The Minority in parliament has described the Speaker of Parliament’s decision to throw out a motion to have President Mahama investigated for receiving a Ford SUV gift as “capricious, whimsical”. Mr Edward Doe Adjaho threw out a motion of inquiry filed by Minority legislators on Thursday, 1 September. In dismissing the motion, Mr Adjaho told … Read more
The New Patriotic Party’s minority in parliament have accused the Speaker and the majority for “arrogating to themselves the power to interpret the constitution the way they deemed fit” without applying themselves to Article 296 of the same constitution. According to the NPP, “there’s no Constitutional Instrument (C. I) in respect of the exercise of … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has dismissed a motion submitted by the Minority in Parliament requesting the House to investigate the gift of Ford Expedition to President John Mahama. In a motion dated August 3, 2016, the Minority requested that Parliamentarians are recalled from recess to constitute a special Parliamentary Committee to investigate … Read more
Moves by members of the opposition in parliament to impeach President Mahama over the Ford Expedition saga is a decoy being staged by a bigwig of the ruling National Democratic Congress a group with sympathy for the party has alleged. The group led by Abdul Rashid Musah, is alleging that they have gathered reliable information … Read more
Parliament will resume sitting today Thursday September 1 in connection with the motion filed by the minority over President John Mahama’s acceptance of a Ford Expedition present from Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe, who was in turn awarded numerous contracts by the Government of Ghana. The Speaker of parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, per Article 112, summoned … Read more
Minority Leader, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin says the recall by Parliament which was occasioned by the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) over a proposed motion to the House to investigate President John Dramani Mahama for collecting a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe contractor is just an attempt to dent the image of the … Read more
The Deputy Minority leader of Parliament says contrary to claims, they can unilaterally initiate the impeachment process of President John Mahama over the Ford Expedition saga without the majority. Dominic Nitiwul told Dzifa Bampoh, host of Joy FM’s Top Story program Wednesday that steps to get a President impeached do not entail the involvement of … Read more
The Majority leader of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said the recall of parliament at the instance of the Minority is needless. The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adajaho has recalled members of the House following a petition by the minority over the Ford vehicle gift given to President John Mahama by a Burkinabe contractor. The … Read more
The Minority Leader in Parliament Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has been exposed by the Majority in Parliament for lying over the recall of Parliament on Mahama Ford gift saga. The Minority Leader in an interview with Citi FM on August 29, 2016 denied knowledge of the recall of Parliament by the Speaker Hon. Doe Adjaho … Read more
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has no idea why the Speaker of Parliament has summoned Members of Parliament back to the House from their recess, despite reports that it is due to the Minority’s call for investigations into the presidential Ford gift saga. Following the disclosure of Edward Doe Adjaho’s summons to … Read more
A communication team member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commended the move by the Minority in Parliament to impeach President John Mahama for receiving a Ford Expedition vehicle as gift from a Burkinabe contractor. According to John Kumah, a president who has “a gold medal in taking bribes” is not fit to … Read more
Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says a petition that could lead to impeachment proceedings against President John Mahama over a Ford vehicle gift from a Burkinabe businessman is not a witch hunt. “I don’t have anything personnel against the president,” he told Joy News’s Elton John Brobbey in an interview. The Suame MP has … Read more
The Ranking Member for Legal, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Joe Osei-Owusu, has stated that President Dramani Mahama must be impeached at all cost to serve as deterrent to future leaders of the country not to condone bribery. According to him, checks and balances must work in the country and that the president’s conduct denigrates the … Read more
Anti-corruption crusader P. C. Appiah-Ofori has described as needless, a move by the Minority in Parliament to impeach President John Mahama in connection with a Ford Expedition gist he received from Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe. The Minority in parliament will on Thursday move a motion for a probe into circumstances that surrounded the gifting of … Read more
Deputy Majority Leader Alfred Agbesi has said some technicalities will work against a move by the Minority to impeach President John Dramani Mahama over the Ford Expedition gift saga. The Minority in parliament will on Thursday move a motion for a probe into circumstances surrounding Mr Mahama receiving the SUV as a gift from Burkinabe … Read more
Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has dismissed suggestions that summoning the House from recess amounts to a waste of the country’s scarce financial resources. Last week, the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho recalled members to a one week sitting beginning 1st September. There are indications this was instigated by a petition from … Read more
BY KWAME GYASI Email: [email protected] KWAME GYASI “When you are given an American Ford Expedition car bribe, say it is a Japanese Toyota V8 car gift” — Anon. One thing I also learnt in communication management literature is the need for effective communication and the choice and use of words. It is hard to imagine … Read more
BY KWAME GYASI Email: [email protected] “When you are given an American Ford Expedition car bribe, say it is a Japanese Toyota V8 car gift” — Anon, One of the definitions given by the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English of the word “stoop” is: “to bend down your body forward and down”. The dictionary goes on … Read more
Nana Wereko Ampem II, also known as Mr. E. N.Omaboe, was born at Amanokrom and received his primary education at Mamfe Presby Junior School and Suhum Presby Senior School. He gained admission to Accra Academy in 1946 and left in 1950. In October 1951, he gained direct admission to the then University College of the … Read more
Members of Parliament (MPs) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have dared their colleagues in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) regarding plans to move a motion to impeach the President over a Ford Expedition saga. Majority leader, Alban Bagbin, says the NPP MPs should not be blinded into thinking they will railroad their way through. … Read more