The Majority Leader of Parliament, Alban Sumani Bagbin, says it would be improper to retrieve state property taken away by the former Speaker of the House from his official residence. He said Mr. Begyina Sekyi-Hughes at best could be made to pay for the items. The former Speaker took away furniture, carpets, pillow cases and other household items running into hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis. Mr. Bagbin told Joy News’ Araba Coomson retrieving the items was not the best thing to do under the circumstances because some of them might not be in good shape as of now. “Packing and repacking them could result in breakages,” he explained. The Majority Leader rejected suggestions the Parliamentary Service Board approved of a policy that allowed Mr. Sekyi-Hughes to take away the items. He explained the Board had adopted the policy that is applicable to the public service generally which does not permit the former speaker to empty his official residence. Mr. Bagbin called for clarification of the rules and regulation guiding exiting of office of speakers and other personnel of the House to prevent a recurrence. Reacting to the issues, the Minority Leader, Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu said he had cited minutes of a meeting by the Parliamentary Service Board at which the issue of what Mr. Sekyi-Hughes could take away on leaving office was discussed. He concedes it was, however, not firmly concluded that he could take away the items. The Parliamentary Service Board comprises of the Speaker, the Clerks of Parliament and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House. Story by Malik Abass Daabu