The Office of the Speaker of Parliament has debunked claims that an Advisor to the Speaker Kofi Attor is acting as Speaker of Parliament.
The Daily Guide newspaper on Friday, March 11, 2022, had the headline “Bagbin Appoints NDC man as ‘Acting Speaker”.
“We wish to state that Hon. Kofi Attor is a former Member of Parliament who currently works in the Speaker’s Secretariat as a Senior Advisor. The Speaker assigns responsibility to him and the staff of his Secretariat from time to time. In all these, he has never been assigned responsibility as acting Speaker and those who caused the publication know this.
“In the instance under reference, Hon. Kofi Attor was assigned to receive a message, intended for the Speaker, from a delegation of Medicine Sans Frontiers, an international medical humanitarian organization,” a rejoinder from the Speaker’s Office stated.
The statement further explained that assignment cannot make Mr. Attor the acting Speaker of Parliament.
“It must be pointed out that the delegation was in Parliament primarily to meet with the leadership and the Health Committee of Parliament, which they did.
“The said publication is just one of the mischievous attempts to court public disaffection and ridicule for the Speaker and bring him into disrepute. The public is advised to ignore the mischief that was intended,” the statement concluded.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Isaac Dzidzoamenu
