{"id":396746,"date":"2018-01-31T06:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T06:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=396746"},"modified":"2018-01-31T13:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:22:45","slug":"martin-amidu-faces-appointments-cttee-on-february-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/martin-amidu-faces-appointments-cttee-on-february-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Amidu faces Appointments C’ttee on February 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President\u2019s nominee for the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, will be vetted on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, Citi News<\/strong> has learnt.<\/p>\n The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, last week referred the President\u2019s\u00a0nominee<\/strong><\/a> to the Appointments Committee of the House for consideration and vetting.<\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo nominated Martin Amidu to the Office of the Special Prosecutor earlier this month, with a charge to him to deal with public sector corruption.<\/p>\n The nomination of the Former Attorney General was met with wide acceptance from the public.<\/p>\n Ghana\u2019s first President in the Fourth Republic, Jerry John Rawlings,\u00a0commended the appointment<\/strong><\/a>, describing Martin Amidu as \u201cfearless.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Rawlings said President Nana Akufo-Addo had \u201crisen above partisanship and recognized a highly principled citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n Ghanaians took to social media to commend the President for his selection of the \u2018Citizen Vigilante\u2019 to head the Office.<\/p>\n