The office of Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has refuted media reportage purporting that he sanctioned a Parliamentary Service Board (PSB) meeting in Dubai whilst on medical review in the Asian country.
A communique signed by the Communication Manager, Mr. Peter Bamfo, stated that “there has not been any meeting of the PSB in Dubai at the instance and convenient of the speaker of parliament.”
It explained that, the PSB only participated in an international workshop and team building exercise by the Crown Agent in Dubai.
“It is worth noting that arrangement for the workshop predated the Speaker of Parliament’s medical trip to Dubai. It was initially planned for April 2021 and was finally held in September 2021.
“It had to be postponed a couple of times due to time constraints and availability of members of the PSB. Consequently, the workshop and the Speaker’s medical trip had nothing in common” the statement debunked.
The office of the Speaker has thus urged Ghanaians to disregard reports suggesting his involvement in the meeting.
“We entreat all well-meaning Ghanaians to disregard this misleading publication, which only seeks to traduce the Rt.Hon. Speaker’s character by negatively projecting him and the Parliamentary Service Board.”
The Speaker recently undertook a two-week trip to Dubai to seek medical care from November 27 to December 14, 2021.
