Alban Bagbin had 136 votes, not 138 – clarifies Deputy Chief Nuclear Power Plant Whip

General news for Saturday 9 January 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

01/09/2021

Habib Iddrisu, deputy chief whip of the deputies of the New Patriotic Party, revealed that Alban Bagbin and Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye each won 136 votes in the election for Speaker of Parliament held in the chamber of parliament Thursday January 7, 2020.

The Tolon MP told Citi News in an interview monitored by GhanaWeb that the leaders of the house at a meeting held after the Carlos Ahenkorah incident countered the votes and 136 votes were for Alban Bagbin, unlike the 138 peddlers. .

He said that NDC chief whip Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka who came to the meeting with the ballots alleged that Carlos Ahenkorah had chewed up the remaining two ballots which for Alban Bagbin.

He revealed that despite their doubts about Muntaka’s claims, they decided to reach a consensus to allow peace to reign and focus on the investiture of then-president-elect Nana Akufo- Addo.

“When the leaders got together, we countered the votes and there were 136… there was a spoiled ballot. The NDC alleged that the two missing ballots were chewed up by Carlos Ahenkorah. We therefore decided to entrust it to Bagbin, ”said Habib Iddrisu.

This account by Habib Iddrisu confirms Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s position that the post of Speaker of Parliament has been conferred on Alban Bagbin and not by electoral victory.

The Suame MP told GhanaWeb that following the turmoil following the incident of Carlos Ahenkorah’s ballot snatching up, a deal was reached to give the post to the longtime lawmaker in the history of the country.