Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the claims are untrue and should be dismissed. 

According to him, they served the nation for free.

The North Tongu MP in a social media post on Thursday said the desire to save the nation was their aim and not monetary considerations. 

“It’s been a patriotic duty. Ignore baseless claims that our side took sitting allowances; we served pro bono,” he tweeted. 

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The ranking member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, however, said his side is ready to debate the report of the committee and vote on same in the plenary today. 

“Parliament is expected later today to consider the report of the Ken Ofori-Atta Vote of Censure Committee. We anticipate a full-blown debate and the long-awaited vote.”

Already, the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has expressed confidence that the Finance Minister will be voted out of office after the vote on the censure motion.

He said the Minority caucus is determined to vote Mr Ofori-Atta out of office.

“I can assure you some people [Members of Parliament] are on their way back, others are in the US. They are on their way back, others are in their constituencies. Everybody is on his way back.

“I can assure you that we are keeping our cards close to our chest and we believe that tomorrow by the Grace of God, by the time we are done with the secret balloting, Finance Minister will be out,” he said.

To ensure the aspiration to the caucus is achieved, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, issued a three-line whip for Mr Ofori-Atta’s dismissal.

A three-line whip is an instruction given to Members of Parliament by their leader telling them they must vote in a particular way.

The committee, over the past week, heard from the proponents of the motion, PIAC and GNPC and the Minister himself.

But with long hours of sitting and gruelling and fiery clashes, there was still time for some casual jokes.

Parliamentary Affairs Correspondent, Kwaku Asante looks at some of those moments in this special report.

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The Committee is co-chaired by the Adansi Asokwa MP, K.T. Hammond and Bolgatanga East MP, Dominic Ayine.

Other members of the Committee from the Minority side are: North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa; Klottey-Korle MP, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings and Akatsi South MP, Bernard Ahiafor.

The rest from the Majority side include Okaikoi Central MP, Yaw Boamah; Ashanti Akyem Central MP, Emmanuel Anyimadu-Antwi and Sekondi MP, Andrew Egyapa Mercer.