{"id":449146,"date":"2017-12-21T20:07:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ghana-mp-apologises-for-brawl\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T20:07:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:07:01","slug":"ghana-mp-apologises-for-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ghana-mp-apologises-for-brawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana MP &#8216;apologises for brawl&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/13625105.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Addo Africa Forum\" title=\"Nana Addo Africa Forum\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>People were allegedly asked to pay $100,000 to sit next to President Nana Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513886821_180_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> An MP who started what has been described as a brawl in parliament has apologised to Ghanaians on radio, reports Ghana&#8217;s Pulse radio.<\/p>\n<p>It all started with an allegation that businessmen were asked to pay between $25,000 (\u00a319,000) and $100,000 to sit next to Ghana&#8217;s president at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak accused Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Carlos Ahenkorah of asking for the money.<\/p>\n<p>He denied taking the money, saying in a statement that he was just facilitating the payment for an event organiser, reports CitiFM.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Starr FM, the organiser, Millennium Excellence Foundation, said it had just been fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>This time another MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, raised the topic, but he was forced to flee the house after the deputy trade minister reportedly shouted him down.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mubarak is now asking for a full investigation, CitiFM adds.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People were allegedly asked to pay $100,000 to sit next to President Nana Akufo-Addo An MP who started what has been described as a brawl in parliament has apologised to Ghanaians on radio, reports Ghana&#8217;s Pulse radio. It all started with an allegation that businessmen were asked to pay between $25,000 (\u00a319,000) and $100,000 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":449147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana MP &#039;apologises for brawl&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/ghana-mp-apologises-for-brawl\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana MP &#039;apologises for brawl&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"People were allegedly asked to pay $100,000 to sit next to President Nana Akufo-Addo An MP who started what has been described as a brawl in parliament has apologised to Ghanaians on radio, reports Ghana&#8217;s Pulse radio. 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