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“Forgiveness Is Freedom” – Joe Ghartey Rallies NPP in Central Region to Close Ranks Ahead of 2028

4Mar

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“Forgiveness Is Freedom” – Joe Ghartey Rallies NPP in Central Region to Close Ranks Ahead of 2028

Hon. Joe Ghartey, a former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to bury their differences, and rally behind Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to ensure victory for the NPP in the 2028 general elections. Specifically, Hon. Ghartey, the NPP's longest-serving Member of Parliament (MP) for the Essikado-Ketan Constituency, appealed tomembers of the New Patriotic Party in the Central Region to form a united front for the best interest of the party. https://youtu.be/lJnlBwBdeyM?si=nax_x10tnbW2SlS9 Hon. Ghartey made the appeal while delivering a speech at an NPP reconciliation forum held at the Pempamsie Hotel in Cape Coast. NPP executives and grassroots organizers attended the reconciliation forum. The forum was an open and so...

Joe Ghartey Followed Due Process in Skytrain Saga – Says Dep. AG

13Jun

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Joe Ghartey Followed Due Process in Skytrain Saga – Says Dep. AG

Ghana's Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Srem-Sai, has stated that former Ghanaian Minister of Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey, is not involved in the payment of the $2 million in the Accra Sky Train matter. According Dr. Srem-Sai, Hon. Ghartey is not on the charge sheet of the Sky Train matter even though he was invited for questioning during the initial stages of the investigation. Dr. Srem-Sai made the revelation while speaking on JoyNews' PM Express about ongoing prosecutions some ex-officials of the erstwhile President Nana Akufo-Addo's government. He disclosed that the public spotlight on a few high-profile criminal investigations has created a misleading impression of selective justice, even as many former government officials quietly face legal...

10May

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Joe Ghartey Calls For Ceasefire In NPP

Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and former Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Joe Ghartey, has called for a ceasefire between feuding factions in the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to Hon. Ghartey, there was no single person in the Party who could by himself or herself win the next election. He said what was necessary now was "cool heads, sober reflection and strategic thinking. He stressed that "There is no point in pointing fingers against each other", saying that as a popular Ghanaian proverb says "when you point a finger at one person the other four point at you." He noted that since it is said that a fish rots from its head, it was not surprising that a lot of the blame was being heaped on the top. However, he said at all levels t...

Sky Train Project Followed Due Process – Ghartey to NIB

25Feb

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Sky Train Project Followed Due Process – Ghartey to NIB

Former Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey says Monday’s meeting with officials of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) investigating the Sky Train Project laid to rest any doubts that the Railways Development Ministry did not follow due process. Speaking to pressmen after the meeting with NIB officials, Mr Ghartey said that the Sky Train Project was modeled as a Build, Operate Transfer (BOT) transaction and thus, no payments were made by the Railways Development Ministry on his watch, as evidenced by the Auditor-General’s report, 2021. The former Railways Development Minister intimated that his ministry took all the needful steps to ensure that it bore no liability (risk and cost) for feasibility studies conducted on the project. Responding to questions about the invita...