{"id":275755,"date":"2011-02-09T08:25:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T08:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=51568"},"modified":"2011-02-09T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T08:25:12","slug":"bagbin-snubs-konadu-i-have-no-ambition-to-become-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/09\/bagbin-snubs-konadu-i-have-no-ambition-to-become-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagbin Snubs Konadu \u2026 I Have No Ambition To Become Running Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_34159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34159\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-34159\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/09\/k-t-hammond-must-stop-bastardizing-stx-deal-bagbin\/alban_bagbin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34159\" title=\"alban_bagbin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alban_bagbin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Resources, Works and Housing Minister, Hon Alban Bagbin<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Minister of Water Resource, Works and Housing, Alban Kingsford Sumanu Bagbin, says he has no intention of partnering former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings in the 2012 presidential elections.<br \/>\nHe therefore, dismissed speculations that he had been meeting with the President of the 31st December Women\u2019s Movement to become her running mate, in her bid to lead the National Democratic Congress into the next presidential election.<br \/>\nHe told The Chronicle newspaper in an exclusive interview in Accra yesterday, that attempts to tag and put him in a fix with such unsubstantiated allegations, were not only spurious, but mischievous.<br \/>\nAccording to him, he could not remember the last time he met with the former first family, and that the only time he met with them was last year, in a move to fine tune attempts to reconstruct their fire-gutted Ridge residence.<br \/>\n\u201cThe allegation that I have been meeting former First lady, Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, to discuss the possibility of being her running mate in 2012 is to say the least spurious. The last time I met the Rawlingses was to discuss the reconstruction of their Ridge residence, which was razed down by fire last year.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Member of Parliament for Nadowli West stated emphatically that he remained loyal to President John Evans Atta Mills, the nation and to the national Democratic Congress (NDC). \u201cLet me state that my loyalty to the nation, party, and President John Mills, remains unquestionable.\u201d<br \/>\nThe NDC guru underscored the service and sacrifice of the former first family, and argued: \u201cFormer President Jerry Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, served and sacrificed so much for this nation, and failure to acknowledge, appreciate, and be grateful for their legacy, for me, is the highest order of ingratitude, which must not be countenanced. But, this does not take away my loyalty to the current administration,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nResponding to the allegations that STX Korea had compromised his stance, the Minster laughed off the allegation, and described it as untenable and unfortunate. \u201cThe claim that STX Korea bought a Mercedes Benz to influence me to push the 30,000 dollar Housing deal is not only false, but a complete fabrication,\u201d he stressed. \u201cI have never even received a penny from STX Korea as a company or from their assigns or agents for any purpose. I strongly supported the STX project, because I believe in it.<br \/>\nHe continued: \u201cIt must also be put on record that I bought the Mercedes Benz saloon car in question, long before I became a Minister of State, using my share of the ex-gratia paid to all MPs to top up the car loan given to MPs of this current Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Water Resource, Works and Housing, Alban Kingsford Sumanu Bagbin, says he has no intention of partnering former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings in the 2012 presidential elections. 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