Amidu's nomination referred to the Appointment Committee

January 26, 2018

Nomination of the Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin Amidu has been referred to the Appointment Committee, by the Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye.
Official communication of his nomination for the position came to Parliament on Wednesday from the President.

It is however unclear when Martin Amidu will appear before the Committee to be vetted.

The President entreated the House to deal with the nomination with as much dispatch as it had done with ministerial appointments.

“It is my respectful hope and expectation that the dispatch which characterized the approval of my Ministerial-nominees by Parliament last year will be extended to the consideration of Mr. Martin Amidu’s appointment,” a letter from the President to the House, read by the Speaker said.

Mr. Amidu was named as the country’s first Special Prosecutor earlier in January by President Nana Akufo-Addo at a short ceremony in Accra.

His appointment is subject to Parliamentary approval, but it is widely expected that he will be passed by the House to take up the position.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com