It hurts to be labelled a thief - Joseph Osei-Owusu

Nothing hurts me more than that when I can say with pride that I have never asked for support from anybody.

I do my work so those are the things that I think have contributed to my health issues.

Now I have health issues so I want to leave the field quietly and endure my pain,” he said.

The Bekwai constituency MP stated that he has no intention of returning to public service or holding any official position in the future.

He said MPs do not deserve to be tagged as thieves as they do not have access to public funds and therefore cannot misuse or steal them.

“We don’t spend public funds.

Then the public thinks that you have had so much government money and so you can’t be paid a pension.”

Meanwhile, the NDC parliamentary candidate for South Tongu in the Volta region, Maxwell Lukutor says he is mentally prepared to take up the position.

According to him, there have been numerous requests and demands from his constituents.

“But I’m saying, some of us take up these personal challenges as a personal thing.

I have been able to make it to this level.

This is what I have been able to do for my constituents.

"Some of us enjoy people coming back to say that had it not been you helping me to do this and that, I would not be who I am today,” he said.