News:
March 23, 2017
The Special Ad Hoc Committee investigating the bribery allegation that has hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament and its Chairman, Joseph Osei Owusu, will present its final report to the Speaker on March 29, 2017.
Acting Director of Public Affairs, Parliament of Ghana, in a statement said the Committee chaired by the Minister for Railways Development and MP for Essikado/Ketan, Hon. Joe Ghartey, was in the process of considering its draft report after three more witnesses appeared before it, Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
The final report of the Committee, she noted, will be submitted to the Speaker on March 29, 2017.
The engagement of the three brings to eight the number of witnesses who have appeared before the Committee to give evidence.
At the commencement of the Committee’s first sitting on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Hon Joe Ghartey, announced that the Committee has by consensus agreed to invite only four (4) witnesses to assist it to discharge its mandate given to it by Parliament.
The witnesses include the 1st deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, Minority Chief Whip, Hon Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka, MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga and the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko.