Bribery Scandal
The leadership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken steps to ensure no factions emerge within the fold of the Minority legislators in the wake of the bribery scandal that...
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Ghartey Committee To Probe Bribery Scandal
Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Oquaye has directed that parliament sets up a five-member ad hoc committee to investigate a bribery allegation levelled against the Appointments Committee. The members...
The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini has called for an independent body to investigate bribery allegations made against members of the appointments committee. According to him,...
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 move by the Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka to isolate himself from the accusation that a bribe was exchanged through him, supposedly coming from a ministerial...
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has said he will back investigations into the alleged bribery scandal that has plagued the Appointments Committee of parliament. Speaking during the vetting of...
Bribery Scandal Not Surprising
Retired diplomat K. B. Asante has said that the recent bribery allegation in parliament is not a shocking revelation. The elder statesman, who was answering a question on the recent bribery scandal...
Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini has suggested Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka is "not being candid" on the recent bribery scandal in parliament. Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga had alleged that...
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...
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...
8-Member Delegation To Represent Ghana At ECOWAS Parliament
Parliament has constituted an eight-member group to represent Ghana in the ECOWAS Parliament. The representatives led by the Majority Chief Whip Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh will help the Community...
I Am Being Responsible By Inciting My Constituents
Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase Constituency Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has stated that he is not acting contrary to any law if he organises his own vigilante groups to attack New...
Speaker Announces Vetting Committee
With the smooth constitution of the Appointments Committee of the Seventh Parliament, the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, yesterday referred nominees for ministerial positions for vetting...
Parliament Constitutes Emergency Committee of Selection
Parliament has appointed a 20-member committee to act as the emergency committee of selection, for the 7th parliament of the 4th Republic. The mandate of this committee is to compose the various...
No Ex-President Can Rent A House For GH¢8,800- Muntaka Justifies Ex Gratia
Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has defended Parliament's decision to grant former President John Mahama a house as an ex-gratia package contrary to the recommendations of his own...
NDC, NPP ‘clash’ Over Mahama’s Asawase Keep Fit Crowd
A massive turnout at a keep fit exercise attended by President John Dramani Mahama at the Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region over the weekend is generating controversy between the country’s...
I Will Resign My Post If NPP Don’t Win Asawase Seat
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has vowed to unseat the incumbent Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka. Boasiako, aka...
Mahama’s Ford Gift Not Conflict of Interest – Bagbin
The leader of the Majority in Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has dismissed claims that the President compromised his integrity by accepting the Ford gift from the Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Kanazoe....
Minority MPs Must Pay For Causing Financial Loss – Nketiah
There should have been laws to punish Minority MPs over their failed attempt at filing a motion to probe President John Mahama’s acceptance of a Ford gift, the General Secretary of the National...
Speaker’s Ruling Embarrasses Parliament – Atta Akyea
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Abuakwa-South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has argued that the Speaker of Parliament embarrassed the House with his dismissal of a motion which sought to...