Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has disclosed that he refused to put himself out to contest as Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament despite pressure from some party stalwarts to do so. Mr Iddrisu made this revelation at a thanksgiving event held in honour of the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin in the Waala Traditional Area of the Upper West Region. He told the congregation: “A group of NDC MPs led by Mahama Ayariga and some of our colleagues even surprisingly at that time supported by my able whip honourable Muntaka had come to my office to lure me and to encourage me to run for the position of Speaker and without any hesitation, I declined their bid.