POLITICS

The Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, has said that failings within Attorney General’s office contributed to Alfred Agbesi Woyome’s initial acquittals between 2012 and 2015, in the midst of the GHc 51 million judgment debt saga. Without naming any individuals, Mr. Amidu was of the firm belief that Mr. Woyome should have been prosecuted alongside his “accomplices”, in reference to ...

Controversial NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has lashed out at Mr Martin Amidu who appeared before parliament to be vetted for the Special Prosecutor job. The outspoken lawmaker said in his usual candour: “that man will collapse NPP, mark my words. I have had that intuition. My instincts are not wrong. God has given me ...

The Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu has categorically stated he has no presidential ambitions. Answering questions during his vetting at the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Tuesday, the former runningmate of the Late John Evans Atta Mills in the 2000 elections stated that his only interest now is to help fight corruption and prosecute looters. “Mr chairman, I was running mate ...

Martin Amidu has admitted that even though he is a man of proven integrity, former President JJ Rawlings had more integrity than him, when he served as head of state of the country. Responding to questions on his role in the PNDC era at his vetting in Parliament Tuesday, Amidu noted “The chairman (JJ Rawlings) himself had more integrity than ...

Special Prosecutor nominee Martin Amidu has said his letter of apology to late President John Evans Atta Mills in 2012, after he fell out with the late professor over what he called attempts to conceal “gargantuan” corruption within that administration, was “reprehensively” forced out of him by late Chairman of the Council of State Prof Kofi Awoonor and fellow elder ...

Former Attorney General, Martin Alamisi Amidu in an article, accused John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of appointing Charlotte Osei to the Electoral Commission to rig the 2016 election in its favour. Although the NDC was defeated by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the last election, Mr. Amidu insisted that “…as I said time without number during ...

Ghanaian private legal practitioner based in the United States, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, has said the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, is overage to carry out the duties of Special prosecutor. Professor Asare in an interview with Chief Jerry Forson on Ghana Yensom on Accra100.5FM, on Tuesday, 13 February 2018, said Mr Amidu has exceeded the retirement age of 65 ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the public about government’s resolve to curb malaria. Dr Bawumia, who received a Cuban government delegation, led by Mrs Mercedes Lopez Acea, Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba, at the Flagstaff House, Accra on Monday, February 12, 2018 reiterated “government’s desire to eradicate malaria and other mosquito-transmitted diseases which lead ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency chairman for Amenfi East in the Western Region, Asafoankye Kwaku Badu in his bid for re-election, called on all illegal small-scale miners popularly known as galamseyers to a meeting in Wassa Akropong on Wednesday, 7th February, 2018 at Apostolic Continuation church off the Moseaso road and committed himself to protecting their illegal trade against ...

A cloud of uncertainty should be hanging over the much-anticipated vetting of Martin Amidu for the position of Special Prosecutor after he was dragged before the Supreme Court, but a leading member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament says the hearing will go ahead. Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has said the vetting will go ahead because neither ...