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NPP MPs insulted Jesus when they washed their hands off censure motion like Pontius Pilate – Arthur Kennedy

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Arthur Kennedy has expressed disappointment in the decision by the Majority in Parliament to boycott the secret ballot of the Censure Motion filed against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. According to him, the move that saw the NPP MPs wash their …

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‘I pray I don’t die early so that I can see things’ – Alban Bagbin on Ofori-Atta censure motion

Speaker of Ghana Parliament, Alban Bagbin has disclosed that it is his wish to live longer in order to see things as he had once been told. In his closing remarks after the censure vote to remove Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta had been lost by the Minority because the number …

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How Gabby and Akufo-Addo’s brother called Majority leader to shoot down Minority censure

Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed how President Akufo-Addo’s brother, Bumpty Akufo-Addo and Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko called him to shoot down the censure motion against Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament. According to him, the two had called him to discuss the censure motion by the minority against the finance minister and he assured them …

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Ad-hoc Committee report on Censure motion against Ofori-Atta laid without recommendations

The report of the ad-hoc committee on the motion of censure against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been laid in parliament. This follows questions from a member of the committee Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as to the basis for the delay in presenting the report to the plenary days after the …

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Akufo-Addo, other big names who debated a vote of censure against a minister in 1999

In 1999, when Ghana’s sitting president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was the Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, the House considered a motion that was filed against the Minister of Finance at the time. It was a debate that had been prompted by a motion filed by a member of …

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Meet the 8-member ad hoc committee set to probe Ofori-Atta censure allegations

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Thursday, November 10 announced an ad hoc committee to probe allegations in a vote of censure motion against the embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The 8-member ad hoc committee was constituted of Members of Parliament elected by the leadership of both sides of the House. Their main task …

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NPP MPs boycott vote of censure against Ofori-Atta«

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) who called for the head of Finance Minister have refused to join their colleague minority members for a vote of censure in that regard. They made this announcement in a press conference in parliament on Thursday, November 11, 2022. According to them, despite the fact …

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Stay off NDC’s vote of censure against Ofori-Atta – NPP directs Majority Caucus

The National leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has directed all their Members of Parliament to abstain from a scheduled vote of censure targeted at embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The party has thus, ordered the Majority Whips to ensure that no member of the Caucus participates in …

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