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...

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...

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Joe Ghartey Calls For Ceasefire In NPP

Sky Train Project Followed Due Process – Ghartey to NIB