Wa Central MP Rashid Pelpuo has parried suggestions that there are divisions within the Minority in parliament. Following the bribery scandal that rocked parliament recently, legislators from the...
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Withdraw Agyarko’s Appointment
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must withdraw the appointment of Boakye Agyarko as Minister of Energy until investigations into allegations that he attempted bribing members of the Appointments...
Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko should resign over allegations that he attempted to bribe the minority members of the Appointments Committee, until his name is cleared after investigations are...
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...
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...
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....
One Bold Swear, Two Possible Suits and GHC3,000
Bawku Central MP has been boxed into a corner after making allegations that his colleagues in the NDC were given 3,000 to buy approval of the Energy Minister. A claim which, history shows, sets the...
Common Sense Analysis of Ayariga’s Bribery Claim
Before night fell yesterday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) member of parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, set the nation on a fire of controversy. He alleged that the...
It’s AG’s Job To Probe Allegation – Ayariga
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has stated that it is the responsibility of the Attorney General to investigate and proceed with any legal action on the alleged bribery scandal in parliament. “That...
The Truth About Agarko’s Approval Unraveled
Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has denied Mahama Ayariga’s bribery claims that Agyarko offered money to minority MPs for nomination as minister approved. The alleged attempted bribery by approved...
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....
Osei-Owusu To Clear His Name In Court Over Bribery Scandal
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu has served notice of going to court to have his name cleared in the bribery scandal that has hit his committee. He made the announcement on...
Muntaka, Osei-Owusu Deny Giving Ayariga Agyarko’s Alleged
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Mr Joe Osei-Owusu has denied claims that he facilitated monies alleged to have been given to minority members of parliament on the...
‘Minority Not My Friends To Offer Them Bribes’ – Osei-Owusu
The chairman of the Appointments Committee of parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has revealed that most legislators from the Minority are not his close associates, making it improbable for him to even...
‘He Never Spoke the Truth’
The Minority Chief Whip has come hard on his colleague Minority Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, portraying the latter as a liar with respect to a bribery scandal involving the...
I’m Willing To Testify – Ayariga
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has said he is willing to testify in court if any citizen of the country wishes to have the the allegation of bribery against Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko...
I Stand By My Story; Agyarko ‘bribed’ Us – Ayariga
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is resolute in his claim that Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, attempted to bribe Parliament’s Appointments Committee for his approval....
Parliament Rubbishes Ayariga’s Bribery Claims, But He Insists It Occurred
The Leadership of Parliament has urged the Ghanaian public to disregard a claim by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, to the effect that a ministerial nominee for Energy and...
Bribery Allegations Against Agyarko Fabricated – Osei Owusu
Allegations of bribery brought against the Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, were fabricated, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has said. A member of the Minority in Parliament...