Ghana’s Youth and Sports Minister Ussif Mustapha has been hospitalised after he received punches and a cut from a sharp object during a brawl in Parliament House on Monday evening.
Viral videos show Ghanaian members of parliament trading blows in the chamber when they were voting in a headcount to decide whether the government’s proposed 1.75% tax on elecronic transaction (E-levy) bill should be accepted under a certificate of urgency.
The voting process became chaotic at a point.
The minority NDC charged towards the Speaker’s seat when the first Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu who was then presiding over parliamentary business decided to stepdown for the second Deputy to enable him participate in the voting process.
The Majority side also blocked them from getting closer to the seat and the confusion degenerated into a free-for-all fight.
Hon. Mustapha Ussif was assaulted by some enraged MPs.
Jamaludeen Abdullah, an aide to the Minister of Youth and Sports confirmed in an interview sighted by Kasatintin.com that, the minister indeed suffered cuts from a sharp object during the scuffle in parliament on Monday, December 20, 2021.
He told Ghanaweb ‘It is true that Hon. Mustapha Ussif suffered some cuts around his eye but I can tell you that he is very fine. There is a cut around his eye but he is doing very fine’ and he is recovering fast.
SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
