Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, the Vice-Presidential nominee has declared before the Appointment Committee of Parliament, hopefully putting to rest widespread speculations and media reports, that he is not gay.

Member of Parliament for Bekwai Joe Osei-Owusu who posed the question asked Mr. Amissah-Arthur to clarify speculations concerning his sexuality.

Answering the question, the Vice Presidential nominee, Mr. Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur denied emphatically that he is gay. According to him, the story was fabrication by an old school mate who was on a mission to destroy his personality.

“It’s one of the difficulties of being a governor. A number of people think since I am the boss I can just dip my hands into the vault and take money.

“They think I have access to unlimited resources and when they come to me for help I should give them money. I have a former school mate who came to me for money and I refused. I refused because I had a problem with his lifestyle.

“So he went out to fabricate these stories. It is not true and absolutely not true. I have not seen this gentleman for 40 something years. So absolutely it can’t be true.

“My Children drew my attention to some of the stories that I had an affair in a garage, it is not true because we have never had a garage in the houses we have lived. They drew my attention too that there was another one with a house boy; we have never had house boys, but girls.

"It is not true and absolutely not true. I have not seen this gentleman for 40 something years now and since then I have just seen him for about five minutes when he showed up at my house for money."

“But I take it as part of the problems of the office” Mr. Amissah-Arthur told members of the appointment committee.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur also answered questions on a wide range of issues and reiterated that he is a card bearing member of the ruling NDC.

He however stated that he had taken a decision not to return to the Bank of Ghana as Governor if his nomination is not approved by the committee; a position which was hailed by the Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu.**