Remove Atta Akyea

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Forum for Setting the Records Straight (FSRS) has called for the removal of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Abuakwa, Mr Atta Akyea, from the Parliamentary Appointments Committee.
“Mr Attah Akyea, per his deliberate peddling of despicable liars, on at least two occasions, has brought the august House into disrepute. We believe that Mr Attah Akyea’s removal will restore some modicum of respectability and credibility to this august house”, it alleged.
A spokesperson for the forum, Mr Mohammed Nuredeen Nashas, stated this at their first press conference after the 2008 elections, to express the forum’s displeasure about what it termed Mr Akyea’s “unceasing quest for by force-shakara apology from the NDC ministerial nominees”.
Explaining, Mr Nuredeen said Mr Attah Akyea started by levelling unfounded allegations and insults against the forum’s leader, Mr Fifi Kwetey, a deputy Minister of Finance-nominee, during his vetting.
He said Mr Akyea, during the vetting of Mr Kwetey, forced Mr Kwetey to apologise for asserting that Abu Mohamed, an NDC member, was crippled as a result of an attack by some thugs believed to be members of the the New Patriotic Party (NPP), leaving the committee to think that Mt Akyea had enough evidence to prove Mr Kwetey wrong on his allegations.
“Much to the dismay of the listeners of Joy fm’s Morning Show and Radio Gold’s Newspaper Review, the very day after the vetting, the said victim did confess that he was in fact unable to walk for three years and has resorted to the use of clutches”, he said.
The NPP, he said, meted the same harassment to Madam Ama Benyiwa Doe, Minister for Central Region, who was also coerced to render an apology for her “justifiable” pronouncements regarding the NPP and the cocaine saga, during the 2008 campaign season.
He said the NPP MP’s in the Parliamentary Appointment Committee, instead of contributing to a successful vetting exercise, were rather using the opportunity to score political points.
Mr Nuredeen called on the Parliamentary Appointments Committee to do its best to maintain the integrity of the vetting process in order to give tax payers their money’s worth.
He said the FSRS was aware of he misdeeds of the MP for Manhyia, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, during the 2008 elections in Kumasi, and would be “setting the record straight on him” in due course.