIC BELIEVED IN HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PUBLICATION. THUS THE EQUALIZATION COULD NOT BE WASHED AWAY SINCE IT HAS NOW BECOME PART OF THE STORY OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BRIBERY SAGA.IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THE MOOD OF THE BRIBERY DISCUSSION MOMENTARILY, YET IT MIGHT STILL HAVE NO GRAVE IMPACT ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER IF THE ALLEGATION HAD REALLY HAPPENED. IT IS THEREFORE INAPPROPRIATE FOR OKODJATO ABLAKWA TO POST THE COMMENT HE MADE AT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HE SEEMS NOT TO HAVE RESPECT FOR THE PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS. IF HE CONTINUES IN SUCH POSTURE THE SAGA COULD ONLY BE RESOLVED IN THE COURT SINCE HE APPEARS TO SABOTAGE THE WORK OF THE PARLIAMENT.
Between you and Osei wusu whom do you think Ghanaians believe?You are a th13f a lair and hell is surely waiting for you. One of these days someone is going to decapitate you and use your water melon head to play football.
$WiZard....that is all i have to say for now!
YOU WANT TO GO TOGREAT LENGTHS TO DESTROY SOMEONE?? WHAT WE HAVE ON YOU WILL SEND YOU TO JAIL FOR LIFE!!!! JUST BRING IT ON, IMPUDENT, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING ARRRRSE-HOOLE AND NITWIT!!!
Ablakwa you're a cancer in Ghana politics. May God punish you! Did you receive any money from honorably Agyarko directly?
In fact these babies with sharp teeth have destroyed the ndc,they've made that party boring and unattractive. Who at all invited them to Papa J.J and his wife Nana Konadu ' s party? Those who invited these guys to join ndc has done them more harm than good,they've never brought any good thing to build the ndc but rather used that party to their advantage to get rich.The founder of the party didn't even vote for the party,a leading member and one of the founding members Hon. ET Mensah is vying for council of state member to help the president succeed,the past president who stood for the ndc as presidential candidate is no more standing for them and ndc Brig. Gen Nunoo Mensah who was the national security coordinator and later human Security coordinator is asking the president to add him to his government this shows how ndc is failing and dying gradually because of these fo*ls who think they are tough and have hijacked the party. Ndc will never come back to power,thank God even in opposition they are showing to Ghanaians how ins*nsitive they are bad mouthing the free SHS which is coming to relieve parents and they don't realize they are creating disaffection for their party. They opposed NHIS in opposition, came to power to steal from the NHIS and destroyed it because it benefited the people they never liked anything good for Ghana and they will continue to oppose every good thing for Ghana until Ghanaians give them 50 seats and less than 3 million votes for Parliamentary and presidential in 2020 to send them to perpetual opposition. Ndc is not good for Ghana