Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye who was born on 11 June 1965 is a Ghanaian sports journalist and politician and the current Member of Parliament of the Odododiodio constituency. He served as Minister of Youth and Sports and as Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry in the John Dramani Mahama’s government.
During the interview with Joy news journalist Parker Wilson, he indicated it is not the fault of the minority in line with the misunderstanding and fight over the 1.75. Electronic MoMo Levy.
He indicates, the deputy speaker who presided over their votes casted , turned to also excercise his vote which is unlawful as a speaker. In an attempt to prevent him from accessing his seat, the majority in parliament clashed with the minority violently that led to the chaos in the Parliament.
It was an eyesore in Ghana’s Parliament yesterday December 20 as some members of Parliament exchanged brawls in the House over the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy Bill, also known as e-levy.
According to a photo footage , it has been confirmed to be the Sports Minister, Hon Mustapha Ussif, the honorable Minister could be seen receiving a hefty slap from a member on the minority side.
This came as result of when the sit-in Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, had announced that he was going to vote as well in his capacity as a Member of Parliament.It got the National Democratic Congress party members who are the minority in Parliament angry and they questioned his decision to vote after presiding over the night’s proceedings.
They hurriedly moved to the front of the dias issuing threats at the Bekwai MP. This also got the Majority side in Parliament to also defend the 1st Deputy Speaker from been harmed and immediately Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu handed over the presiding role to the Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, fight Broke out leading to Hon. Mustapha Ussif taking his share of the fight by receiving a hefty slap.
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