Some individuals have petitioned against the Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta and former Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu for their roles in dubiously cooking a deal that robbed Ghana of a significant stake in the crude oil concession operated by Aker Energy.
Ken Ofori-Atta and Peter Amewu had reportedly smuggled private company, Quad Energy into the deal and used it to knock off as much as 39% from the stakes of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
The petitioners had wanted the Parliamentary Appointment Committee to stall the appointment of Ken Ofori-Atta and Peter Amewu until they answered the lingering questions around their reported involvement in shortchanging Ghana in the Aker Energy deal.
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Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the setting up of a commission of enquiry to probe electoral violence in Ghana so as to help bring justice to those who have suffered excesses from the security agencies.
They said the commission would help determine those who perpetrated violence against Ghanaians and to ensure that they were punished to serve as deterrent to others in the future.
While Majority MPs requested for the scope of the probe to begin from electoral violence from 1992 till date, Minority MPs suggested the focus of enquiries be limited to the 2020 general election in which they said some seven people were shot dead through excesses by the security agencies.
Rev Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament
Rev. Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, the Speaker of Parliament has adjourned sittings for the Christmas and New Year break till January 4, 2021.
He informed the House that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would fulfill the constitutional mandate of giving an account on the State of the Nation to the House before a dissolution.
The House last November went on break in preparation for the elections held on December 7, 2020, and resumed sitting on Monday, December 14, 2020, to complete the Fourth Session of the Seventh Parliament.
The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic would end on January 6, 2021.
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Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, will today respond to nagging questions about his role in the replacement of the GCNET/West Blue system from the country s main entry points in the controversial UNIPASS deal, when he appears before the appointments committee of Parliament.
The cash for seat debacle, One District One Factory, Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) scandal and his Presidential ambition with reports that he is going to resign two years into his ministerial appointment to prepare for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearship slot are going to feature prominently during his vetting today.
Majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament has refuted claims by the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it did not support the motion to provide reliefs to students of public tertiary institutions.