Credible information reaching The Chronicle newspaper indicates that there is growing tension between the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr. Alban Sumana Bagbin, and his Deputy, Dr. Hannah Bissiw.<\/p>\n
The conflict between the two personalities, according to deep throat sources, if not resolved, could affect the operations of the Ministry. Dr. Bissiw is allegedly eyeing the office, and as result is doing everything within her might to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n
She is also reported to have defied Bagbin\u2019s directives, insinuating that her boss was in the process of being removed by the President in the next ministerial reshuffle. \u201cShe does not take directives from Bagbin. She recently boycotted a conference assigned her by Bagbin.
\nThat conference was scheduled to take place in Ethiopia. My brother, I am telling you, she can\u2019t deny what I\u2019m saying when you confront her because it is a fact,\u201d a very reliable source at the Ministry, who pleaded anonymity, told The Chronicle.<\/p>\n
According to the source, Dr. Bissiw has been going to the Castle, the seat of government, to ensure Bagbin\u2019s exit, but to no avail. \u201cAll her actions suggest to the fact that she wants Bagbin\u2019s exit and office,\u201d noted the source, in a jerky voice.<\/p>\n
When Mr. Bagbin was contacted on his cell phone, he would neither deny nor confirm the allegations leveled against his deputy. He declined to pass any comment on the subject when pushed further.
\nConversely, Dr. Bissiw, when contacted on her cell phone, declined interest in discussing the matter. \u201cMy brother, don\u2019t let people drag you into unnecessary issues. I don\u2019t think what you are talking about is news worthy.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t let people ridicule your paper for that publication, because Bagbin and I have been getting on well with each other, and there is no cold relation between us. So please, I am not going to discuss that. But, if you have any other issue relating to the Ministry, my doors are always open for you,\u201d she told The Chronicle in a very malleable voice.<\/p>\n
In spite of the Deputy Minister\u2019s denial, high ranking Ministry officials are bracing themselves up for the reshuffle, which is very likely to move the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary leader away from the Ministry.<\/p>\n
About a year ago, Dr. Bissiw subjected the then Minister, Albert Abongo, to embarrassment by sending carpenters to change the keys to his office when he was away. This was when he (Abongo) was officially supposed to have handed over the keys to his office to Bagbin, after being shown the exit by the President in a ministerial reshuffle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Credible information reaching The Chronicle newspaper indicates that there is growing tension between the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Mr. Alban Sumana Bagbin, and his Deputy, Dr. Hannah Bissiw. The conflict between the two personalities, according to deep throat sources, if not resolved, could affect the operations of the Ministry. Dr. Bissiw is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n