Lawmaker for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed has chastised North Tongu legislator, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa for his ‘hypocrisy’ in the ongoing car loan for MPs saga.
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta submitted to parliament for approval a loan agreement of $28 million pending consideration by the Finance Committee. This is for the purchase of 275 vehicles for members of the 8th Parliament.
Some MPs had share their disagreements with the move with Mr Ablakwa claiming he and some of his colleague lawmakers from across the political divide had made progress in getting parliament to reject the $28million car loan facility for the legislators.
However, Murtala in reaction believes Ablakwa is being a hypocrite and a man of no principles.
He challenged him to return the two cars he bought with the MPs car loan if he really has principles.
“First and foremost, it is the height of hypocrisy and I have to say this about my brother. Okudzeto is not just a colleague Member of Parliament, and I have come a very long way. He has taken the loan two times. I went to Parliament with him at the same time when he took the car loan. In the Seventh Parliament, I wasn’t there but he took the loan.
“He has gotten two cars and a new MP who is coming who doesn’t even have a motorbike, whose constituency is farther than his, whose constituency is broader than his, who also needs to discharge his responsibilities by being mobile, such an MP should not be given a car? Let us get serious in this country.”
“This is not a principle. Then he should return the other two cars,” he told Joy Prime on Thursday July 15.
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