Speaking to Joy News, the MP-elect for
Kumbungu said he is yet to be officially approached for the position of
first Deputy Speaker of parliament by his party.
He further stated that it is only when he is approached by the party that he would consider accepting the position or not.
According
to the media reports, after Alhaji Mumuni's rejected the position of
first Deputy Speaker, the NDC was compelled to replace him with Cape
Coast MP and Deputy Attorney General, Ebo Barton Oduro.
The media
reports were however not able to give reasons for the Kumbungu
MP-elect's rejection but quoted insiders as saying he was unhappy he was
being asked to serve under Edward Doe Adjaho, who has been nominated by
the NDC leadership to become the next Speaker of Parliament.
"Hon
Mumuni sees Hon Adjaho as his junior and more so he seems to believe
that the position of Deputy Speaker is inferior to the post of both
Foreign Affairs Minister and former Vice Presidential Candidate in the
2004 elections," a senior party disclosed to Accra-based Citi FM.
source: Joy Online
Sunday, 6 January 2013
Mumuni denies rejecting First Deputy Speaker position
