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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87785, member: 27"]
A fraud accusation against Ghana's interior minister just got walked back after parliamentary contempt proceedings forced the issue.

Ghanaian parliament recruitment fraud row
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[*]Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin retracted his scam claims against Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka.
[*]Bernard Ahiafor had shipped the matter off to the Privileges Committee.
[*]Muntaka accepted the apology but called the whole ordeal deeply hurtful.
[*]His request was a full scrub of the allegations from parliamentary records.
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What kicked it all off
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[*]Afenyo-Markin accused a third-party IT firm of fleecing applicants.
[*]Security service recruitment costs were the core gripe.
[*]Muntaka fired back, saying the claims were baseless and damaging.
[*]Contempt proceedings basically cornered the Minority Leader.
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The walkback on the floor
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[*]Afenyo-Markin pulled his remarks during a Wednesday session.
[*]Regret over reputational harm drove the retraction.
[*]Muntaka said forgiving a colleague was non-negotiable for him.
[*]Future grievances would go through proper channels, per the pledge.
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