{"id":245282,"date":"2016-09-03T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245282"},"modified":"2016-09-03T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:00:09","slug":"were-gathering-evidence-to-pursue-mahama-over-ford-gift-osei-owusu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/were-gathering-evidence-to-pursue-mahama-over-ford-gift-osei-owusu\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re gathering evidence to pursue Mahama over Ford gift – Osei Owusu"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ranking Member for Legal, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs\u00a0Joe\u00a0Osei-Owusu, has rubbished claims that the New attempts by the NPP minority in Parliament to probe President John Mahama’s acceptance of the Ford gift, could derail the party’s ultimate goal of winning power in the December polls.<\/p>\n
According to him, proving that President Mahama misconducted himself by receiving the gift could sway the minds of voters ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Nmfn2ctbnazHts7szugx1kUWj8jfbsBq”]Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Osei-Owusu noted that, \u201cThe President\u2019s conduct is one of the issues on which Ghanaians will vote.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf Ghanaians agree with us, that indeed the President misconducted himself, that he has brought the office he is occupying into disrepute, it will influence people’s voting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Motion to investigate Mahama thrown out<\/strong><\/p>\n On Thursday, the Minority’s motion calling for investigations into the President\u2019s Ford gift saga thrown out of parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n Members of Parliament were summoned from recess over the matter in which the President received a\u00a0$100,000 ford vehicle from a Burkinabe contractor who is said to have benefited from some lucrative government contracts.<\/p>\n