As one who has fought his way up to be called as witness to testify in the ongoing bribery scandal, many would have expected Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa to have seriously studied and pieced together facts, that would exonerate him before the committee investigating the bribery case.
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency was earlier, denied an opportunity to testify in the bribery case by the five-member committee approved by Parliament.
He corroborated an allegation by another minority member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga that the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko attempted to bribe members of the Appointments Committee to ease his approval through the chairman of the committee, Joe Osei Owusu.
He however managed to overturn the verdict through his lawyers when they wrote a letter to the committee indicating that the testimony given by the first witness, Hon. Osei-Owusu were not exactly true hence the need for him (Ablakwa) to defend himself.
Mr Osei-Owusu had informed the committee that Mr. Ablakwa had told him the torrid allegation was a joke prompting the latter to react to the news through his lawyers.
But Hon. Ablakwa explained that he is "very hurt" about the kind of testimony Hon. Osei-Owusu shared when he appeared before the special committee investigating the bribery allegations.
“..I want to go and set the record straight. I don’t know why Hon. Joe Osei Owusu did that to me. Last time he did that to Hon. Ayariga and now, he has done the same to me”, he sadly said.
In an intriguing interview on Radio Gold, Hon. Ablakwa shockingly revealed that he has not taken any extra classes or made time to prepare to face the committee when called upon.
According to him “When you are speaking the truth, you know the truth and you are only recounting the truth; you don’t need any preparation. It is all about what you have seen, what you know; so you don’t need any preparation.”
The former deputy Educational Minister noted that he would have made time to prepare for the Joe Ghartey led committee if he had previously told a lie.
“So when you are telling lies or fabricating stories that is when you always have to remember and cast your mind back to the lies you told previously to know you are consistent”, he said.
He added that ever since the scandal broke out, he and his other colleagues; notably Hon. Mahama Ayariga and Hon Alhassan Suhuyini have been speaking the raw truth.
“We have been speaking the truth to this matter always and it is all about individual opportunity to recount the truth. There is no need for any preparation”, he added.
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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Ablakwa and Ayariga when found guilty should be expelled from parliament. Such fuuuuuuulishness would not be tolerated in this new government. Ablakwa your teeth like an axe. You spread falsehood about people and you want to enjoy peace. wo maame '"tw3"
But for the Twi media, a good number of journalists in Ghana should be unemployed. Did you guys not learn about how to put together a subject/heading to a stories. What type of journalism is this! What do you intend to achieve with this type of work. I can't frankly understand some of you. Did you really train to become journalists or you got the job by relationships. I just can't place it!!!
This is bad journalism. shame on you peacefmonline
OKODJATO JUST WANTED TO SHOW HIS SHARP TEETH. HE ONLY CAME TO STATE THAT HE IS NOT PART OF THE CONSPIRACY TO DEFAME SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE HIS PASTOR HAD REMINDED HIM THAT IT IS WRONG, IMMORAL AND UNGODLY TO DO SUCH A THING. HE HOWEVER, DID NOT DENY THAT ANYBODY WITHIN THE MINORITY MADE THAT STATEMENT. IN FACT AYARIGA IN HIS APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SAME COMMITTEE HAD ALREADY ADMITTED THAT HE MADE THE INSINUATED THAT WHY SHOULD OSEI OWUSU BE WORRIED IF SIMILAR ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION MADE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT MAHAMA. OSEI OWUSU THEN INDICATED THAT SO IT WAS A POLITICAL EQUALIZATION WHICH NOBODY REACTED BUT TO LAUGH. THE APPEARANCE OF OKODJATO WAS THEREFORE NOT NECESSARY SINCE IT DID NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. OKODJATO HAD RATHER WANTED TO USE THE OCCASION TO SPEAK AND SHOW MORE OF HIS SHARP TEETH TO THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR, WHEN HE HAD NOT SUBMITTED ANY MEMORANDUM REQUIRED TO DO SO. HE WAS NOT SINCERE AND TRUTHFUL TO FOLLOW THE RULES FOR PROCEEDINGS BUT THE COMMITTEE WAS SMART TO NOTICE HIS EVIL INTEND. THEY QUICKLY DETECTED HIS DECEPTION AND UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED HIS ANTICS.
Mr Editor, who does the editing after the journalist had done the script? Didn't someone see that the head line is deceptive? My question is, after journalists have left GSJ what do they do? GJA needs to continue to educate its members by using CPDs. You hear poor language, poor reporting every where. Anyway there are still some good and excellent journalists in Ghana. Yes my man Kwaku Baako, Sefa Kayi and many more.
I can't understand how one would want to bribe someone who will not or can't determine my fate. That committee is a sub committee of Parliament which has taxed the committee to examine the suitability or otherwise of the nominated candidates. After all is done,the sub committee would report to parliament which will then vote on the acceptance of the nominated candidates. each member has one vote here. Acceptance or non acceptance at the sub committee does not stop the voting at the floor of parliament. If I have more members to vote for me at the floor of parliament where each person carries one vote, why would I bribe you at a "toothless vetting sub committee of parliament" when whether yes or no at the vetting committee can't affect my destiny on the . Ref Oti Bless and Otiko Djaba
Now that you are of power and for that matter no access to corrupt cash it has affected your mental faculty. I don't blame you arrogant brat corrupt destroye-r. At least we all know the money you stole to buy your flats at Osu Penthouses. Fo0lish boy. I don't blame you I blame the sensible people who decided to sit on the fence for people like you to lead us
Peacefmonline, please get competent journalists to work for you. Everything from basic grammar, substance, coherence etc is lacking.
Master is NPP the IQ of the journalist who wrote that headline or what, abeg grow up in ur comments and stop attacking NPP but rather attack the journalist cos NPP is not a journalism schoool. cheap comment from a cheap person like u. Peacefm better change the person who does these posts cos he will end up posting something that will least to the close down of this site
Sensationalism. Not surprising though as this is what has become of our world