{"id":405183,"date":"2017-07-25T17:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T17:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/audio-ec-brouhaha-i-have-been-vindicated-ken-agyapong\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T17:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T17:06:22","slug":"audio-ec-brouhaha-i-have-been-vindicated-ken-agyapong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/audio-ec-brouhaha-i-have-been-vindicated-ken-agyapong\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio: EC brouhaha: I have been vindicated \u2013 Ken Agyapong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has stated he feels vindicated following accusations by some unidentified staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) commission against the Chairperson Mrs. Charlotte Osei for dishing out contracts without recourse to the Public Procurement Act.<\/p>\n

According to him, corrupt practices clad in shady deals existed long before the assumption of office of the chairperson therefore the allegation does not come as a surprise to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not surprised at all because I\u2019ve always said that this woman Charlotte Osei and his deputies are in bed with the NDC but immediately I start talking about her then the women advocate will rise up against me for attacking her. I guess this corrupt practices recently has vindicated me and people will now take me serious\u201d he said on Adom TV\u2019s Morning Show \u201cBadwam\u201d Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Osei is being accused for \u201csingle-highhandedly\u201d dishing out contracts without recourse to the Public Procurement Act by some unidentified staff of the commission.<\/p>\n

She is also accused of providing an estimate of one million Ghana cedis for the renovation of her house.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Osei in her response accused her deputies of gross insubordination, corruption and arrogance.<\/p>\n

But the outspoken MP who is known to have criticized the appointment of Charlotte Osei as last year indicated that, the issues raised in the allegations must be investigated.<\/p>\n

He said the allegation leveled against the EC Chair has destroyed the credibility of the Electoral Commission thus the implicated commissioners must step aside for thorough investigations.<\/p>\n

Mr Kennedy Agyapong is of the conviction that their continuous stay will only dent the image of the commission in the sight of the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should be sacked for investigations to be conducted because Charlotte Osei\u2019s allegations against her deputies are serious and needs to be taken seriously. Charlotte Osei can\u2019t vindicate herself because she did nothing to stop the corrupt acts by her deputies and that also makes her a criminal. We will be mocked if these people are left to continue their rot\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

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