POLITICS

The Minority Female Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for making what it describes as derogatory comments against the person of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. The caucus says this is not the first …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that none of its Biometric Verification Devices (BVD) are missing, contrary to claims made by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Instead, the EC stated that only five laptops had been stolen from their custody. In response to inquiries from the NDC regarding the …

FORMAL STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. SPEAKER ON THE REFUSAL OF THE PRESIDENT TO ACCEPT THE TRANSMISSION OF THE HUMAN SEXUAL RIGHTS AND FAMILY VALUES BILL, 2021. INTRODUCTION 1. Honorable Members, I address you today amid circumstances that profoundly challenge the core principles of our constitutional democracy. 2. At the …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended the consideration of Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State nominated by President Akufo-Addo. Bagbin’s decision stems from an interlocutory injunction filed at the Supreme Court by the MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor, rendering Parliament unable to sanction new ministers …

Parliament has been reconnected to the national grid after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force disconnected the Legislature. The development was over the House’s GH₵23 million debt owed to the distribution company. The chamber of Parliament was plunged into darkness, as were the MPs’ offices, resulting in staff …

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has charged contractors working on the Tema Motorway Roundabout Phase 2 work to work towards completing the project by October this year. The project, funded through a grant from the Japanese government, seeks to reduce the heavy vehicular traffic on the Tema …

Minority Members of Parliament have called on the leadership of the House to summon the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempreh, to provide an update on steps the government has taken to resolve the recent power cuts. The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, bemoaned on Friday, …

Ghana’s Parliament has passed the anti-LGBTQI bill after successfully taking it through all three reading stages. The third reading of the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill was done on Wednesday, February 28. “In the third reading of the anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament, the bill …

The resignation of Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been met with varying opinions. Suame constituents received the news with shock from their Member of Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, as he resigned as speaker of parliament. According to them, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is an experienced politician as …

The flagbearer of the NDC, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, the NDC leadership and the NDC Social Democracy LAB, an NDC policy think tank, are organizing a national policy dialogue to deliberate on the NDC’s policy priorities for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana. According to the party, the …