Financial analyst Sydney Casely-Hayford has called on the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) to expand its probe into activities at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to cover previous administrations as well. A BNI and National Security report, quoted by the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, exonerated the current head of BOST of any wrongdoing in … Read more
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Djaba, as well as the Northern regional chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, must be relieved of their current positions due to the “unfortunate” public verbal attacks on each other, Sydney Casely-Hayford, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, has said. “Those … Read more
Government has revealed the Criminal Offences Act 29 of 1960 will be amended to classify corruption as a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Speaking at a Good Corporate Governance Conference in Accra on Tuesday, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said the move is part of efforts to enhance accountability within the public sector. Dr. Bawumia … Read more
A member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has said former president Mahama was disappointing and disrespectful to the people of Ghana for requesting state bungalow and an office as part of his retirement package. According to him the state is not setting a good precedent by taking away properties of the state and giving … Read more
The appointments by President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo are unlawful, private legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini has said. Mr Anyenini argued that the president-elect may have breached portions of the Presidential Office Act, indicating that Mr Akufo-Addo had to make the appointments in consultation with the Council of State. “If you designate someone as a National Security … Read more
State-owned media organisations such as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and Daily Graphic should be privatised to prevent political parties using them as propaganda machinery when they come to power, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has advised. His comment comes on the back of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo’s refusal … Read more
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has said Ace Ankomah, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana has personal scores to settle with him in connection with the GHS51.2million judgment debt paid to him. His comment follows a claim by the group, of which Mr Ankomah is a member, that the government of Ghana awarded a new contract … Read more
A leading member of pressure group Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford has called on Ghanaians to reject President John Dramani Mahama at the December polls over what has become known as ‘Woyome Saga’. According to Sydney Casely-Hayford, President Mahama has not exhibited and shown the will power to retrieve the judgment debt ‘wrongly’ paid to businessman … Read more
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is protecting the president against suits in relation to the Ford gift saga, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has alleged. According to him, “CHRAJ has done a poor job and this [report] was a whitewash to try and give the president an opportunity … Read more
It is only a child who will believe the explanation by Chief of Staff Julius Debrah that President John Mahama may have distributed leaflets rather than cash during his tour of Abossey Okai, Nana Sarpong Agyemang, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana, has said. Mr Mahama was captured on video distributing what critics say was … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament’s action of not allowing Parliament to debate a motion to probe President John Mahama for accepting a Ford gift from a Burkinabe contractor before rejecting it was a disservice to the people of Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, a member of pressure group OccupyGhana has stated. Mr Edward Doe Adjaho threw out the … Read more