{"id":460115,"date":"2018-01-31T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/amidu-faces-vetting-committee-febraury-13\/"},"modified":"2018-01-31T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T12:00:33","slug":"amidu-faces-vetting-committee-febraury-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/31\/amidu-faces-vetting-committee-febraury-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Amidu faces Vetting Committee Febraury 13"},"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, 31 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>rainbowradioonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/14434397.295.jpg\" alt=\"Martin Amidu Appointed\" title=\"Martin Amidu Appointed\" width=\"295\" height=\"293\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Martin Amidu, Special Prosecutor nominee<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1517400033_952_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for the office of Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu is expected to face Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee on February 13, 2018. <\/p>\n<p>His appointment was referred to the committee last week by the Speaker Prof. Mike Oquaye. <\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo last week asked Parliament to deal with the nomination with as much dispatch as it had done with the ministerial appointments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my respectful hope and expectation that the dispatch which characterised the approval of my ministerial nominees by parliament last year will be extended to the consideration of Mr Martin Amidu\u2019s appointment,\u201d the communication from the presidency said. <\/p>\n<p>He had described the former Attorney General as a man of integrity. <\/p>\n<p>Announcing the appointment of Mr. Amidu as the country\u2019s first Special Prosecutor at the Flagstaff House Thursday, January 11, 2018 president Akufo-Addo said, \u201cIndeed the Supreme Court has had course to commend the nominee for his public spiritedness in the case of Amidu v Attorney General\/Waterville and Woyome.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, President Akufo-Addo signed into law the bill establishing the office of the Special Prosecutor after it was approved in parliament last year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 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, 31 January 2018 Source: rainbowradioonline.com 2018-01-31 Martin Amidu, Special Prosecutor nominee President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s nominee for the office of Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu is expected to face Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee on February 13, 2018. His appointment was referred to the committee last week by the Speaker Prof. Mike Oquaye. 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