The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, says his commitment is towards serving the nation, rather than doing the bidding of the political party he belongs to \u2014 the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, he isn\u2019t going to do the bidding of any political party as the Speaker of Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Bagbin thus assured Ghanaians that he would discharge his duties as required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow, I don\u2019t belong to any party. I\u2019m the Speaker of Ghana. I\u2019m not a Speaker of NPP. I\u2019m not a Speaker of NDC. I\u2019m the Speaker of Ghana. And I must hold the balance. My duty is to ensure that there\u2019s an even playing field and the decision is taken, and I announce it. That is all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd, so, if you sit down and look at me and think that maybe you were my girlfriend before [and, therefore] I should give you an advantage over another who I\u2019ve never met, please, then don\u2019t come to me; you won\u2019t get it. Let\u2019s finish; after work, we can do that business together. Not when I\u2019m working. That\u2019s my nature; that\u2019s how I\u2019ve been up to this time and, so, it\u2019s unfortunate that these things are happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was reacting to some accusations levelled against him and some members of the Minority caucus in Parliament by the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi that they betrayed the party by approving three of Akufo-Addo\u2019s ministerial nominees whom they had earlier raised red flags against during their vetting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It would be recalled that Parliament, three weeks ago, voted to approve the nominations of three ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo who according to the NDC party, should have been rejected by the Minority in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In comments on Facebook, Mr. Gyamfi described the approval of the minister-nominees as a betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his remarks, Sammy Gyamfi singled out the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu; the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak and even the NDC-backed Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey brazenly defied the leadership of the party and betrayed the collective good for their selfish interest,\u201d Mr. Gyamfi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr.Gyamfi also added that \u201cwe have a Speaker who rode on the back of the NDC into the office to pursue his own parochial agenda and nothing more\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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