Deputy Minister of Sports suspended for any wrongdoing – President

Suspended Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pious Enam Hadzide, has been cleared of all mischief in the Australian Olympic Visa scandal and returns to his office.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who broke the news, said a report presented to him by police after their investigations exempted him.

He had received the report on his return from a state visit to South Africa on Friday night and was going to "Lifting the suspension and returning to the office on Monday"

The deputy minister and the Acting Director General of the National Sports Authority, Robert Sarfo Mensah, were asked to stay clear after the arrest of 60 Ghanaians who allegedly tried to enter. Australia under false pretenses

Addressing the National Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in power in Koforidua, President Akufo-Addo spoke of the government's firm determination to He reiterated that the dismissal of the President of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Mrs. Georgina Opoku Amankwaa, was without malice – was not premeditated.

The decision was based on the recommendation of the Inquiry Committee instituted by the Chief Justice as a result of separate petitions against them.

President Akufo-Addo stressed that he "would do his duty – to respect due process"

More than 6,000 delegates met at the Technical University of Koforidua to elect new national leaders of the party to lead them to the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2020.

41 candidates in total compete for the various national positions. 19659003] Source: GNA