Parliament has postponed its final ruling on the Mahama Ayariga bribery allegation which was supposed to have been given by the Speaker on Friday March 31. Speaker of the House, Prof. Mike Ocquaye addressing the members indicated that following developments from the report that was laid on the floor by the 5 member Joe Ghartey … Read more
A group calling itself Arise for Change and Development (AFCAD) has admonished Ghana’s parliament to suspend Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga over his bribery allegation. The Ghartey Committee, which investigated the allegation made by Mr Ayariga against the leadership of parliament’s Appointments Committee, has found him guilty of contempt of parliament. The committee, in its … Read more
The report of the Ghartey Committee, which investigated the bribery allegation made by Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga against the leadership of parliament’s Appointments Committee, is a comprehensive one that should bring finality to the matter, Matthew Nyindam, Member of Parliament for Kpandai and First Deputy Majority Whip in parliament, has said. According to him, … Read more
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga should be expelled from the legislature for dragging the image of parliament into disrepute after being found to be in contempt of the House, PC Appiah-Ofori, former MP for Asikuma Odoben Brakwa and anti-corruption crusader has said. According to him, such action against Mr Ayariga will serve as a deterrent … Read more
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has revealed that Member of Parliament for Bawku Central wants another opportunity to apologise to Parliament for his behaviour on the floor on Thursday. Mahama Ayariga flared up after he was found guilty of contempt by a report of an investigation into a bribery allegation against Chair of the Appointment … Read more
The Joe Ghartey Committee says it found no evidence to support the bribery claim made by Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga. The Committee said it arrived at the conclusion after a thorough interrogation of submissions given by witnesses who appeared before it. Presenting the report before Parliament Thursday, Committee Chairman Joe Ghartey … Read more
The Bawku Central Member of Parliament Mahama Ayariga has been ordered to apologize to Parliament for bringing the name of the August House into disrepute. This was after he gave credence to an allegation that the minority members on the Appointment Committee of Parliament has been bribed by then Energy Minister-designate, Boakye Agyarko. Ayariga that … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee. The Committee’s report, which was laid before Parliament yesterday [Wednesday] recommended that Mr. Ayariga be reprimanded by the Speaker of the House in accordance with Section 35 of the … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee. The five member Joe Ghartey committee concluded that “Mr. Mahama Ayariga is in Contempt of Parliament on the strength of Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee. The Committee’s report, which was laid before Parliament yesterday [Wednesday] recommended that Mr. Ayariga be reprimanded by the Speaker of the House in accordance with Section 35 of the … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has revealed he only corroborated bribery allegation claim made by Accra-based Radio Gold. According to him, he had assumed the GH¢3,000 given to him by Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, was his allowance only to hear it was bribe from Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. Mahama Ayariga … Read more
Embattled Bawku Central MP failed to present any ‘direct evidence’ to back his claims that MPs were paid monies intended to influence the approval of then Energy minister-designate Boakye Ayarko. At a cagey meeting with a special investigative committee of parliament Mahama Ayariga pointed to a private conversation as the basis of his claim. In … Read more
Mahama Ayariga, who is at the centre of a parliamentary bribery scandal, says he is ready to storm the committee investigating the matter without a lawyer because he is carrying the truth. The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and other MPs are being probed after he claimed the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, then a … Read more
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joe Osei-Owusu says he wouldn’t trust Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga to discuss any matter The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Joe Osei-Owusu says he wouldn’t trust Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga to discuss any matter after the latter wrongly made bribery allegations against him … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for Ahafo-Ano South, Stephen Balado Manu has debunked claims by MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga that parliamentary committees receive allowances during sittings. Mr Balado Manu who was a Member of Parliament for 16 years, noted that it is not possible for sitting allowances to be paid when committees have not … Read more
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, has found himself in an uncomfortable zone following a damning bribery allegation he made on Radio Gold last week. He has come under a barrage of reasonable attack from his colleagues in Parliament to produce evidence of the bribery allegation he has made against minister designate … Read more
CONCERNED Youth of Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have called on the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Michael Aaron Ocquaye to sanction the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mr. Mahama Ayariga, for “bringing the name of the House of Parliament into disrepute.” The youth could not fathom why Mr. Ayariga … Read more
Former National Democratic Congress’ (NDCs) MP for Lower Manya Krobo Constituency, Michael Teye Nyaunu has admonished Parliament to televise the alleged bribery interrogation of Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga. “There will be absolutely nothing wrong if the interrogation is televised,’’ because it is already in the public domain, he said. The MP had alleged that … Read more
The Leadership of Parliament will on Tuesday meet the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga over bribery claims against the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko. The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu told Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Asempa Monday that the leadership of the house has decided … Read more
The Member of Parliament for the Bawku Central constituency, Mahama Ayariga has rejected claims that he fabricated the bribery allegations he made against Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. Mr. Ayariga had accused the minister of attempting to bribe the ten minority members on parliament’s Appointments Committee with GHc3000 each, in a bid to lure them to … Read more