President John Dramani Mahama has said he is saddened Parliament was recalled recently to investigate issues surrounding the $100,000 ford vehicle he received from a Burkina contractor.<\/p>\n
According to him, the process was a complete waste of taxpayers\u2019 money because the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) was already investigating the matter.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of Parliament Doe Adjaho, last week threw out a motion<\/strong><\/a><\/span> filed by the minority in Parliament seeking for a special parliamentary committee to probe the matter.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”BuZuwqINVFxtJPIRmlqNFQrerayQGmjq”]The minority have since then accused Speaker of being disingenuous.<\/p>\n Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, President Mahama explained that the recall of the 275-legislative House was unnecessary.<\/p>\n \u201cAs seasoned members of Parliament, they should know that it was untenable. Anytime we call back parliament we had to pay them T&T to come to Parliament, we had to pay them T&T to go back home, while Parliament is in session all the materials that they need and everything, have to be provided; so I think it was a frivolous waste of tax payers\u2019 money.\u00a0I\u2019m not angry, I\u2019m sad. Its petty politicking. It was absolutely unnecessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve reached advanced levels in the investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n Head of Public Relations and Communications at CHRAJ, Akosua Edu told Citi News<\/strong> that their probe into the matter has reached advanced levels<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and will soon come out with recommendations.<\/p>\n I\u2019m ready for CHRAJ verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, President Mahama has said he is ready for any outcome of CHRAJ\u2019s probe.<\/p>\n \u201cA complaint was made against me by two individuals to CHRAJ and CHRAJ wrote to me and detailed various issues that they wanted answered and together with my lawyers answered those questions. They\u2019ve been conducting their investigations, they\u2019ve interviewed several people, and they have visited the transport section of the Flagstaff House. And so once those investigations are ongoing, I\u2019ve submitted myself to it and I submit myself to any verdict that CHRAJ will come out with…I\u2019m confident I did no wrong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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