I will drag Okudzeto to the privileges committee - says MP

Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwa, the MP for Manhyia North in the Ashanti region says he's considering hauling the Member of Parliament (MP) for
North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, before the privileges committee of parliament for publicising a report which claims that about One Hundred Ghanaians have joined ISIS.

The North Tongu MP who is the spokesperson on Foreign Affairs for the minority is said to have organized a press conference to spread a report by the Libyan government that claimed about 50-100 Ghanaian migrants have joined the terror group ISIS.

Apart from the said report ranking Ghana as the second highest category, it also suggested that those Ghanaian migrants are on the frontline fighting for ISIS in Libya.  Mr Okudzeto and other Members of the Minority has been criticised by most Ghanaians for publicly spreading the document which government says, is being investigated to establish its credibility.

Though Hon. Okudzeto has told his critics to rather thank the Minority for bringing this issue to the public, Mr Owusu Amankwa who is the 1st vice chairman of the Defence Committee in parliament says the release of the said document by the minority was intended to create unnecessary fear and panic among Ghanaians.

He also questioned the idea behind the action of the Minority, and said some "of us are considering to drag Okudzeto to the privileges committee of parliament so that henceforth, some of these matters will be handled well as far as the legislature is concerned”.

Hon. Owusu Amankwa didn't understand why the Minority hurriedly sent out the information, which the government has already started investigating to seek its credibility. He stated that the action by the minority was premature.

“Mr Okudzeto was wrong… the issues they raised were not well substantiated and also issues concerning security are different from Makola or Kejetia issues which you could handle it anyhow,” he told journalists on Friday.

Collins Amankwa said though Okudzeto had the right to talk about the issue, but the manner and the way he approached it was questionable. He said he doubts the accuracy of those claims in the report by the Libyan government.