The Majority Leader, Alban Bagbin is in a stable condition after he fell unconscious on Thursday.
Mr Bagbin who assumed the reins as Leader of the house following Dr Benjamin Kunbour’s appointment as Minister of Defence was said to have been addressing the legislators on some welfare concerns when he slumped to the floor during Parliamentary proceedings on Thursday.
Sworn in on Wednesday, as the new majority leader he got off on a wrong footing after he received some flak for his description of the Council of State as “errand boys,” his return to parliament as Majority leader is expected to also reignite the debate over his earlier corruption allegations against members of parliament.
However the Majority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak has assured Ghanaians that the Nadowli Kaleo MP is currently in a good state of health at the 37 Military Hospital where he was rushed to.
Narrating the incident, the Asawase MP said the dizzy spells could be as a result of the inability of Mr Bagbin to take his breakfast due to the extremely busy schedule of the Legislators.
“When he got to the office, he forgot to take his breakfast and so he started feeling dizzy but fortunately, we had some of our colleagues who were doctors so they could see that he was running out and virtually getting weak.”Alhaji Muntaka told Live News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan.
The leadership of Parliament together with the Speaker, Rt Hon Edward Doe Adjaho visited Bagbin at the hospital and according to the Majority Chief Whip, Ghanaians should be rest assured that the Nadowli Kaleo MP is currently in a good state of health.
“I can assure you that it wasn’t anything serious. He is very fine and they were preparing him to go home,” he added.
In a related development
The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns following the approval of loan facilities worth over $800 million for various infrastructural projects across the country.
The Parliamentarians who were originally supposed to complete their emergency three day sitting today had a last minute change of plan as they sat deep into the night on Thursday to complete business which led to the recall.
The loans will be used to finance projects including the over $140m construction of the Kasoa interchange in the Central region, $170m in funding for additional works around Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra and $45.8m for the Accra street resurfacing project.
This has led to fears from the Minority MP’s that enough due diligence may not have been done considering the speedy approvals.
