Tag Archives: MOTION

The Office of the Special Prosecutor led by Kissi Agyebeng has again filed an originating motion at the High Court seeking confirmation of seizure and freezing orders of financial assets of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. The motion filed on Monday, September 11, is expected to be heard on October 18, 2023 in …

William Ato Essien, Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, has taken steps to avoid a custodial sentence over failure to pay a GH¢20 million to the state per agreed timelines following a plea bargain agreement. The Daily Guide newspaper reports on its frontpage of May 11, 2023 that Essien …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Five Members of Parliament have filed a private members motion for a thorough probe into the 2020 general elections. The legislators who jointly filed the motion are MP for Asawase, Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak; MP for Bolga East, Dr. Dominic Ayine; MP for Akatsi South, Bernard Ahiafor; Buem MP, Kofi Adams, and …

The High Court has dismissed a motion by James Gyakye Quayson to have 3 out of his 5 charges against him struck out. The MP for Assin North is facing the court over charges levelled against him including deceit of a public officer, forgery of passport or travel certificate, knowingly making a …

The Embattled Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency James Gyakye Quayson has filed two motions at the Cape Coast Court of Appeal including seeking for “relistment” of his appeal. The other motion is also seeking for a Stay of Execution of the High Court judgement on July 28, 2021. The Court of …

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction filed by Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and his officers. The court presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Barbara N. Tetteh-Charway rule that based on the nature of …

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu affectionately called Joe Wise has dismissed a private members motion on the floor of Parliament seeking to probe COVID-19 expenditure. According to him, the work of such a bi-partisan committee is already provided for by the Constitution, to be conducted by the …