A member of the Joe Ghartey Committee says they wrote to members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee to help with investigations into the bribery claim, but none responded. Ben Abdallah Banda says apart from North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who sent in a memo, no other member of the committee presented any … Read more
The five-member ad-hoc committee set up by Parliament to investigate the bribery allegation by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Mahama Ayariga against the Appointments Committee says it is not yet done with its works despite the elapse of the period. The committee says it is on it even though the ultimatum given to the … Read more
Parliament has set up a special committee to spearhead an internal inquiry into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee but I don’t think Parliament must probe Parliament, founder and General Overseer of the Glorious Wave Ministries, Prophet Badu Kobi has said. According to him, it would have been better if institutions like the Commission on … Read more
Chairman of the five-member committee investigating Parliament Appointments Committee’s bribery allegation has revealed he was intimidated as he appeared before Committee on Thursday. He said although he is in Parliament and has chaired committees before, he was not sure how the Appointment Committee members were going to treat him. Speaking to Joy News’ Parliamentary Correspondent … Read more
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive Secretary Beauty Emefa Nartey tells Joy News the Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado could have been a member but not a chair. The Speaker of Parliament has set up … Read more
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive Secretary Beauty Emefa Nartey tells Joy News the Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado could have been a member but not a chair. The Speaker of Parliament has set up … Read more
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has called on the five-member Committee tasked to look into the parliamentary bribery scandal to consider probing Joy FM, an Accra based radio station. Speaking with Atinka FM’s morning show host Ekourba Gyasi on Wednesday, Johnson Asiedu Nketia mentioned that Multimedia’s Joy … Read more
A five-member committee set up on Tuesday to spearhead an internal inquiry into bribery allegations against Parliament’s Appointments Committee begins Wednesday amid criticism it will not do a thorough job. Joy News sources say Joe Ghartey-chaired Committee will take evidence from the three principal witnesses who first made the damning allegation – Mahama Ayariga, Alhassan … Read more