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The former Minister of Road Transportation and sitting Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region, Richard Winfred Anane, will today face Parliament's Appointments Committee for confirmation or otherwise of his re-appointment. |
On February 13, President Kufuor re-nominated Richard Winfred Anane for the position of Road Transport Minister, which has been vacant since his resignation in September 2006 to contest allegations including perjury leveled against him by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice.
The Speaker of Parliament, Ebenezer Sakyi-Hughes who communicated President Kufuor's decision to re-appoint Dr Anane to Parliament last Wednesday, said, "per article 78 (1) of the Constitution, the President of the Republic of Ghana has appointed Dr Richard Anane, MP for Nhyiaeso as the Minister for Road Transport Minister”.
In accordance with the Standing Orders of the House, the Speaker referred the President’s nominee to the Appointments Committee for their consideration and further vetting.
Dr Anane resigned from his position as Minister of Transportation after CHRAJ found him guilty of abuse of power and of conflict of interest. He was however found innocent of corruption charges.
CHRAJ recommended that Dr Anane be removed from office for committing perjury by misleading a CHRAJ panel whilst under oath that he had remitted $30,000 to his mistress, while in a prior testimony before a Parliamentary Select Committee during his vetting as Minister of Road Transport in 2005, he told members that he had only remitted $10,000.
CHRAJ further recommended that Dr Anane apologise to Parliament for misleading it and to the President and people of Ghana.
Dr Anane subsequently resigned his post in September 2006 to contested CHRAJ’s decision at the High Court where the Commission’s decisions were quashed.
CHRAJ also challenged the decision of the High Court at the Supreme Court. But by a 4-1 majority decision, the Supreme Court on October 30, 2007 dismissed their application for certiorari, which sought to quash the High Court decision overturning the Commission’s decision.
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