{"id":457994,"date":"2018-01-24T13:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/24\/cash-for-seat-saga-in-camera-meeting-with-expats-satisfactory-cttee\/"},"modified":"2018-01-24T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:06:31","slug":"cash-for-seat-saga-in-camera-meeting-with-expats-satisfactory-cttee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/24\/cash-for-seat-saga-in-camera-meeting-with-expats-satisfactory-cttee\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash-for-seat saga: In camera meeting with expats satisfactory \u2013 C\u2019ttee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The five-member bipartisan committee investigating the cash-for-seat saga has said its meeting with the expatriate business community has been satisfactory.<\/p>\n

The committee was unable to sit on Tuesday, January 16, due to the refusal of the expatriate business community to honour its invitation.<\/p>\n

The move by the expatriate business community, according to Starr News\u2019 sources, was to push for an in camera hearing \u2014 a demand the committee granted Tuesday January 23.<\/p>\n

Confirming the Tuesday in camera meeting with the expatriate business community in an interview with Starr News\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan, the committee\u2019s spokesperson Buaben Asamoah described it as fruitful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe the committee yesterday [was] satisfied with the attendance and the interaction with the expatriate business community who chose to attend on the committee\u2019s call,\u201d he told Alhassan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe we have enough\u2026sufficient information to proceed. So, we are moving on,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said close to ten business moguls from the expatriate community attended the Tuesday in camera meeting and that they are material to the Ghana Expatriate Business Award (GEBA).<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony generated massive controversy after it emerged that expatriate business moguls who participated in the ceremony were charged a whopping $100.000.00 to sit close to President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

According to the audited account for the event, GH\u00a22, 667, 215, 00 was raised against an expenditure of GH\u00a22, 367, 426, 06 per a statement from the Ministry.<\/p>\n

The government through the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, issued a statement exonerating the Ministry of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The Minority, however, in parliament insisted there was wrongdoing leading to the establishment of the five-member committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe those who turned up were very important to us [committee], material to the event and their testimonies will help us to go a long way towards resolving the matter at stake,\u201d said Buaben Asamoah.<\/p>\n

He said the committee is likely to have one more sitting and then commence the writing of its report.<\/p>\n

The Committee was handed a week extension as its expiration date is today.<\/p>\n

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Source: Ghana\/Starrfmonline.com\/103.5FM<\/p>\n

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