{"id":449541,"date":"2017-12-23T09:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T09:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/ahenkorah-okudzeto-brawl-minority-rejects-second-apology\/"},"modified":"2017-12-23T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T09:45:37","slug":"ahenkorah-okudzeto-brawl-minority-rejects-second-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/23\/ahenkorah-okudzeto-brawl-minority-rejects-second-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahenkorah-Okudzeto brawl: Minority rejects second apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 23 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/96999492.295.jpg\" alt=\"Okudzeto Ahenkorah\" title=\"Okudzeto Ahenkorah\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Carlos Ahenkorah<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514022337_396_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Minority has rejected an apology by the Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, over his recent bust-up with Member of Parliament of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahenkorah clashed with Mr Ablakwa in Parliament after he felt the MP was tarnishing the Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration with corruption allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ablakwa had been granting an interview to journalists, as the Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, on the recent Ghana Expatriate Business Awards event.<\/p>\n<p>The government was accused of charging expatriates between $25,000 and $100,000 to allow them to sit close to the President at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Unhappy with Mr Ablakwa&#8217;s comments in the interview, Mr Ahenkorah described the North Tongu MP as a \u201cbig liar\u201d and one who has stolen all his life.<\/p>\n<p>However, addressing the media in Parliament, Mr Ahenkorah apologised for his comments, for the second time, but the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak says the apology is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>He said his side of the House will trigger disciplinary procedures against the Deputy Minister if he does not apologise properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you hear his apology\u2026that is not how to make an apology. He is supposed to apologise properly,\u201d he told Joy News\u2019 Joseph Opoku Gapko.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Whip said there has been an earlier conversation and an agreement on how he should go about the apology and until he does that, \u201cwe will insist that the right thing is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says it\u2019s too early to draw a conclusion that the apology is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that Mr Ahenkorah was advised to get Mr Ablakwa by his side during his apology \u201cas a sign of good gesture&#8221;, and once he finishes they could also shake hands before the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut unfortunately when we left and came to the chamber, Okudzeto was nowhere to be seen in the chamber and according to him [Ahenkorah], he called several times but did not hear from him[Okudzeto],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kyei Mensah Bonsu said discussions will be had with the Minority on the way forward.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPTCjipdV0E\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 38 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>General News of Saturday, 23 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-23 Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Carlos Ahenkorah The Minority has rejected an apology by the Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, over his recent bust-up with Member of Parliament of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. 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