Ghana@50 probe to begin tomorrow
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, July 22, Ghanadot - The
Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the activities of
the Ghana@50 Secretariat will begin its public hearings from
Thursday, July 23, 2009. It has 90 days to submit its
report.
According to a press statement issued by the Commission, the
public sittings would be from Mondays to Thursdays from
9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. at the Conference Room of the Old
Parliament House Building in Accra.
The three-member Commission has His Lordship, Mr. Justice
Isaac Duose of the Court of Appeal as Chairman, with Mr.
Osei Tutu Prempeh, Former Auditor-General and Mrs. Marietta
Brew Appiah-Opong, a Legal Practitioner, as members.
The Commission, the statement said, has Mrs. Barbara
Tetteh-Charway and Mrs. Evelyn Keelson as Counsel and
Secretary.
Its terms of reference are: To
inquire into and report on allegations of improper use of
public and of any other funds; to inquire into the use by
the Secretariat of any property, movable and unmovable; to
inquire into any other matter which appears to the
Commission to be incidental to or reasonably related to the
Ghana @ 50 celebrations, which in the opinion of the
Commission ought to be enquired into; and to make
recommendations in respect of the findings of fact by the
Commission.
The Commission was established by C.I. 61, issued by the
President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Prof.
John Evans Atta Mills on June 1, 2009 under Article 278
Clause 1(a) of the Constitution. It was inaugurated by His
Excellency the Vice President, Mr. John Mahama on June 17th,
2009. It has 90 days to submit its report.
The Commission started its work last Monday, collating and
analyzing a large volume of memoranda and petitions from
interested parties.
“On Tuesday, members inspected buildings and furnishings at
La and Cantonments sites of Ghana @ 50 projects.
Commissioners visited also the Ridge site for the same
purpose, looked at the Independence Square and 28th February
Monuments, and also visited the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.
“The Commission wishes to notify all who have been invited
to appear before it or to submit memoranda or petitions, to
take this announcement as a reminder and act accordingly.”
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