MPs Bribery Allegation Calls for Reforms

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• Kwesi Agbenu 10 years ago

  -----Former Majority Leader in Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, said he would be ready to provide evidence to the committee or the leadership for their perusal----
  
  BAGBIN IS ALREADY A BIG LIAR.
  I DONT REGARD HIM. HE IS A ...
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  -----Former Majority Leader in Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, said he would be ready to provide evidence to the committee or the leadership for their perusal----
  
  BAGBIN IS ALREADY A BIG LIAR.
  I DONT REGARD HIM. HE IS A JOKER AS PASTOR OTABIL SAID
  I CHALLENGE HIM.
  WHEN THE NEWS BROKE OUT, HE DENIED THAT HE EVER SAID THESE THINGS.
  THEN HE WAS CONFRONTED WITH THE STARK EVIDENCE. THEN HE ADMITTED.
  WHY DID BAGBIN DENY THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE??
  I DONT TRUST THIS FLIP-FLOPPING TWO-FACED ATTITUDE OF ALBAN BAGBIN.
  NO-ONE MUST BE DECEIVED BY HIS WILD ANTICS.
  HE IS A LIAR
  BAGBIN IS A BIG LIAR ALREADY.

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• Kwesi Agbenu 10 years ago

  He is just going to cite PC Appia Ofori 8 year old bribery allegation to support his case.The case will then go nowhere. Alban is a coward leading us to a blid alley

  He is just going to cite PC Appia Ofori 8 year old bribery allegation to support his case.The case will then go nowhere. Alban is a coward leading us to a blid alley

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• Kofican 10 years ago

  So you are saying that there's no truth whatsoever to the fact that some MP's are corrupt?
  
  If you hold on strongly to that belief, then I believe you should have your head examined.It's only the fool who woul beliveve our ...
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  So you are saying that there's no truth whatsoever to the fact that some MP's are corrupt?
  
  If you hold on strongly to that belief, then I believe you should have your head examined.It's only the fool who woul beliveve our politicians are squeeky clean.
  
  Look at our roads and highways, hospitals,schools. Basically, everything in Ghana is falling apart at the seams while those elected to look after the welfare of our nation are living it high and mighty and you sit there with your undeveloped brain thinking that everything is ok.
  What a joke indeed!!! Bravo Otabil... you hit the nail squarely on the head.

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• The mask 10 years ago

  Are MPs well paid?
  
  MPs are representatives of the people. For MPs to be effective the chiefs, assembly men and opinion leaders in the constituencies must have regular dialogue with the MPs, demand answers to problems in th ...
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  Are MPs well paid?
  
  MPs are representatives of the people. For MPs to be effective the chiefs, assembly men and opinion leaders in the constituencies must have regular dialogue with the MPs, demand answers to problems in the constituency and ask of the national budget and issues of national significance. The constituents must not forgive any MP who betrays them. There must be adequate media coverage of parliamentary activities and randomly how MPs are faring in their constituencies. If you know of any MP who has taken bribe report the MP to his constituents.
  
  After winning an election a newly elected Parliamentarian must leave his constituency and come to Accra the National capital to represent his constituency while at the same time providing feedback to his constituents. In order to represent his or her constituency effectively a parliamentarian should be able to communicate in the language he or she feels most comfortable in. Many parliamentarians come from constituencies where English is not the first language. A parliamentarian may be educated, understand English and belong to one profession or another but would prefer to communicate in the language of his or her constituency.
  
  Parliament must therefore provide interpreters for all the major language blocks. Parliament must also provide earphones so that if one MP is speaking in a different language the other MPs can all understand. Language must not be a barrier to effective repesentation.
  
  Parliament must also provide a readily available renovated residence to a newly elected parliamentarian. Accommodation in Accra is expensive and not every newly elected parliamentarian will have the money to rent a home in the national capital. Each MP must be given an office, a bodyguard and a secretary.

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• Kofi Osei 10 years ago

  News
  ?EU fear of GM food from US hampers historic trade deal
  March 13, 2014 00:10
  
  Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili
  An ‘enormous gulf’ has been exposed between the EU and the US through Europe’s reluctance to buy hor ...
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  ?EU fear of GM food from US hampers historic trade deal
  March 13, 2014 00:10
  
  Reuters / David Mdzinarishvili
  An ‘enormous gulf’ has been exposed between the EU and the US through Europe’s reluctance to buy hormone meat or GM food from the US. Industry and labor groups voiced concern to EU and US negotiators that the globe’s biggest trade pact was under threat.
  “There is an enormous gulf between the EU and US positions,” said Michael Dolan, a lobbyist for the US Teamsters Union at the fourth round of trade talks between the EU and US in Brussels on Wednesday.
  The talks marked an unusual occasion, being the first time that lobbyists were received, and additionally marking the first time that the forum allowed reporters inside.
  Those involved in negotiating a pact have expressed a desire to finalize a deal before the end of the year. Eight months of talks have already passed. However, tensions which have underscored trade talks worldwide have been a drawback, and continued low public support for the deal has exacerbated tensions over food.
  Despite this, its supporters say the deal would lead to some $100 billion per year in growth on both sides, and the EU says that ‘Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’ (TTIP) is under threat from protesters it deems ‘anti-globalization’.
  In 2012, the EU exported $16.6 billion in farm produce to the US, while US farmers delivered $9.9 billion to Europe. The gap was largely blamed on the EU ban on GM food imports.
  “Our trade could be way bigger,” Douglas Nelson, a CropLife America adviser told Reuters. “The TTIP is a way to normalize trade with the European Union.”
  However, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht frequently reasserts that there will be no changes to the EU regulation of GM food even if an agreement is reached with the US.
  The EU is also closed to US beef from cattle raised with growth hormones.
  On March 10, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) secretary, Owen Paterson, added his backing to an EU proposal that may prompt the fast-tracking of GM crops for commercial cultivation in the country.
  Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, GM Freeze, the Soil Association and GeneWatch UK added their signatures to a letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron condemning the plans.
  GeneWatch UK director, Helen Wallace, stated that Monsanto and other GM companies were “desperate to push their GM crops into other countries before the devastating impacts on wildlife and farming destroy existing markets,” according to local publication Farmers Weekly.

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