{"id":48378,"date":"2014-09-17T06:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T06:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=48378"},"modified":"2014-09-17T06:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T06:08:25","slug":"chraj-boss-to-be-dragged-before-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=48378","title":{"rendered":"CHRAJ boss to be dragged before Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh has served notice that he will drag the Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) before Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Lauretta Vivian Lamptey has been <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>accused of spending thousands of dollars<\/strong><\/span> over a period of three years on a rented apartment at the AU Village and also ordering the renovation and redesign of her official residence.<\/p>\n<p>Annoh Dompreh, who is a presiding member of Parliament\u2019s Special Budget Committee, says the use of $180,000 on rent for the CHRAJ boss is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>He told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, it is imperative for Ms Lamptey to be probed by Parliament.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48335\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/CHRAJ-Residence1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48335\" alt=\"Official residence of CHRAJ Commissioner\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/CHRAJ-Residence1.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/CHRAJ-Residence1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/CHRAJ-Residence1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official residence of CHRAJ Commissioner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He explained that Parliament\u2019s Special Budget Committee\u00a0has an oversight responsibility on the activities of CHRAJ therefore, it is their duty to investigate the matter to allay the fears of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;cQf3etaZvO8oQsOHzwBXgYFWsOMVbss2&#8243;]According to the MP, Ms Lamptey has on several occasions been invited to appear before the committee because \u201calready, we have our own reservations about her in terms of her attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee needs to get to work immediately,\u201d he said, adding that the committee will not be \u201ccharitable to her at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Annoh Dompreh pointed out that the amount spent on the CHRAJ boss\u2019 accommodation is taxpayers money which was taken from the consolidated fund \u201cand so I don\u2019t think we should wait for Parliament resume\u2026because Parliamentary committees are working and so we need to start looking at this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He implored the chairman of the committee to call a meeting immediately \u201cand since the committee has a high court, we can subpoena\u00a0her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh has served notice that he will drag the Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) before Parliament. 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