POLITICS

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 …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has clarified that the majority caucus in Parliament does not have the authority to independently appoint its leaders without the involvement of the political party overseeing the process. Bagbin made this statement during a parliamentary session on Wednesday, February 21, clarifying the protocol for …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says he does not understand the source of the confusion over how the leadership of the various caucuses in the House should be appointed. This was after he clarified that the political parties still have the power to lead the process of appointing or …

The National Women’s Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Hidaya Ibrahim, has resigned from the party. According to her, she decided after careful consideration. “Effective Tuesday, February 20, 2024, I have resigned from my position as National Women’s Organiser of the PNC and further cease to be a registered …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will launch another landmark digital initiative, this time, for the transport sector, on Monday, February 19, in Accra. Named ‘Tap and Go’, it is a digital card preloaded with cash, that can be used to pay for transport fares by tapping the card on a …

The government has released GH¢150 million to contractors for the patching of potholes across the country. The Ministry of Roads and Highways, in a statement dated Thursday, February 15, explained that the money is part of the first-quarter releases from the Ministry of Finance. “The government has released an amount …