Speaker tables Martin Amidu 's appointment for consideration

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has forwarded to the House the nomination of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor . 

This follows the formal communication from the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to the Speaker on the choice of Mr. Amidu.

It is however, unclear when Martin Amidu will appear before the Committee to be vetted.

The President entreated the House to deal with the nomination with as much dispatch as it had done with ministerial appointments.

“It is my respectful hope and expectation that the dispatch which characterized the approval of my Ministerial-nominees by Parliament last year will be extended to the consideration of Mr. Martin Amidu’s appointment,” a letter from the Pesident to the House, read by the Speaker said.

Amidu was named as the country’s first Special Prosecutor earlier in January by President Nana Akufo-Addo at a short ceremony in Accra.

His appointment is subject to Parliamentary approval, but it is widely expected that he will be passed by the House to take up the position.

The appointment has been hailed by experts and ordinary Ghanaians as a ‘masterstroke’ by the President, with many people commending the President for appointing a well-known member of the opposition NDC to head this crucial establishment.

Ghana’s first President in the Fourth Republic, Jerry John Rawlings also commended the appointment, describing Martin Amidu as “fearless.”

Mr. Rawlings said President Nana Akufo-Addo had “risen above partisanship and recognized a highly principled citizen.”

Ghanaians took to social media to commend the President for his selection of the ‘Citizen Vigilante’ to head the Office.

His appointment has also been described by many as the “most objective political appointment” in the Fourth Republic.



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