Broken-down Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif, is scheduled to seem sooner than the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) for questioning on Monday, April 7, 2025.
This follows an legit directive from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, who authorized the free up of Ussif, along with Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Obeng Asare (moreover known as A Plus), to be investigated by the NIB.
Per a statement issued by the Clerk of Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the 2 MPs are expected to have interaction in a preliminary dialogue with NIB officers touching on matters of national significance.
“Please consult with your letter dated March 25, 2025, relating to the demand for the free up of Mustapha Yussif, MP for Yagaba Kubori Constituency, and Kwame Asare Obeng (A Plus), MP for Gomoa Central Constituency. I’m directed by the Rt Hon Speaker to repeat you that, having regard to the barriers of Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic, the present protocols established with the safety and intelligence companies, and moreover the public hobby, Parliament, in precept, agrees to the demand in the above subject,” features of the statement be taught.
“Accordingly, the Rt Hon Speaker has directed the Honourable Contributors to glean themselves on hand for the preliminary interplay with your officers inParliament, on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 10:00 am at the Sir Emmanuel Charles Quist Conference Room, Office of the Speaker,” the statement added.
The letter didn’t specify the thunder motive for the NIB’s summons of the 2 MPs, even if rumors counsel that Ussif’s inquiry may perhaps per chance per chance per chance moreover be linked to Ghana’s cyber web hosting of the 2023 African Video games.
It modified into worthy that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had pledged to analyze the spending related to the 2023 African Video games, with allegations of misappropriated funds beneath Ussif’s oversight.
Reports repeat that the previous NPP executive allocated a $47.7 million operational budget for the match, which took dispute from March 8 to March 23, 2024. Apart from, $145 million modified into spent on constructing the Borteyman Sports Centre, $34 million on renovating the University of Ghana Stadium, and $16 million for refurbishing the Video games Village at Legon.
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