{"id":450438,"date":"2017-12-27T17:39:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/27\/minority-requests-emergency-parliamentary-sitting-on-cash-for-seat-scandal\/"},"modified":"2017-12-27T17:39:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T17:39:12","slug":"minority-requests-emergency-parliamentary-sitting-on-cash-for-seat-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/27\/minority-requests-emergency-parliamentary-sitting-on-cash-for-seat-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority requests emergency parliamentary sitting on cash-for-seat scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 27 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/84138337.295.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker Mike Oquaye11\" title=\"Speaker Mike Oquaye11\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514396352_919_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minority in Parliament has requested the Speaker to summon the House for a special sitting to investigate the Trade Ministry\u2019s collection of various sums from expatriate businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The request was contained in an emergency motion to the Speaker, Prof Mike Ocquaye.<\/p>\n<p>The motion is dated Wednesday, December 27, 2017, and signed by Minority Chief Whip and Asawase MP, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and North Tongu MP, Okudzeto Ablakwa.<\/p>\n<p>The motion requests, &#8220;that this Honourable House investigates the levy and collection by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of a Ghana cedi equivalent of various sums of money in United States of American dollars from expatriate businesses in Ghana and related matters during the recently held Ghana Expatriate Business Awards in Accra.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The request follows government&#8217;s clearing the Trade Ministry of any wrongdoing after the Minority Chief Whip accused the Ministry of charging unapproved fees to the tune of $100,000 to grant access to President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, said the information available to him on the $100,000 reserved-seat scandal does not support the claim of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facts, as reported to the president, do not disclose any wrongdoing on the part of the Minister or any government official,\u201d Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid said in a statement last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came days after public outrage over claims that the Trades Ministry has extorted  $100,000 from expatriates for a &#8220;presidential seat&#8221; at the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA).<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Trades Minister Carlos Ahenkorah has admitted some monies were taken from expatriates but said they were later transferred into the account of the awards organizers, Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF).<\/p>\n<p>But the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mohammed who was not satisfied described government\u2019s explanation as an unacceptable \u201ccomplete cover-up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said government&#8217;s stance was similar to case of the sale of the five million contaminated fuel at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) as well as the corruption allegations levelled against the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe and the minority still believes that if a parliamentary probe goes ahead many things will be unearthed,\u201d Mr Mohammed said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the president\u2019s explanation for clearing the Trades Ministry of any wrongdoing amounts to an insult of the intelligence of Ghanaians, adding the Minority will be able to prove that some people paid the $100,000.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-27 Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye The Minority in Parliament has requested the Speaker to summon the House for a special sitting to investigate the Trade Ministry\u2019s collection of various sums from expatriate businesses. 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