{"id":465940,"date":"2018-02-20T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/we-gave-credible-martin-amidu-to-npp-amaliba\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T13:41:04","slug":"we-gave-credible-martin-amidu-to-npp-amaliba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/we-gave-credible-martin-amidu-to-npp-amaliba\/","title":{"rendered":"We gave \u2018credible\u2019 Martin Amidu to NPP \u2013 Amaliba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/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\/15999157.295.jpg\" alt=\"Abraham Amaliba States\" title=\"Abraham Amaliba States\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Abraham Amaliba, Private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519134064_247_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, says his party takes pride in giving the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a \u201ccredible\u201d person to occupy the Office of the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the NPP could not find any person fit for the position within its ranks only to look over to their archrivals for someone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave them Martin Amidu,\u201d he said on TV3\u2019s New Day on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made him what he is,\u201d he added, \u201cwith our probity and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu, a founder member of the NDC, is expected to be approved by Parliament\u2019s Appointments Committee on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He had an overwhelming approval by the Committee after his vetting last Tuesday as all but Tamale North Member of Parliament Alhassan Suhuyini voted for his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>His nomination was seen by some NDC officials as a strategy to witch-hunt them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amaliba told New Day host Bright Nana Amfoh that \u201cwe have given them a credible person\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYFE_m-z32c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018A thousand and one\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But a member of the NPP, John Kuma, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), said inasmuch as Mr Amidu is qualified, there are many equally qualified persons the NPP could have chosen from its fold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not the only person qualified,\u201d he stressed, adding: \u201cThere are a thousand and one people in NPP who qualify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kuma said it was only inclusive on the part of the government to nominate someone from a different party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven with their own qualified person, look at their attitude,\u201d he indicated, making an allusion to the Supreme Court suit against Mr Amidu\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>It is on that issue that Mr Amaliba added that it is more important as a \u201cSupreme Court ruling can undo all that Parliament has done and we will come back to Square One\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mxu88RLkyGQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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