Mama Pat Denies GH¢70,000 Vetting Bribe Claim
The Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Patricia Appiagyei, has denied authoring a memorandum in which she was purported to have admitted receiving and returning GH¢70,000 allegedly connected to Parliament’s vetting of ministerial and Supreme Court nominees. Madam Appiagyei has described the document, which has been circulating in the media, as fake […] The post Mama Pat…
Deputy Minority Leader and Asokwa MP Patricia Appiagyei has denied authoring a memo alleging she received and returned GH¢70,000 allegedly connected to Parliament's vetting of ministerial and Supreme Court nominees. The document, circulating in the media, claims she returned the money, which was allegedly allocated as an advance from the Majority Chief Whip to her, and questioned the source and purpose of the funds.
However, Appiagyei has categorically stated the document is fake and she neither wrote, authorized, nor circulated it. She insists she had no knowledge of the alleged GH¢70,000 payment or any return of such money, as suggested in the memo. Appiagyei revealed she only became aware of the memo's existence after attending a friend's funeral, and after realizing it originated from her office, she initially decided to mark it as "FAKE".
She described the document's fabrication and circulation as a serious matter and stated she would seek legal advice against those responsible. Appiagyei also alleged that faceless individuals are attempting to sow discord within the Minority Caucus of the New Patriotic Party. The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has commenced preliminary investigations into the document's authenticity and the alleged source and purpose of the GH¢70,000.
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