Anti-corruption campaigner and former Attorney General Martin Amidu is of the view that the current Parliament under the leadership of Prof. Mike Ocquaye cannot punish its three sitting MPs who have been caught in a visa fraud scandal. The outspoken campaigner captured this in his latest statement on the matter which has generated an unending … Read more
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin is set to join the race for the presidential nomination of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for elections 2020. Sources close to the Nadowli/Kaleo Member of Parliament (MP) reveal the legislator is enjoying massive support from other MPs from the three regions of the North. Posters … Read more
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has revealed that she never nursed the idea of running as presidential candidate stating that she “never had presidential ambitions”. According to her, she realised after working with two former presidents when they were in office that it was “not an easy job” to run … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Henry Ernest Norgbey, has urged members of the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) to give the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) nominee, Albert Boakye Okyere, overwhelming endorsement. He explained that massively endorsing the MCE nominee once would help tackle challenges confronting residents in the Municipality. According to him, the president … Read more
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has suggested that legislators in the country be given service passports and not diplomatic passports. She was of the opinion that “having a situation where MPs revert to service passports would not be a bad thing”. According to her, legislators, during former President Mills’ tenure, … Read more
Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West, Ms Hanna Tetteh, has said she did not acquire a diplomatic passport during her first term as a legislator because there was no need for it. “When I was a Member of Parliament the first time from 2001 to 2004, I didn’t have a diplomatic passport…,” … Read more
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has said that diplomatic passports are not meant to be used for personal travels. She has, therefore, urged government officials who have been given diplomatic passports to make use of them only on official government business. Ms Tetteh further explained that spouses of public … Read more
Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye DC, who is the NPP’s Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser, has threatened to storm the private home of Odododiodoo MP, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, and tow away alleged “stolen” cars in his possession even if the legislator were in the middle of a sex session with his wife. “We’ll storm his house … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Kojo Appiah-Kusi was physically attacked by the party youth at a funeral on Saturday April 29, 2017 Dr Appiah-Kusi was said to have been assaulted by the yet to be identified young men at a funeral ground … Read more
A deputy minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has added his voice to the growing development on the barring of four Members of Parliament from the UK for indulging in what has been largely described as “visa fraud.” The MP for Tema West noted that he was disappointed at the turn of events and … Read more
A former lawmaker in Ghana, together with three sitting MPs, have been cited in separate alleged visa offences by the UK government. A “confidential letter” signed by the British High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye accused the MPs of “Visa fraud”. The four: Richard Acheampong, MP for Bia … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh has criticized the four Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been barred from entering the UK for indulging in what has been largely described as “visa fraud.” The alleged visa fraud came to the fore after the sighting of a confidential letter the British High Commission … Read more
Leaders of Parliament and MPs must stop attacking the person of UK High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin vis-à-vis the recent leakage of a confidential letter he wrote to Ghana’s parliament that cites three sitting MPs and a former legislator as having been involved in various visa infractions, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Newspaper Abdul-Malik … Read more
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South in the Brong Ahafo Region, Mr George Boakye, who is alleged to have engaged in visa fraud by the British High Commission has threatened to sue the commission if a 10-year travel ban imposed on him is not reversed. The High Commission, in a letter addressed … Read more
Vincent Bosso, one of the men standing trial in connection with the murder of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa-North in the Eastern Region, Mr J. B Danquah-Adu, has once again insisted that his alleged accomplice should be held responsible for the alleged offence. Bosso told the Criminal Division of the Accra High … Read more
Lawyers for embattled former MP for Asunafo South constituency, George Boakye have asked the British High Commission to reverse its travel ban imposed on the former legislator. According to the lawyers, the grounds for the imposition of the ban were unfounded. The British High Commissioner, Jon Benjamin, in a letter leaked to the media earlier … Read more
A former Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, George Boakye, has denied engaging in acts amounting to visa fraud for which a 10-year travel ban to the UK has been imposed on him by the British High Commission in Accra. According to him, he cannot be blamed for visa fraud just because his adult daughter … Read more
Ghanaians are fed up with Jon Benjamin, the UK’s High Commissioner to Ghana, because he has been mired in too many domestic issues over the years, Kojo Adu-Asare, a former Member of Parliament for Adentan, has said. According to the former legislator, Mr Benjamin’s recent letter to the Speaker of Parliament on visa fraud allegations … Read more
The trial of Daniel Asiedu, the man indicted for the murder of a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North, Mr J. B Danquah-Adu, will commence today at the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court. Also standing trial is Vincent Bosso, the second accused person, who together with Asiedu, are alleged to have … Read more
Mr. George Boakye, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South Constituency, has said that the reason for his implication in the recent visa fraud scandal wasn’t his fault. According to the former Asunafo South Legislator, his 37 year old daughter allegedly tricked him into taking her with him to London on the pretext of … Read more