Chairman of Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee, James Agalga, has rejected allegations that Members of Parliament were bribed with GH₵960,000 to facilitate the passage of the National Signals Bureau Act, 2020 (Act 1040), describing the claims as "baseless" and "an act of desperation." The accusation, made by former Akim Abuakwa South MP and legal counsel for ex-National Signals Bureau Director General, Kwabena Adu Boahene, suggests that the said amount was paid to the committee as allowance.
Agalga, in a strongly worded statement, said there was no truth to the claim. "As Ranking Member of the Committee at the time of the Act's passage, I can categorically state that the committee never received any money from Adu Boahene," Agalga stated.
He explained that the National Signals Bureau was only established in late 2020 through the passage of Act 1040.
Adu Boahene, he noted, was not appointed until months later and therefore had no involvement in the legislative process. "I only met Adu Boahene for the first time in April or May 2021, when he was introduced to the Committee by then National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah," Agalga added.
