Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nFormer Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Finance Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, has admitted his committee received money from officials of the National Lottery Authority before deliberating on the amendment of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722).<\/p>\n
He said the Authority first presented GHC 50,000 to the Committee \u201cbut when we looked at the provisions, we realised that the amount was not sufficient so they promised to bring another GHC 50,000.\u201d<\/p>\n
Legal Advisor to the NLA, David Lamptey in separate e-mails addressed to the then Director-General of the NLA, Brigadier General Martin Ahiaglo (Retired) in August 2016 which have been intercepted by Joy FM, requested the approval of a total sum of 150,000 presumably to \u201cpush the bill for the consideration\u201d by parliamentarians.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Lamptey, the money was spent on accommodation and other resources when the NLA organised a workshop on amendments to the new lottery bill at the Royal Senchi Hotel before it was passed into law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to pay for the members of parliament to be accommodated,\u201d Mr. Lamptey said on Joy FM in an interview yesterday, June 28, 2017.<\/p>\n
He indicated that ,\u201cany payment made was to provide the committee the necessary resources they needed to be able to travel to the venue\u201d.<\/p>\n
He however denied the move was an attempt on the part of the NLA to bribe members of the Committee to hurry the bill through the legislature.<\/p>\n
But Chairman of the Finance Committee at the time, James Klutse Avedzi confessed having taken the money from the NLA, nevertheless he said, they received only a GHC100,000 from the NLA.<\/p>\n
He said the money was given to the committee members as per diem\/sitting allowance contradicting the claim by the NLA that it was used to pay for accommodation for the MPs.<\/p>\n
The decision to receive the cash has also raised questions about the propriety of Parliament receiving money for work, for which the MPs already draw salaries from the state.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that, the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban in 2014 accused Members of Parliament (MPs) of taking bribes at a two-day seminar in Koforidua organised by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund.<\/p>\n
Mr. Bagbin was reported to have said: \u201cThe reality is that MPs are Ghanaians and there is evidence that some MPs take bribes and come to the floor and try to articulate the views of their sponsors\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile when Today contacted Head of Public Affairs at Parliament, Kate Addo over the issue, she said, \u201cparliamentarians are not supposed to take money from any institution to facilitate the passage of a law\u201d..<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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