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Speaker sets 8-member c’ttee to investigate Ofori-Atta
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Vida Essel-LampteyThe Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has set a committee to investigate the allegations made against the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta by the Minority in Parliament for which they filed a motion to get him removed from office.
They have within seven working days to complete the work.
The Speaker’s ruling came after the Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin challenged the motion of the Minority on the basis that the Finance Minister will suffer injustice if the House goes ahead with the application.
Mr Afenyo-Markin indicated that the claims by the Minority were criminal in nature upon a proper scrutiny.
To that end, he called for a fair hearing for the Minister.
The Minority accused Mr Ofori-Atta of, among other things, personally benefitting from every loan that the government takes.
But the Effutu Member of Parliament said “these matters, upon a proper scrutiny, are criminal in nature. The Minister should be given a fair hearing.”
“If we go ahead with the application we will be doing a lot of injustice to our colleague. If this application is allowed it will be injustice and unfairness, the Minister wouldn’t have been given adequate time to prepare for his defense,” he stressed.
Justifying the motion to get the Finance Minister removed, The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu said President Akufo-Addo was not ready to sack the Minister.
Therefore, he appealed the Majority Members of Parliament to support the move by the Minority to get him removed.
In his ruling on this matter, Speaker Bagbins aid “The evidence will be placed before the committee. The Minister will have the opportunity to defend himself.
“A report will be presented to the House, and we will debate that report.”
The Committee is co-chaired by Dr Dominic Ayine and KT Hammond, lawmakers for Bolga East and Adansi Asokwa respectively.
Source: 3news.com
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