MP'S TAKE BRIBE - BAGBIN.
Member of Parliament
(MP) for Nadowli/Kaleo, Alban S.K. Bagbin, has confirmed that some Members of
Parliament (MPs) take bribes to articulate the views of some individuals and
organisations on the floor of Parliament.
He said evidence to that effect existed and added that the practice had persisted because of the lack of laid-down rules and ethics on lobbying in the country.
Mr Bagbin was speaking at a two-day seminar in Koforidua to representatives of 40 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which had sought to influence policy by having laws passed or changing the laws thought to be inimical to national development.
The workshop was organised by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund, a donor-funded organisation which seeks to promote an enabling environment for the development and growth of the private sector through advocacy, and STAR Ghana, another such organisation.
All the participants have, at one time or another, been beneficiaries of the assistance of both organisations.
Prior to their arrival at the conference, some participants who had dealt with some of the country’s legislators had alleged that they had paid bribes to MPs to carry out their law-making functions.
The participants added that they had been compelled to pay the bribes when it became clear that the MPs were not willing to move in the direction they (the participants) expected them to unless some “brown envelopes” changed hands.
He said evidence to that effect existed and added that the practice had persisted because of the lack of laid-down rules and ethics on lobbying in the country.
Mr Bagbin was speaking at a two-day seminar in Koforidua to representatives of 40 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which had sought to influence policy by having laws passed or changing the laws thought to be inimical to national development.
The workshop was organised by the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund, a donor-funded organisation which seeks to promote an enabling environment for the development and growth of the private sector through advocacy, and STAR Ghana, another such organisation.
All the participants have, at one time or another, been beneficiaries of the assistance of both organisations.
Prior to their arrival at the conference, some participants who had dealt with some of the country’s legislators had alleged that they had paid bribes to MPs to carry out their law-making functions.
The participants added that they had been compelled to pay the bribes when it became clear that the MPs were not willing to move in the direction they (the participants) expected them to unless some “brown envelopes” changed hands.
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