Akufo-Addo accepts Kissi Agyebeng’s nomination for Special Prosecutor job LISTEN
President Akufo-Addo has accepted the nomination of Mr Kissi Agyebeng as the Special Prosecutor.
This was made known in a statement issued by the presidency today, Thursday, May 6, 2021.
The statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Eugene Arhin, said a letter has been sent to the Speaker of Parliament to that effect to seek parliamentary approval in accordance with law.
“It will be recalled that President Akufo-Addo accepted the resignation from the office of Mr. Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor on November 16, 2020, and in accordance with section 13 (8) of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), is required to appoint a replacement within six months of the position becoming vacant.”
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the nomination of Mr Kissi Agyebeng as Special Prosecutor.
A press release issued by the Communications Directorate of the Jubilee House said President Akufo-Addo deems Mr Agyebeng as being eminently qualified to become Special Prosecutor has since sought Parliament s approval for the appointment. It will be recalled that President Akufo-Addo accepted the resignation from office of Mr. Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor on 16th November 2020, and, in accordance with section 13(8) of the Office of Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), is required to appoint a replacement within six (6) months of the position becoming vacant, the release said.
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Amidu barks over nomination of new SP
The outspoken former Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Barnes Kaiser Amidu, says he was honouring an undertaking by his silence after resigning from his job late last year, until the nomination of Kissi Agyebeng as his replacement disrupted his rest.
Kissi Agyebeng, lawyer and lecturer at University of Ghana, Legon, has been nominated and presented to President Akufo-Addo by the Attorney General, Godfred Dame, to replace Amidu.
However, serving the public with another episode of his epistles after a long while, Mr Amidu warned that he should not be defamed in the propaganda to nominate a new Special Prosecutor.
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