Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak has disclosed how he reluctantly accepted the role of representing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as MP in his current constituency.
Speaking to Citi TV, he narrated how he had to be convinced by big shots in the NDC like Alban Sumana Bagbin, who is the Speaker of Parliament now and other Imams before accepting the role.
“Now NDC has lost the 2014 elections, our MP had come to parliament and did only 39 days and died. Now they needed a candidate that the party would not spend so much on and everybody is pointing at me and I kept running away. I had finished my Masters and remember I told you I was doing very well in the cocoa licensing buying company, Adwumapa buying limited. I was the head of research monitoring and evaluation. I said no, no just get anybody I would support” he recounted.
“I remember the Speaker today. I remember when he became speaker he was thanking us and I said no I was only paying back. He drove to my house and spoke to my mother. He came then with the Regional Imam…if there is one person I don’t joke within my life it is my mother. She got upset and said, small boy, all these big guys are coming and you say you won’t stand? What do you think you are? Who do you think you are? What kind of rubbish is this? Better go and tell them you will stand”, he disclosed.
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