Ghana parliament probes bribery scandal

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Speaker of Ghana Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye acting on a petition filed by three MPs from the minority has set up an ad-hoc committee headed by a former Attorney General, Joe Ghartey to investigate a bribery scandal in the legislature.

The five-member committee which has four weeks to conclude its report, among other things would establish the veracity of the claims made by the petitioners.

However the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called for independent inquiry, even as the minority and the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) are demanding public hearing.

Ghana’s fifth Parliament of the fourth Republic is currently in a credibility crisis, following allegations of bribery over the appointment of a minister.

Enmeshed in the bribery saga is the minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko; the Minority Chief Whip of Parliament, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka; and minority members of the Appointment Committee of Parliament (ACP).

Boakye Agyarko was accused of offering bribe to minority members of the vetting committee to influence the confirmation of his appointment by Parliament.

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