General News of Friday, 2 September 2016Source: Kasapafmonline.com17 NPP MPs did not sign petition to investigate MahamaSome Minority MPs in parliamentSeventeen Members of Parliament who belong to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus were not signatories to the petition that necessitated the motion which was seeking to investigate President John Mahama over the Ford Expedition gift saga. That means, 104 NPP Mps out of the 121 signed the petition which was circulated by the Deputy Minority Leader, Dominic Nitiwul. Edward Doe Adjaho when delivering his ruling over the proposed motion that was submitted to his office. The proposed motion which generated a lot of controversies in the public domain was however, shot down by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. The Speaker in dismissing the proposed motion told the House that since the matter was already pending before another constitutionally mandated body, CHRAJ to investigate the conduct of the President, Parliament cannot do same.

Source: GhanaWeb September 02, 2016 16:07 UTC