Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, Member of Parliament(MP) for Asawase has
revealed the secret behind his athleticism which was put to full display on
live television during last Thursday’s exercise to elect a Speaker of
Parliament.
Narrating the ordeal in
parliament that characterized the election of NDC’s Alban Sumana Kingsford
Bagbin as speaker of the house on Thursday, January 7, Hon. Muntaka said
he was a sprinter in his days at Tamale Secondary School of which he won
laurels for his alma mater hence his swiftness at stopping Hon. Carlos Kingsley
Ahenkorah from bolting away with some ballot papers he ‘stole’.
“Kojo, I was a sprinter when I
was at TAMASCO that’s why I could easily stop Carlos Ahenkorah from running
away with the ballot papers he stole and chewed some.
If you go to the school, they
will tell you about my exploit.” He revealed in an interview with senior media
practitioner, Kojo Marfo on Kumasi-based Abusua FM.
Background
The 49-year-old who prefers to
be referred to as the ‘opposition Chief whip’ left Ghanaians in shock when he
gave colleague Member of Parliament(MP) for Tema West, Carlos Kingsley
Ahenkorah a hot chase as though he was on a relay to retrieve snatched ballots
during a voting exercise in parliament to elect speaker of the house.
The NPP MP however explained in
a statement that he snatched the ballot papers during the chaotic election to
give President Nana Akufo-Addo “peace of mind to run the country.”
“It’s a very tough situation to have opposition as a speaker
especially when he’s the president in the absence of Nana Addo and his vice not
to mention how parliament would function by passing the president’s policies
and laws to pave way for development.”
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