Ace broadcaster and lawyer, Moses Foh Amoaning, is convinced Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, made the bribery allegations against three MPs and a Minister based on false information. According to him, Mahama Ayariga should have examined critically the source of his information on the bribery claim against the chairman of the Appointments Committee … Read more
A lecturer of Economics at the Kumasi Technical University Thomas Kusi Boafo, has expressed disappointment in the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central Mahama Ayariga for misleading his constituents and Ghanaians who believed so much in him. He questioned why the lawmaker will kowtow to pressure from the speaker of parliament and render an … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North Constituency Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has stated that one does not need evidence to believe that truth exists as far as God exists. The lawmaker was one of those angry about the findings of the Joe Ghartey-led committee which investigated an alleged bribery scandal involving members of … Read more
Even before the Joe Ghartey-led committee investigating the bribery scandal that rocked Parliament’s Appointments Committee makes public its findings, Member of Parliament for Bekwai and first deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon Joe Osei-Owusu is insisting he has been vindicated. The Chairman of the Appointments Committee, who was alleged to have served as conduit in the … Read more
THE Joe Ghartey-led Committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal that rocked Parliament’s Appointments Committee is expected to present its final report on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. This was disclosed by the acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Madam Kate Addo, through a statement. The release of the report delayed after a member of the House … Read more
A freelance Journalist, Listowel Nana Poku says he will petition the International Criminal Court, should the Ad hoc committee probing the bribery scandal in Ghana’s parliament perverse judgment in the case. “I will not let this matter go to sleep, If CHRAJ will not investigate this scandal, I will make sure I’ll take it even … Read more
“From Monday it was difficult for me to look at people’s faces,” an emotional Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei Owusu said last week when he faced Parliament’s Special Investigative Committee. “Friends took a photo of me to show me…I was truly not myself,” he added. When it was his turn to face the … Read more
The Joe Ghartey-led Ad hoc committee probing the alleged bribery scandal that has hit the legislature would be calling up Accra-based Radio Gold for questioning very soon, Kasapafmonline.com can confirm. The Ad hoc committee has so far recorded statements from four witnesses in its on-going probe into the alleged bribery scandal. Some Minority MPs on … 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
A request by North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to appear before the committee probing bribery allegations against the leadership of Parliament’s Appointment Committee has been granted. Mr Ablakwa was not originally scheduled to be heard by the committee, but an official request he made to the Joe Ghartey-led committee — through his lawyers — … Read more
One of the three legislators who have alleged they were bribed to facilitate the approval of a ministerial nominee says he will pursue the matter until the truth is established. North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has denied claims that he admitted that the bribery allegation against the Chair of the Appointments Committee of Parliament … Read more
One of the witnesses in the bribery allegation against the appointments Committee of Parliament Alhassan Suhuyini is lamenting over a seeming snub by the Joe Ghartey-led committee. According to the Tamale North MP, he has still not received an invitation to appear before the probing committee even though sittings begin today. “So how come the … Read more
One of the witnesses in the bribery allegation against the appointments Committee of Parliament Alhassan Suhuyini is lamenting over a seeming snub by the Joe Ghartey-led committee. According to the Tamale North MP, he has still not received an invitation to appear before the probing committee even though sittings begin today. “So how come the … Read more
Alhassan Suhuyini, says he has not received an invitation to appear before the probing committee One of the witnesses in the bribery allegation against the appointments Committee of Parliament Alhassan Suhuyini is lamenting over a seeming snub by the Joe Ghartey-led committee. According to the Tamale North MP, he has still not received an invitation … Read more
The special parliamentary Ad hoc committee set up to probe the bribery allegation against members of the appointments committee will begin sittings today, Wednesday February 15. The Joe Ghartey-led committee could not sit on Monday as scheduled because the key witness, Mahama Ayariga, was out of the jurisdiction on an official assignment. The Bawku Central … Read more
The five-member ad hoc committee composed to probe the bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament will start work on Wednesday, February 15. “The Special Committee on allegations against the chairman and some members of the Appointments Committee is to start its first public hearing from Wednesday, February 15 – Friday, February … Read more
A private citizen has petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Parliament as well as the Presidency over the bribery allegation against some lawmakers. Listowel Nana Poku, a freelance journalist, has joined thousands of agitating voices questioning an internal investigate committee set up by the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Ocquaye, … Read more