Tag Archives: ASEPA

Court stops ASEPA from Agyapa demonstration

A court in Accra has placed an injunction on the planned demonstration by Alliance for Social Equity and Accountability (ASEPA) over the controversial Agyapa mineral royalties deal. It comes after the Inspector General of Police went to court following the insistence of the group to demonstrate despite a police directive. …

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ASEPA to challenge dismissal of Jean Mensa petition in court

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has said it disagrees with the decision by the president to dismiss its petition for the removal of the chairperson of the electoral commission, Jean Mensa. In June, ASEPA secured a declaration from CHRAJ that madam Mensa failed to declare her assets …

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Akufo-Addo dismisses ASEPA’s petition against Jean Mensa

The Jubilee House says the Chief Justice found no wrong committed by the Electoral Commissioner following a petition against her by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA). ASEPA on June 9, 2020, petitioned the Presidency for the removal of Mrs Jean Mensa for failing to declare her …

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Kennedy Agyapong twisting facts to denigrate Duffuor – ASEPA

The Executive Director for the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) Mensah Thompson has challenged claims by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong that Dr. Kwabena Duffuor acquired personal properties with the funds of Unibank customers. According to him, some of the properties being mentioned by the lawmaker were …

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We’ll Pull Guns During Elections If Akufo-Addo Fails To Prosecute ‘Gangster’ Hawa Koomson- ASEPA

The Executive Director of ASEPA, Mensah Thompson vowed that if President Akufo-Addo fails to set an example with the Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya East, Hon Hawa Koomson who doubles as the Minister for Special Initiatives by sacking and prosecuting her for pulling a gun and firing shots at …

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Please remove Jean Mensa – ASEPA begs Akufo-Addo

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to remove Jean Mensa as the Electoral Commission Chair. This comes after the governance think-tank secured a declaration from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) that Mrs. Mensa failed to declare her assets on assumption of office in …

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ASEPA Boss Fires Sarkodie For Attacking Sammy Gyamfi’s Tweet

The Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson has questioned the audacity with which award-winning musician Michael Owusu Addo, popularly known as Sarkodie is asking Sammy Gyamfi to pull down his tweet on George Floyd. Sammy Gyamfi, Communications Officer of the National Democratic …

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New Register: Suspend, Refund Contract Money — ASEPA Takes Fight To EC’s Supplier Of BVDs And BVRs

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability-ASEPA has taken the fight against the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) quest to compile a new voter register to the supplier of the Biometric Verification Devices BVDs and BVRs, Thales Gelmatos. The Civil Society group is asking the Company to suspend any delivery of …

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CHRAJ dismisses ASEPA’s petition against CJ

The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has dismissed the petition brought against Chief Justice, Anin-Yeboah by Mr Mensah Thompson the Executive Director for the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA). Mr Thompson in his complaint filed at CHRAJ said Parliamentary approval of Justice Anin Yeboah …

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I won’t apologise, let’s meet in court – ASEPA boss dares Lands Minister

The Executive Director of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA), Mensah Thompson has described a suit filed against him by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh as a ‘clear attempt by public officials to gag and intimidate civil society organizations’. Mensah Thompson is the …

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