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Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah and private legal practitioner Anthony Forson Jr. were confirmed by majority vote after Minority members withdrew from the Appointments Committee process, with Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin insisting the objection targeted the rushed procedure, not the nominees themselves.
Ibrahim Gusau's departure marks a sudden leadership change at the NFF, though the circumstances behind his resignation have yet to be fully detailed.
The South African boxer, a former WBO bantamweight and super-bantamweight world champion, was shot dead in what police are treating as a targeted attack, with four suspects now in custody.
Walking out of Thursday's Appointments Committee sitting, the Minority Caucus argued that rushing Justice Sophia Bernasko-Essah, Justice Amoako Asante and former GBA President Tony Forson through vetting before Parliament's recess ends breaches multiple Standing Orders, while offering to proceed on the two ministerial nominees, Mahama Ayariga and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on a normal timetable.
State attorneys told the High Court the negotiations had failed to produce an agreement, prompting Justice Halima El-Alawa Abdul Baasit to order the case to trial, though defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea says a plea deal remains possible even after proceedings begin.
Fielding questions from Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh at her vetting, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings said she would channel CSIR funding into biodegradable plastic alternatives, as she revealed a polystyrene ban is expected within six months and called for non-permeable landfill bases to stop toxic leachate contaminating groundwater.
The 15-floor, self-financed development will offer over 2,000 parking bays and two hotels, a 120-room five-star and a 250-room three-star, plus a shopping mall, sky lounge and pedestrian bridge to Terminal 3, funded entirely from GACL and GCAA's own resources as airport passenger traffic climbs toward 2.5 million a year.o
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