Bagbin accepts Ablakwa's resignation

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has accepted the resignation of North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa from the Appointments Committee of Parliament.

Mr Ablakwa has said after days of careful reflection, he has decided to resign from the  Committee .

TV3’s Komla Klutse reported from Parliament House in Accra that the former Deputy Education Minister said he will not rescind his decision.

Mr Ablakwa said in a letter dated March 30, and addressed to the Speaker, Alban Kingsford Bagbin that “after days of careful reflection and thoughtful considerations.

“I shall like to state that the reasons for this difficult decision is both personal and on principle.”

After an engagement with the Speaker on his decision, Mr Ablakwa said in a tweet that “I concluded a fruitful and frank meeting with Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban S.K. Bagbin a while ago.

“I am enormously grateful to him for accepting my resignation from the Appointments Committee of Parliament. May the Good Lord show us mercy & guide our steps in the journey ahead.”

By Laud Nartey|editors.3news.com|Ghana