Parliament’s Appointments Committee will resume public hearing today, Monday at Parliament House to vet the final batch of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial and deputy ministerial nominees. The vetting, which is expected to continue while the House is on recess, will scrutinize in all, four Ministers of State and fifty Deputy Ministers of State. The four Ministers … Read more
THE Joe Ghartey-led Committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal that rocked Parliament’s Appointments Committee is expected to present its final report on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. This was disclosed by the acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Madam Kate Addo, through a statement. The release of the report delayed after a member of the House … Read more
The Committee investigating the bribery scandal against the Chairman and some members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee is expected to present its final report on the case next Wednesday. This is according to a statement signed by acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo. The statement further revealed that the Committee rounded off its … Read more
Parliament on Tuesday approved the 10 Deputy Regional Ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo about two weeks ago. They were screened by Parliament’s Appointments Committee last week, and approved by consensus by both the Majority and Minority members on the committee. The Deputy Ministers are however expected to be sworn into office by the President. Below … Read more
Fresh evidence has stalled efforts by the five-member ad hoc committee set up by Parliament to probe a bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee to complete its work On March 7, 2017, StarrFMonline.com reported that the Joe Ghartey chaired committee requested for more time to complete its work. The committee was expected to complete … Read more
Fresh evidence has stalled efforts by the five-member ad hoc committee set up by Parliament to probe a bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee to complete its work. On March 7, 2017, StarrFMonline.com reported that the Joe Ghartey chaired committee requested for more time to complete its work. The committee was expected to complete … Read more
Former Deputy Transport Minister Joyce Bawa Mogtari has said her sister Otiko Afisa Djaba lied when she claimed that she (Joyce) was the cause of a rift between the Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister and their mother. “Otiko lied, I’m not responsible for the rift between her and our mother,” Mrs Bawa Mogtari told … Read more
Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has revealed for the first time that her “sister” Joyce Bawa-Mogtari, former Deputy Minister of Transport in the Mahama administration, is the cause of a past rift between her (Otiko) and their mother. According to 55-year-old Ms Djaba, Mrs Bawa-Mogtari, just a week before the 7 … Read more
The Appointments Committee will resume work on March 14 for vetting of dept. ministers Ten Deputy Regional Ministers nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo would start appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee from March 14. Ranking member of the committee and Minority Leader, Haruna Iddirisu announced it during a media encounter with the parliamentary press corps on … Read more
The Five-member ad hoc committee probing the bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament has asked for more time to enable it complete its work. This is because the committee is yet to complete its investigations, Starr News has learnt. The committee was given four weeks to conclude its probe into the … Read more
The Five-member ad hoc committee probing the bribery scandal that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament has asked for more time to enable it complete its work. This is because the committee is yet to complete its investigations, Starr News has learnt. The committee was given four weeks to conclude its probe into the alleged … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bunkprugu Constituency in the Northern Region has been nominated as Deputy Northern Regional Minister. The two-term legislator, Solomon Boar’s name, was captured on the list of Deputy Ministerial nominees announced in Parliament on Friday March 3, 2017. He is to partner Salifu Saeed, when he’s approved by Parliament’s Appointments Committee. … Read more
Government has commenced the payment of the tier two pension contributions of public sector workers into their registered schemes. Twelve labour consisting of the Ghana Medical Association, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the Civil and Local Government Staff Association among others, laid down their tools, fighting the erstwhile Mahama-government to pay up, after several … Read more
Government has commenced the payment of the tier two pension contributions of public sector workers into their registered schemes. Twelve labour consisting of the Ghana Medical Association, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the Civil and Local Government Staff Association among others, laid down their tools, fighting the erstwhile Mahama-government to pay up, after several … Read more
Works and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea says he would require $700 million to permanently fix the flooding menace in Accra. Although the raining season is some two months away, Sunday’s downpour was a warning that another flooding disaster awaits the capital. The minister, who has been touring some parts of the capital which were … 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 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
Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has stated categorically under oath that, he never bribed Members of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, ostensibly to get his nomination approved. “I will state categorically without the fear of contradiction that I have never contrived, discussed or given any money to the First Deputy Speaker, Hon. Joe Osei- Owusu for said purposes … 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
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