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  Mr Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, and six others, accused of procurement breaches in respect of an ambulance acquisition have been acquitted and discharged by an Accra High Court. Ayariga and six others were freed after the court upheld a submission of no case filed by lawyers of the accused persons. The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and six others were charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) breaching the procurement Act . Accused persons case...

  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central in the Upper East Region, Mahama Ayariga, has stated that despite challenges Martin Amidu encountered when he served as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor, he should not have resigned from the position. He maintained that following confidence expressed in the office and the personality of Mr. Amidu, he shouldn’t have abandoned his post. Mr Amidu resigned from his position as Special Prosecutor on November 16, 2020, after accusing the governme...

Amidu shouldn’t have resigned as SP-Mahama Ayariga May 10, 2021 Mr Ayariga The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central in the Upper East Region, Mahama Ayariga, has stated that despite challenges Martin Amidu encountered when he served as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor, he should not have resigned from the position. He maintained that following confidence expressed in the office and the personality of Mr. Amidu, he shouldn’t have abandoned his post. Mr Amidu resigned from h...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson 30.5k Shares 705 The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has been acquitted and discharged by the Accra High Court in the matter of alleged procurement breaches in the purchase of an ambulance for his constituency. The case was the first of the only two alleged corruption cases initiated in court by the former Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu. In a ruling yesterday, the presiding judge, Justice...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson 30.5k Shares 705 The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga, who was standing trial over alleged procurement breaches in an ambulance purchase has been acquitted and discharged by the Accra High Court. Mr Ayariga together with six others were charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for contravening the procurement Act. It was the first corruption alleged case filed by the OSP. Graphic Online’s court reporter, Emmanuel E...

Mahama Ayariga, six others win ambulance procurement case against Martin Amidu LISTEN MAY 7, 2021 The High Court has acquitted and discharged Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga in the case of the purchase of an ambulance for the Bawku Municipal Assembly. He was being prosecuted by the Martin Amidu-led Office of the Special Prosecutor in one of two cases brought against him for possible infractions of the law related to public procurement. Tried together with six others, the court presided over...

  Mr Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, and six others, accused of procurement breaches in respect of an ambulance acquisition have been acquitted and discharged by an Accra High Court. Ayariga and six others were freed after the court upheld a submission of no case filed by lawyers of the accused persons. The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and six others were charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) breaching the procurement Act . Accused persons case...

  The Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee set up to probe the collapse of Unibank Ghana Limited and UT Bank has directed the petitioners to submit all the necessary documents relating to the collapse of the banks. In a letter addressed to the Member of Parliament of Bawku Central, Mr Mahama Ayariga, who presented the petition on behalf of the petitioners, the committee is asking that it receives the necessary documents before April 30, 2021. “At the first meeting of the committee held on Thursday...

  The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has shot down claims that elections in Ghana are won through money and gifts to party delegates and voters. According to Mr Ayariga, “It is just a myth, resources as in using money to buy the conscience of voters has never been true. It is a myth.” He made this known when he appeared on GhToday on GHOne TV on Monday, April 12, 2021, while campaigning for younger persons to attempt flagbearership positions in their various par...

Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament Four Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) have tabled two Private Members’ motions for Parliament to investigate alleged interferences by some members of the security agencies and some vigilante groups before, during and after presidential and parliamentary election since 1993. They claim that such interferences resulted in injuries and loss of lives, and are, therefore, asking the House to make consequential recommendation...