The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says President John Dramani Mahama violated the code of conduct for public officers in accepting a Ford Expedition vehicle from Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe. It said the vehicle is part of the gifts listed as prohibited from being accepted under the gift policy. Nonetheless, CHRAJ emphasised, … Read more
The campaign for election 2016 has registered its lowest point yet. President Mahama caught on camera dishing out cash to his financially distressed and malnourished compatriots has dwarfed all the other oddities recorded in his campaign so far. We wonder what could have accounted for his resort to the open doling out of cash as … Read more
Since independence Ghana had chosen the democratic path and even though this has been rudely interrupted by the military on several occasions, the country continues to strive to achieve democracy it professes to admire as against other political systems. Democracy is defined as “a system of Government in which all the people of a country … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor has been petitioned to investigate the alleged attempted bribery by some unnamed politicians of immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey, as well as a former Public Relations Officer of the church, Dr Emmanuel Osei Akyeampong. Prof Martey, at a press conference … Read more
By Rockson Adofo What are the questions to be asked, the impact on the person (Professor Martey) and the general Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the general implications of his actions? To start with, who was the person(s) who tried to bribe him with the intent to gagging him from ever lambasting their party? Was … Read more
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railway”. In our case, they steal the freight car, the railway and the land as well. Over the past years, corruption has been one of the … Read more
Outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey has replied critics who are daring him to mention those who supposedly tried to bribe him with GH?100,000 dollars to get him to shut up on criticizing national issues. According to him, he does not have time to discuss personalities but rather … Read more
“Unless you have witch craft or you have bionic vision or your eyes are X-Ray machines; how can you see what is inside an envelope if you didn’t look at it. How were you able to tell the quantum and the nature of the bribe if you hadn’t actually looked at it or in the … Read more
What are the questions to be asked, the impact on the person (Professor Martey) and the general Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the general implications of his actions? To start with, who was the person(s) who tried to bribe him with the intent to gagging him from ever lambasting their party? Was he castigating that … Read more
We are constrained to take exception to the penchant to hurl insults at members of the clergy who dare to complain about societal ills by devilish politicians. Those who hide behind the cloak of politics to do this are not helping the country’s development. Rt Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, who is the latest to suffer … Read more
Anti Corruption Campaigner, Vitus Adaboo Azeem has suggested to the security agencies to invite the immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Prof. Emmanuel Martey for questioning if he fails to mention names of his purported bribe givers. He believes it behoves on the police to invite him for interrogation to put the case to … Read more
Deep-throat sources have revealed to ultimatefmonline.com, that the alleged bribe of $100,000, a V8 cross country vehicle and a mansion for the immediate past Moderator of the Presbyterian church, Prof. Emmanuel Martey was disguised as a birthday gift. The outspoken man of God born on July 22, 1949 claimed he rejected a $100,000 bribe plus … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged Rev. Professor Emmanuel Martey to substantiate his US$100,000.00 bribery allegations. The immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at a news conference on Tuesday, 30 August 2016 revealed that some politicians attempted to bribe him with US$100,000.00 to gag him. “Politicians have tried all means to … Read more
Members of Parliament have been recalled to consider a motion seeking to impeach President John Mahama for accepting a Ford Expedition vehicle, largely considered by many as a bribe, from a Burkinabe contractor. Whilst commending the NPP Minority for initiating the process, and seeking to stand up for the interest of the nation, we want … Read more
Anti-doping chiefs will investigate claims a Kenyan athletics official offered to give athletes prior warning of drugs tests in return for £10,000. The Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARD secretly filmed Major Michael Rotich apparently making the offer. But he told the newspaper he was only going along with it because he wanted to find … Read more
Ghana’s fight against corruption has been dealt another setback after the country was ranked as the second most corrupt African nation behind South Africa. The corruption perception index by the Transparency International stated about 71 percent of people living in Ghana say corruption has increased over the last twelve months. Most governments across Africa are … Read more
It may go down in history as the single most massive bribery scandal to hit Ghana’s Judiciary, as 180 officials of the Judicial Service have been caught on camera taking bribes and extorting money from litigants. Thirty-four of the suspected culprits are said to be judges at the High, the Circuit and the District courts. … Read more