Disregard fake video trying to tarnish Speaker’s image – Parliament

Parliament has urged Ghanaians to disregard a video circulating on social media that claims Akufo-Addo invited Alban Bagbin over to discuss a settlement to the ongoing tension in the house. The video alleged that Alban Bagbin was invited by the President to discuss an amicable solution to the current standoff.

However, in a statement dated October 22, 2024, the house rebuffed the video’s claims; rejecting it as fake and an attempt to tarnish the Speaker’s image.

“The attention of Parliament has been drawn to a video circulating on social media insinuating that the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has been invited to a meeting with the President to negotiate a settlement in respect of the pronouncement by the Rt. Hon. Speaker on Thursday, 17th October, 2024 in response to a call by the Minority Leader to declare the seats of four (4) Members of Parliament vacant.

“Parliament states without any equivocation that there is no iota of truth in the insinuation in the circulated video. The video in question was taken on 4th July 2024, when the Rt. Hon. Speaker led a delegation to present the maiden democracy cup to the President. The attempt to wrongly label the video and twist facts to impugn the integrity of the Rt. Hon. Speaker and Parliament is not only disingenuous but unfortunate.

“The general public is hereby advised to ignore the attempt to hoodwink them into believing what has never transpired and treat the narrative with the contempt it deserves.”