The Office of the Speaker of Parliament has described as mischievous a publication in the Daily Guide newspaper that claimed Rt Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin has appointed an NDC man as Deputy Speaker.
A statement by the Office said the publication, ridiculous as it may be, is an attempt to court public disaffection and ridicule for the Speaker and bring him into disrepute.
The Daily Guide made the claim in its publication of Friday, March 11, 2022.
A rejoinder from the Speaker’s Ofice, however, indicated Hon. Kofi Attor is a former Member of Parliament and currently works in the Speaker’s Secretariat as Senior Advisor.
“The Speaker assigns responsibility to him and staff of his Secretariat from time to time.”
“In all these, he has never been assigned responsibility as acting Speaker, and those who caused the publication know this,” it said
According to the statement, in the instance under reference, Kofi Attor was assigned to receive a message intended for the Speaker from a delegation of Medicine Sans Frontiers, an international medical humanitarian organization.
“That assignment cannot make him the acting Speaker of Parliament. “
“It must be pointed out that the delegation was in Parliament primarily to meet with the leadership and the Health Committee of Parliament, which they did.”
“The said publication is just one of the mischievous attempts io court public disaffection and ridicule for the Speaker and bring him into disrepute.”
“The public is advised to ignore the mischief that was intended.”
