Chief of Staff sends money to Parliament’s Appointment committee to facilitate approvals – Manasseh’s book claims
Published:
4 months ago
Source:
MyJoyOnline
Fresh revelations from a new book indicate that the Chief of Staff's office at the Jubilee House has been sending money to Parliament's Appointment Committee to expedite the approval of ministerial appointments. In the book titled The President Ghana Never Got, investigative journalist Manasseh Azuri Awuni claims that this practice of financial inducement is not unique to the current administration but has persisted across multiple governments. According to the book, a long-standing practice involves the Chief of Staff periodically sending money to members of the Appointment Committee during the vetting of ministerial nominees. This practice reportedly began under the Atta Mills presidency and has continued into the current administration. Mahama Ayariga and some National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs previously alleged that Boakye Agyarko, a former ministerial nominee, had attempted to influence the committee with money, a claim which was strongly denied by committee members.