{"id":244853,"date":"2016-09-01T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=244853"},"modified":"2016-09-01T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T12:09:58","slug":"ndc-big-wigs-storm-parliament-for-mahamas-ford-gift-debate-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/ndc-big-wigs-storm-parliament-for-mahamas-ford-gift-debate-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC big wigs storm Parliament for Mahama&#8217;s Ford gift debate [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big wigs of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), and top government officials have gathered in Parliament for the debate about\u00a0President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s Ford gift saga, after an early recall from their recess.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/3d3ca081-2d76-4e0b-9350-3408de0d7569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-244866\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/3d3ca081-2d76-4e0b-9350-3408de0d7569.jpg\" alt=\"3d3ca081-2d76-4e0b-9350-3408de0d7569\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0Richard Dela Sky, reported that virtually every top official who matters in the Mahama administration, is in attendance for the crucial debate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244860\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/d9807e3b-fe1a-4943-84d2-577212a1de5a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244860\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/d9807e3b-fe1a-4943-84d2-577212a1de5a.jpg\" alt=\"Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah and Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah and Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richard Sky, a veteran parliamentary correspondent described it as one of the biggest gathering of National Democratic Congress (NDC) big shots on a single day in Ghana\u2019s Parliament.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244861\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2cc85715-7035-44cd-a4a0-109ac9b3799b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244861\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2cc85715-7035-44cd-a4a0-109ac9b3799b.jpg\" alt=\"Julius Debrah reaching out to the Minority Senior Bench ahead of the debate\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julius Debrah reaching out to the Minority Senior Bench ahead of the debate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Present in the House are the NDC General Secretary; Johsnon Asiedu Nketia, Chief of Staff; Julius Debrah and Minister of Trade; Ekow Spio Gabrah, among others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244862\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fce84fa2-d7f9-42ac-8995-262cc0ef0b4f.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244862\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fce84fa2-d7f9-42ac-8995-262cc0ef0b4f.jpg\" alt=\"Asiedu Nketia sitting in the part of the public gallery just above the Minority bench\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asiedu Nketia sitting in the part of the public gallery just above the Minority bench<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday August 27, a circular from the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, emerged summoning Parliament to sit on September 1, in pursuance of Article 112(3) of the constitution and order 38(1) of the standing orders of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17107431-b9cb-413b-8427-f34a146baa27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-244863\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/17107431-b9cb-413b-8427-f34a146baa27.jpg\" alt=\"17107431-b9cb-413b-8427-f34a146baa27\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After some initial uncertainties\u00a0about\u00a0the reasons for the summons, it was later confirmed that the Minority had signed a motion to get Parliament to constitute a special Parliamentary Committee to investigate President Mahama\u2019s acceptance of the gift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background to Ford gift saga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama came under intense public criticism for accepting the Ford gift from a Burkinabe contractor worth about\u00a0US$100,000 allegedly to influence him.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor, Djibril Kanazoe, admitted giving President Mahama the Ford Expedition vehicle, for which the President called to thank him.<\/p>\n<p>The gift, according to reports, was prior to an attempt by the contractor, to win a bid to execute the Dodo Pepeso-Nkwanta road construction project.<\/p>\n<p>The same contractor had also been contracted to build a wall, at a cost of over half a million dollars, for the Ghana Embassy in Ouagadougou\u00a0which has been flagged by Parliament\u2019s Public Account Committee (PAC).<\/p>\n<p>The Commission on Human rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) indicated that it has\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/21\/chraj-confirms-receipt-of-petitions-to-probe-mahamas-ford-gift\/\">initiated steps<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0that could lead to an investigation of President John Mahama, following the receipt of petitions from the youth league of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) and another complainant, a private individual.<\/p>\n<p>But President Mahama, in a letter signed by his lawyer, Tony\u00a0Lithur, asked CHRAJ to dismiss the allegations of conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter addressed to the acting Chairperson of CHRAJ, President Mahama held that, he was innocent of all the allegations leveled against him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big wigs of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), and top government officials have gathered in Parliament for the debate about\u00a0President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s Ford gift saga, after an early recall from their recess. 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