Friday , March 29 2024

BAGBIN ADMITS HE WAS CORRUPT

The second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin has admitted he was corrupt.

In a radio interview on Starr FM Wednesday night, Mr. Bagbin  who is also a Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo in the Upper West Region said the political system in the way it is in , makes public officer holders corrupt.

He said for instance President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will struggle to struggle to fight corruption as he had received support from people in all the elections as he contested and lost before winning the 2016 elections.

“Is he saying that all those people people are Father Christmas,” Mr. Bagbin asked when he appeared on Starr Chat Show with Bola Ray, which was also monitored by Graphic Online’s Seth J Bokpe.

When Bola Ray asked him if he was also corrupt, he said “yes”

Mr. Bagbin who has given hints of an interest to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress to Election 2020 as its presidential candidate had said in the past that MPs take bribes.

He said in Koforidua in March 2014 that some Members of Parliament take bribes to articulate the views of some individuals and organizations on the floor of Parliament.

He said evidence to that effect existed and added that the practice had persisted because of the lack of laid down rules and ethics on lobbying in the country.

Mr Bagbin at that time spoke at a two day seminar in Koforidua to representatives of 40 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which had sought to influence policy by having laws passed or changing the laws thought to be inimical to national development.

The workshop was organized by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge(BUSAC) Fund, a donor-funded organization which seeks to promote an enabling environment for the development and growth of the private sector through advocacy, and STAR Ghana, another such organization.

When the matter was raised in Parliament for possible investigations, Mr Bagbin told Parliament he was misquoted by the media.

source:ghanawebnews.com

 

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