General News of Sunday, 4 September 2016Source: Myjoyonline.comFord gift debate: Bagbon, Mensah Bonsu square offAlban Babgin (L) and Osei Kyei Mensah BonsuAfter they were denied the opportunity for a feisty debate on the floor, the Majority and Minority leaders of Parliament found a neutral platform to slug out the controversial Ford gift scandal involving president John Mahama. "Once this matter was not referred to us [business committee] and we all know that through Order 53 the day-to-day business of the House is done by the Business Committee. Minority LeaderNot long after the Majority Leader hanged up, the Minority Leader called in to straighten what he said was the "bizarre" explanation Alban Bagbin was "inflicting on Ghanaians." He said at no point in Parliamentary history had a business gone straight to the Business Committee either from the Executive or from a private member's motion. At all times, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu argued, the Speaker through the Clerk sends a matter to the business committee and wondered why on this occasion the Speaker refused to do same.

Source: GhanaWeb September 04, 2016 08:15 UTC