POLITICS

The Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremateng, on Friday, named the persons who sat close to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards which has caused some controversy in the last few weeks. Mr. Kyeremanteng said those who sat by the President were 17 in number, ranging from top business executives to key political figures. ...

Sammy Gyamfi, one of the Communicators of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said Martin Amidu is not fit to be Ghana’s Special Prosecutor. According to him, Mr Amidu is “lawless, indiscipline, a liar and a bitter person” who will use the office of Special Prosecutor to settle personal scores. On Thursday, 11 January 2018, President Nana Addo ...

The Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has described as “thorough” the presidency’s investigation into what has become to be known as the ‘Cash-for-seats’ saga. The Trade Ministry last year received a barrage of criticism from the Minority in Parliament for allegedly extorting as much as $100.000.00 from expatriates business moguls before they could sit close to President Akufo-Addo at ...

The National Democratic Congress youth in the Savelugu constituency in the Northern region has threatened to cause turmoil in the party if its national leadership do not intervene in stopping the constituency executives from carrying out alleged massive illegalities in the ongoing reorganisation exercise. The youth at a news briefing in the constituency capital attended by party comrades from communities ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has admonished Parliament’s Appointments committee to allow the president’s nominee for the Special Prosecutor’s office, Martin Amidu- explain reasons why he described as unconstitutional, the bill that was passed to establish the same office he will occupy. The former Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Mr. Amidu in September 2017 ...

The five-member Adhoc Committee probing the alleged levies collected by the Ministry of Trade & Industry of the cedi equivalent of various sums up to US$100,000.00, has told the sector Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen that no matter how smart he is, he can never outsmart the committee. A member of the Committee, Dr. Dominic Ayeni, had sought to find out ...

My good friend Martin Kpebu insisted I write this article, ignoring my excuses including that I have been particularly busy recently. It is public knowledge I led prosecution of the petition by Richard Nyamah for the removal from office of the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice – CHRAJ, Ms. Lauretta Vivian Lamptey in 2015. Martin ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has served notice it will not congratulate one of its own, Martin Amidu, who has been nominated as the first independent Special Prosecutor in Ghana. The General Secretary of the main opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, confirmed the former attorney general is still a member of the party, but does not deserve a pat on ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described as apt the appointment of former Attorney General Martin Amidu as the country’s first head of the office of the Special Prosecutor. “The President [Akufo-Addo] couldn’t have made a better choice,” said Rawlings in a statement Thursday January, 11, 2018 congratulating the former Attorney General on his nomination. According to him, the president ...

Long before the issue of the fraudulent payment of large sums of money in legal judgement debts by the government to businesses and individuals came to public notice, I had recounted in previous articles elsewhere, how there was one thing former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu hated with a passion as a child: School. I recounted how the ...