Speaker moves to clear E. T. Mensah's image

Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, Speaker, on Wednesday directed the Majority Leader, Mr J. H. Mensah to investigate the wrong imputed to Mr E. T. Mensah, NDC-Ningo/Prampram.

The Speaker said the Majority Leader should report back to the House after he had ascertained the truth on the supply of plastic chairs to the Accra and the Kumasi sports stadiums.

Mr. Adjetey said, "Mr E. T. Mensah has the right to defend his integrity and he is entitled to redeem his image".

This followed a statement Mr Mensah, former Minister of Youth and Sports made to the House to clear an alleged misinformation on the supply of the chairs when he was a minister.

Mr. Ernest Oduro-Mensah, NPP-Techiman contributing to a debate on the budget estimate for the Ministry of Youth and Sports for year ending December 2001 gave figures on the chairs.

Mr. Mensah challenged the member on the floor of the House, saying that the figures he was quoting were incorrect and misleading.

The former Minister of Sports in his statement said an Accra newspaper published the wrong figures and some radio stations gave wide publicity to the issue.

Mr Mensah explained that the Central Tender Board approved the contract for the supply of chairs to the stadiums and that 36,400 and not 70,000 chairs were imported.

He said 12,058 seats were fixed at the Accra Sports Stadium and 2,316 were unfixed.

The Kumasi Sports Stadium has 6,569 fixed seats and 8,000 unfixed while the remaining seats are yet to be cleared from the Tema Port.