The Executive Director of Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman, has urged the leadership of parliament not to be protective in dealing with the bribery allegation that...
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The Executive Director of Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman, has urged the leadership of parliament not to be protective in dealing with the bribery allegation that...
Big Day As Speaker Acts On Ayariga, Others’ Petition For Probe Into Bribery Allegation
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, will Tuesday act on a petition calling for an investigation into allegations that some MPs were bribed to approve the nomination of a...
Parliament To Resume Sitting As Ministerial Vetting Continues
The Seminar followed the raging issue of alleged bribery to the minority MPs on the appointment committee to facilitate the approval of Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko; a claim that has been denied....
The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) will not interfere in parliament’s investigation of the bribery allegations that engulfed its Appointments Committee, Joseph...
Parliament To Resume Sitting As Ministerial Vetting Continues
Parliament’s Appointments Committee will vet three more ministerial nominees today . They are the Minister nominee for Lands and Forestry, John Peter Amewu; Minister nominee for Works and housing,...
Parliament Resumes Sitting As Ministerial Vetting Continues
Parliament’s Appointments Committee will vet three more ministerial nominees today . They are the Minister nominee for Lands and Forestry, John Peter Amewu, Minister nominee for Works and housing,...
Police Must Investigate Vetting Bribery Allegations
Pressure group, OccupyGhana has called for an independent police investigation into the bribery scandal that has engulfed Parliament’s Appointment Committee. The allegations of bribery surfaced...
The MP for Bawku Central and a member of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga, risks being suspended should his bribery allegation against the committee turns out to be false. Mr....
I Now Understand Why People Don’t Trust Us Again
Mr. Joseph Osei-Owusu, the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Monday expressed sadness at the extent to which Mahama Ayariga's allegations of bribery have affected the integrity of...
We’ll Step In If Parliament Fails To Investigate Ayariga Bribery Claim
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says it is ready to investigate the alleged bribery allegation in Parliament if its leadership fails in that regard. CHRAJ boss...
The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu has delcared his support for a full scale investigation into a bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee. According to him, the speaker of Parliament...
It is impossible for members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee to be influenced by bribes after sittings, the Chairperson of the Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu has intimated.Speaking about the...
The chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has ruled out the possibility of bribery of committee members, indicating that nothing of such can take place. The Member of Parliament...
The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini is asking President Nana Akufo-Addo to suspend the nomination of Mr. Boakye Agyarko as the Energy Minister until investigations into the...
Ayariga Hot Over MPs Bribe
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has landed himself in hot waters following a claim he made that MPs were given bribes to approve the nomination of then Minister-designate...
I Feel Hurt As Chairman of the Committee
The chairman of the Appointments Committee of parliament has indicated that he is hurt by the scandal that has rocked the committee. He explained that the decision to have today's sitting was arrived...
The Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu has delcared his support for a full scale investigation into a bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee. According to him, the speaker of Parliament...
Appointments Committee Cannot Be Influenced
It is impossible for members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee to be influenced by bribes after sittings, the Chairperson of the Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu has intimated. Speaking about the...
Minority Boycotts Appointments Committee Sitting?
The Appointments Committee of Parliament resumed sitting on Monday, January 30 with only one Member from the Minority side. Only the Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency, Dr Bernice Adiku...