Neutral Body Must Probe Bribery Saga
Investigations into the alleged bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee of parliament should not done by parliament given that the leadership of the legislature is implicated in the...
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Ayariga, Others Petition Speaker To Probe Bribery Scandal
Three National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs being led by Mahama Ayariga have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye over an alleged bribery scandal against the Appointments Committee. The...
Dan Botwe, Otiko, Akoto Osei Face Vetting Today
The second batch of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees will appear before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, Monday, January 30th. Dan Kwaku Botwe minister-designate for...
Agyarko, Ayariga Brawl Over GHC3000 Bribery Allegation
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central in the Upper East Region, Mahama Aayariga, has incurred the wrath of Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. This follows Mr. Ayariga’s allegation on...
Parliamentary Leadership To Meet Ayariga
The leadership of Parliament has taken steps to establish the veracity or otherwise of the allegation that each member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP) was given GH¢3,000 bribe by...
Majority Considers Privileges Committee; Ayariga, Others Petition Speaker
The stage is set for what could be a test of the Legislature’s integrity as the claimants of a bribery allegation and the Majority both push for probe into the matter. Deputy Majority Leader, Sarah...
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu will call for a review of the committee following a bribery allegation levelled against the committee by one of its...
Joe Ghartey, Otiko Djaba, Peter Amewu Face Vetting Committee Today
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will resume work today hosting three ministerial nominees for vetting. Joe Ghartey, the minister nominee for Railways Development; John Peter Amewu, the...
3 NDC MPs Petition Speaker Over Bribery Within Appointments C’tee
Three members of the Minority on the Appointments Committee of Parliament have petitioned Speaker Mike Oquaye over the bribery scandal that has hit the committee. After the vetting of Minister of...
Joe Ghartey, Otiko Djaba, Peter Amewu Face Vetting C’ttee Today
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will resume work today hosting three ministerial nominees for vetting. Joe Ghartey, the minister nominee for Railways Development; John Peter Amewu, the...
I’ll Call For Review of Appointments C’ttee
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu will call for a review of the committee following a bribery allegation levelled against the committee by one of its...
Ayariga Writes To Speaker, Calls For Investigation Into Bribery Claims
Three of the Minority members of the vetting committee – Mahama Ayariga, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, MPs for Bawku Central, North Tongu and Tamale north constituencies...
Ayariga Writes To Speaker, Calls For Investigate Into Bribery Claims
Three of the Minority members of the vetting committee – Mahama Ayariga, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, MPs for Bawku Central, North Tongu and Tamale north constituencies...
Ghana’s parliament must investigate the bribery scandal allegedly involving Boakye Agyarko, Minister of Energy, to ascertain its veracity, Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director for the Media...
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) wishes to thank the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for raising our objections to the nomination of Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-Designate for Food and...
Osei Owusu Must Recuse Himself From the Appointment Committee
The Center for Progressive Governance (CenProG) has noted with grave concern the happpenings on the Appointment Committee of Parliament since they begun vetting the first batch of ministerial...
Ayariga, Others Petition Speaker To Probe Bribery Scandal
Three National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs being led by Mahama Ayariga have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye over an alleged bribery scandal against the Appointments Committee. The...
Bribery Scandal: I’m Heading To Court Tuesday – Osei-Owusu
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament Joe Osei-Owusu has said he will proceed to the court next Tuesday to prove his innocence in the bribery scandal that has rocked his committee....
I Stand By Bribery Allegations Against Agyarko – Ayariga
The Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central constituency, Mahama Ayariga has rejected claims that he fabricated the bribery allegations he made against Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. Mr. Ayariga...
The Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu has said he will not discontinue vetting of ministerial nominees despite the scandal in which he, the Minister of Energy,...