{"id":319614,"date":"2017-05-16T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=319614"},"modified":"2017-05-16T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:49:30","slug":"mp-allegedly-pays-ghc700-to-sabotage-gushiegu-dce-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/mp-allegedly-pays-ghc700-to-sabotage-gushiegu-dce-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"MP allegedly sabotages Gushiegu DCE nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some members of the Gushiegu District Assembly in the Gushegu Constituency of the Northern Region are accusing the Member of Parliament of the area, Dr. Iddi Ziblim, of sabotaging the confirmation of President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s DCE nominee for the area, Yakubu Abdulai.<\/p>\n
The Assembly Members, who spoke to Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0alleged that Dr Ziblim favours a particular individual for the DCE slot.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”b9FdEfunpdFIBbbnsUD3t1CqnZRUUsxB”]It is, for this reason, the Assembly Members are accusing the MP of frustrating the confirmation of the nominee,<\/p>\n Wajack Zakaria,\u00a0a member of the Gushiegu District Assembly, revealed that before the confirmation vote, indications were that the Assembly was going to confirm the nominee till the MP, stepped in with his address where he basically\u00a0said: \u201cthey could decide to vote or not to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Zakari further alleged that \u201csome of the assembly members were given some amount (GHc 700) to deter them from voting for the guy [Yakubu Abdulai].\u201d<\/p>\n Financial incentives appear to be the norm in\u00a0Gushiegu District Assembly with\u00a0Mr. Zakari noting that, “actually it is a laid down rule that when the nominees are going to be confirmed, at least the nominees should give something. So he [Yakubu Abdulai] went round and gave everybody [GHc 500 each].\u201d<\/p>\n But “afterwards, the MP also came out with his GHc 700 to distribute to those he felt he could deter from voting. According to what I hear, he gave each and everyone GHc 700… He has support for a particular man but because the government did not nominate his candidate, he wants the downfall of the guy [the DCE nominee] so that his man will come on board.\u201d<\/p>\n