General News of Saturday, 2 March 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgShort Commission explains why it declined to invite Lydia AlhassanLydia Seyram Alhassan, MP for Ayawaso West WuogonThe Short Commission has explained why it declined to invite Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan, Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon to testify before it. Dr Ernest Kofi Abotsi, the Executive Secretary of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry said the Commission takes witnesses on the basis of relevance, stating that Madam Alhassan was a secondary witness. Dr Abotsi made the disclosure on Friday, during a press briefing at the end of the Commission's tour of the scenes of the outbreak of violence at La-Bawaleshie during the January 31, Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary by-election. Mr Justice Francis Emile Short, the Chairman of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Commission of Inquiry, led the delegation. Following the outbreak of violence on January 31, during the Ayawaso West Wuogon Parliamentary by-election, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo set up the Commission to conduct a far-reaching investigation, which would sustain the peace of the nation.

Source: GhanaWeb March 02, 2019 02:37 UTC