News:
February 15, 2021
Minister of Communications and digitization, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has said the unfortunate incident that happened on Thursday, January 7, 2021 during the swearing in of the 8th Parliament is a blot on the 8th Parliament and unfortunate.
According to her she has apologized to Collins Dauda who she mistakenly pushed when the Ashiaman lawmaker Ernest Norgbey in the company of other male colleagues pulled the chair on which she was sitting and currently sitting on during her vetting.
She further told the Appointment Committee on Monday, February 15, 2021 that when she entered the chamber on Thursday, January 7, 2021 there was no name tag on any chair, a development that was unusual to her as a third-term Member of Parliament, so she felt she could seat anywhere.
“Mr. Collins Dauda kept saying, get up and leave this place what do you want here, and I replied I would not go anywhere since no one’s name is written on any chair, it is free for all. Hence when I was pushed and fell I thought Collins Dauda was in link with the Ashiaman MP for that to be done to me and my reaction when I got up”.
The Minister-designate made this remarks when Member of on the Minority side Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare brought the issue up on the floor of the House and pointed out that five minutes to entering the chamber where the vetting was taking place, “Collins Dauda told her the Minister-designate has not apologized”.
Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu however intervened and asked the nomine not to answer the questions challenging her for not apologizing to Collins Dauda since the MP asking the question was not party to the issue.
Again, she put on record that she is yet to receive apologies from the Ashiaman MP who pulled a chair under her that day.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com