
Minority Caucus: Deputy Leader Denies Involvement in Alleged GH¢70k Payment
Patricia Appiagyei says the memorandum is a fabricated attempt to split the caucus and confirms she neither authored nor authorised it.
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Patricia Appiagyei says the memorandum is a fabricated attempt to split the caucus and confirms she neither authored nor authorised it.

The caucus in Parliament has demanded that qualified unemployed graduates with disabilities be hired at once, citing constitutional guarantees and a petition from the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities.

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.

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.

The 10‑year sentence with hard labour follows a trial where Adu set a rented room ablaze, destroying property worth GH¢300,000 and cash of GH¢15,000.

Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak announced the Narcotics Control Commission’s new forensic laboratory is near completion, aiming for operational status by year‑end 2026.

The Commission said the company’s leases were terminated after a US$909,127.79 fee default, and the State now holds the rights.

The Federation of Ghana Medical Students’ Associations (FGMSA) has lodged a suit at the Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra, seeking to halt the Medical and Dental Council’s upcoming Common Registration Examination pending legal review.

Dr. George Kojo Owusu leads a delegation to China to secure technology, training and equipment for Ghana’s pre‑hospital emergency system.

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital has called on anyone who knows the woman or her relatives to come forward as she recovers from serious injuries sustained in a vehicle collision.
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