The Majority Caucus has rejected the allegations that the Nanton MP, Mohammed Hardi Tuferu, was not in the chamber during the passage of the three new tax bills.
According to the Second Majority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, the claims are untrue.
The Tolon lawmaker said that even though his colleague was involved in a near-fatal accident, he was rushed to Parliament to ensure his vote was not lost.
He said the Nanton MP had minor bruises from the accident and was attended by the nurses and doctors at a washroom in Parliament.
“The time we were taking the voice vote, he had come to Parliament and I put him in the washroom, we didn’t put him in the Chamber, we put him in the washroom and brought the nurses from Parliament and a doctor to attend to him. The Majority Leader came, and the nurses from Parliament came to attend to him in the washroom”.
“He had minor bruises on his face, so they cleaned it up and even stitched it up. So he was stitched in Parliament in the washroom,” Mr Habib revealed this in an interview with Citi FM on Monday, April 3.
Already, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said nothing untoward occurred in the passage of the new tax laws.
According to the Speaker, he did nothing untoward by including Mr Tuferu in the headcounts that were carried out on the floor of parliament.
“Members who are incapacitated shall upon reporting their incapacity to the Speaker through the Clerk shall be recorded.
We have some of our members that are incapacitated and what I did was to ask the Whips to go and physically see them to assess their incapacitation and whether they are of sound mind.”
MP for Nanton, Mohammed Hardi Tuferu was involved in an accident on his way to take part in a vote on the new tax bills laid before Parliament on Friday, March 31.
He is said to have suffered a deep cut on his forehead but was still taken to Parliament to vote before he was taken to hospital for further treatment.
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