Pressure group OccupyGhana is demanding the immediate prosecution of persons involved in the Smarttys bus re-branding scandal. Addressing the press in Accra on Wednesday a leading member of OccupyGhana, Ace Ankomah said they have presented a 20-paged dossier to the Attorney General, the leadership of Parliament and other stakeholders in the country to ensure that … Read more
It was delivered on Thursday September 8, 2016 (roughly two months ago) but its ghost is still haunting the establishment. Government called it a ‘dishonest lecture’ and perhaps unsubstantiated. Following that I urged the ruling NDC to come out and challenge the man who’d ruffled the feathers of the rulers but nobody up to date … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Board, Kwadwo Twum Boafo, has made a U-turn on his comments suggesting the UK’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, is a member of the pressure group OccupyGhana. Speaking on TV3’s New Day magazine show Tuesday, Mr Twum Boafo said: “The British High Commissioner in this country has … Read more
In the wake of the discontinuation of Woyome’s case, Mr. Amidu has also filed a case at the Supreme court to personally examine Woyome’s case. The mysterious withdrawal of the Attorney General from Alfred Woyome’s 51 million judgement debt case has raised eyebrows among some judicial stakeholders. Former Attorney General Martin Amidu, has alleged that President Mahama … Read more
Private legal practitioner, David Annan, has described the pressure group, OccupyGhana, as shadowy, and questioned the true identity of the personalities behind the group, which has been demanding accountability and justice in the country. According to him the group is being spearheaded by faceless personalities who are hiding their identity, hence asked Ghanaians not to … Read more
Private legal practitioner, David Annan, has described the pressure group, OccupyGhana, as shadowy, and questioned the true identity of the personalities behind the group, which has been demanding accountability and justice in the country. According to him the group is being spearheaded by faceless personalities who are hiding their identity, hence asked Ghanaians not to … Read more
CHATHAM HOUSE an iconic venue at the Royal Institute of International Affairs probably hosted its biggest guest ahead of the 2016 general elections last week in Accra. Something big was cooking, which had pulled many dignitaries there. But a bespectacled lady who stood behind a lectern looking poised to deliver a speech to a diverse … Read more
A Deputy Communications Minister has dismissed a claim by a former Attorney-General that the president stopped legal proceedings against a businessman who is to refund GHC51 million to the state. Felix Kwakye Ofosu said this claim by Martin Amidu is nothing more than ‘recycled propaganda of the opposition New Patriotic Party’ (NPP) bent on tarnishing … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has alleged that the current Attorney General (AG), Marietta Brew Appiah Oppong, withdrew her application to examine embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome over the GHC51 million judgement debt saga, because President Mahama personally gave an order. Mr. Amidu in a statement copied to citifmonline.com after filing an application at the … Read more
The Government is not interested in collecting the GHS51 million from businessman Alfred Woyome probably because he is a financier of the governing party, anti-graft campaigner Vitus Azeem has said. “I don’t know whether they are scared or they don’t have the moral courage but all that has happened point to the fact that they … Read more
The Attorney General’s Department has filed a notice at the Supreme Court to discontinue a case it filed about a week ago against businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt saga. The notice of discontinuance stated that “please take notice that the 1st Defendant Judgment Creditor [Attorney General] herein has this … Read more
Pressure group OccupyGhana says it’s monitoring closely the Attorney General’s latest effort to retrieve the GH¢51.2 million unlawfully paid to Alfred Agbesi Woyome. The Supreme Court in July 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back the huge amount to the state following a suit filed by former AG, Martin Amidu but the order has fallen … Read more
The score of 52.9 percent by policy think tank IMANI Ghana on the fulfilment of the 2012 manifesto by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not a mark of success, a member of OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has said. For him, even though the score was slightly above 50 percent, it could be considered as “just … Read more
Right, we’re back at it again. And it portends to be a vicious cycle, says author Gordon Offin-Amaniampong In 2003, when institutions in Nigeria failed to work and corruption held its sway, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pressurised the West African nation to establish its own Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to combat … 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
Speeches by the vice-presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) always send “shivers within the NDC”, Sydney Casely-Hayford, a member of OccupyGhana, has claimed. For him, the dexterity with which the former Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana uses data and figures to his advantage always gets the governing party flummoxed. Mr … Read more
Private legal practitioner, Ace Anan Ankomah has warned that a number of prohibitive laws in the country’s statute books that many Ghanaians do not pay attention to prescribe severe punishment for reckless speech and rude behaviour. “Your right to free speech does not mean you can threaten a person with harm or death. “It may … Read more
Babies are naturally known to have taste for everything liquid because they do not have the teeth to chew hard edibles. A baby with sharp teeth is used metaphorically in this context to indicate the overwhelming corrupt practices that has engrossed our nation in recent years. This is an undisputable fact as there are enormous … 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