Monthly Archives: February 2022

All efforts to serve Assin North MP with criminal summons have proved futile – Prosecutors tell court

Assin North MP charged with perjury, forgery of passport Minority to protest against criminal charges on Assin North MP James Quayson adduced sufficient evidence to satisfy the Electoral Commission The state prosecutor has said all efforts to serve Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, with criminal summons have proved futile. This comes after a seven-member Supreme Court panel presided over by ...

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Gabby Otchere-Darko calls out Audit Service over silence on GH¢12 billion stolen cash

Auditor-General releases 2020 Audit Report MP for North Dayi alarmed at findings from 2020 Audit Report Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko comments on allegations of theft A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, is calling out the Ghana Audit Service to respond to claims that an amount of GH¢12 billion has been stolen by the incumbent government. In 2021, the ...

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What Ghana is likely to ‘suffer’ if E-Levy is not passed according to government

Parliament at an impasse over E-Levy Bill E-Levy rate reduced to 1.5% Minority, citizens oppose E-Levy On November 17, 2021, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, appeared before the Parliament of Ghana, per Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 21 (3) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016, (Act 921), to present the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy. Of all the ...

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Attorney-General files forgery and perjury charges against Assin North MP

MP did not show up in court for the hearing Court sets February 3, 2022, for hearing MP accused of deceiving a public officer The Attorney-General’s (A-G) Office has filed criminal charges against Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson. A report by Myjonline said that the charges filed against the member of parliament (MP) includes forgery, perjury, deceiving a public officer, ...

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