A Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anita Desoso has urged the spokesperson of the Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka to cease commenting on the bribery allegation that has hit Parliament. According to him, the manner in which Farouk Muniru, Muntaka’s aide is talking will further anger the teeming … 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 Eastern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bismark Tawiah Boateng is urging the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka to resign his position as leader in Parliament. According to him, his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal that has hit the Appointment Committee of Parliament has brought huge shame to 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
The minority Chief Whip Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak has dispelled allegations that he will be stepping down soon as speculated by a section of members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Sources within the party hierarchy in the Ashanti region indicate that Alhaji Muntaka is likely to resign following the alleged bribery scandal that rocked … 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
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has described as total embarrassment bribery allegation levelled against the Appointment Committee in Parliament by some NDC MPs. He is of the firm conviction that those alleging have no basis and have only connived to destroy the Joseph Osei-Owusu led Vetting Committee. … Read more
Contrary to earlier perceptions that the alleged bribe, which was offered to influence the approval of the then Minister-nominee for Energy, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, the principal witness in the case, Mr Mahama Ayariga has stated that there was no influence in the committee’s arrival at a consensus to approve the minister’s nomination. The rumours that … Read more
Minority chief whip Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak will be stepping down following bribery scandal that hit Parliament weeks ago, Ultimatefmonline.com has gathered. It is unclear what might have triggered this decision but some Ghanaians are asking if the pressure is coming from the minority or otherwise. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase constituency is … Read more
We are it again! People have sworn by the Almighty God in order to make them appear believable. And it doesn’t seem the current probe being undertaken by a parliamentary committee to ascertain whether or not the Energy Minister, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, paid a bribe to the members of the appointment committee to approve his … Read more
The Minority Chief Whip in Parliament Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has observed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is still in a campaign mood and must be excused by Ghanains who expected a lot from him during his address. He indicates that some of some of the areas he touched on in his maiden State of … Read more
A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, has said the entire parliamentary bribery probe will amount to nothing without cross-examination. This follows the third sitting of the Joe Ghartey committee on Monday February 20. The ad hoc committee was set up by parliament to investigate an alleged attempt … Read more
Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has waded into the bribery allegations against some Members of Parliament, with a call for the passage of the Conduct of Public Officers’ Bill. According to the Executive Director of GII, Linda Ofori Kwafo, the passage of the Conduct of Public Officers’ bill, which has been in Parliament since 2014, will … Read more
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today [Monday], stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from giving additional oral evidence as a witness. The Committee at its hearing today, gave opportunity to three witnesses namely Boakye Agyako, Energy Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, Minority Chief Whip, and … Read more
It was a day of insistence on earlier allegations of bribery and denial of the allegations by members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP) and a minister of state when they appeared before the Joe Ghartey Ad hoc Committee of Parliament yesterday. The hearing began with the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central … Read more
The Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has said he was shocked by the allegations that he and the chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament acted as conduits for Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko to bribe members of the committee. Denying the bribery accusation by fellow member of the committee, MP for Bawku Central, … Read more
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has strongly defended his claims that members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament were offered monies to approve the nomination of now Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko. Appearing before the five-member ad-hoc committee investigating the bribery allegations the former minister of science and technology said it was … Read more
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today [Monday], stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from giving additional oral evidence as a witness. The Committee at its hearing today, gave opportunity to three witnesses namely Boakye Agyako, Energy Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, Minority Chief Whip, and … Read more
Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told the Ghartey Committee he will never conspire to bear false witness against a ministerial nominee. His comment comes on the back of a bribery allegation leveled against the leadership of the Appointments Committee. Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has alleged that Mr Boakye … Read more
Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has asked the committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal to evaluate his evidence in the matter and take the necessary decision. He said this when he appeared before the 5-member ad-hoc ommittee as a witness, to testify in the matter. Although he was unable to give the … Read more