Boakye Agyarko bribed
the parliamentary appointment committee with GHS150, 000 to qualify him for his vetting, Hon. Mahama Ayariga your Bawku brother cried out to the public and he was nearly crucified, didn't you hear that?
However, Finance Minister - designate, Ken Ofori Atta, answering questions when he appeard before
the parliamentary Appointment Committee denied the President's pledge saying «I don't know where we (NPP) promised to pay all contractors in 100 days.»
General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Three members of
Parliamentary Appointments Committee in a recent session The deputy Special Prosecutor - nominee, Cynthia Lamptey, will appear before the Appointments Committee of Parliament, who will assess her suitability for the position, at a public hearing today May 16, 2018.
Not exact matches
For example, the Progressive party, the Libertarian party, and Green Party, and the Dixiecrats have all followed essentially the same process in adopting their platforms, although the details of
appointments to the relevant
committees and
parliamentary procedure differ modestly between the various parties.
Alban Bagbin has become the face of Ghanaian politics not for his 25 years so far in parliament and still counting, but for the extraordinary role he played as two terms Minority Leader, twice Majority Leader and Chairman of some strategic
committees of Parliament such as Constitutional, Legal and
Parliamentary Committee, which he chaired twice, Public Accounts and
Appointments Committee.
Published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Matthews and Flinders focus on the
parliamentary scrutiny of public
appointments in the UK and reveals how select
committees have accrued increasing powers to challenge ministerial
appointments and how this has resulted in a series of unintended consequences that raise critical concerns regarding the overall added - value of pre-appointment scrutiny.
And the government is consulting on how in future the ISC should be appointed and should report to parliament - with, where possible, hearings in public, a strengthened capacity for investigations, reports subject to more
parliamentary debate and greater transparency over
appointments to the
committee.
Martin Amidu on Tuesday February 13, faced Parliament's
Appointments Committee in what could probably be the longest ever
parliamentary vetting session in the 4th Republic.
The dismissal of civil servants appointed during the NDC era, the
Parliamentary bribery scandal, Ameri sponsorship of the Addison
committee, persecution of officials and supporters of the biggest opposition party and, the
appointment of friends and relatives by the president to sensitive positions among others, have been widely discussed.
And it doesn't seem the current probe being undertaken by a
parliamentary committee to ascertain whether or not the Energy Minister, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, paid a bribe to the members of the
appointment committee to approve his nomination.
The mix of
appointments and elections to the
parliamentary Labour party (PLP) departmental backbench
committee has shown party moderates in control.
Several
parliamentary committees have emphasised the need for a more regulated system of Lords
appointments.
Then on July 29, McLachlin provided the
parliamentary committee dealing with the
appointment of the next Supreme Court judge with her view on the court's needs.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was the first to ask new Supreme Court judges to appear before a
parliamentary committee for questioning, beginning with the 2006
appointment of Justice Marshall Rothstein of Manitoba.