Tag Archives: Alban Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has advised Minister of Trade and Industry K.T. Hammond to withdraw the Legislative Instrument (L.I) on cement price regulation. This advice follows constitutional arguments raised by former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu. The L.I. was laid before the House on July 2 and is expected to …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has urged the government to exclude the military from supervising the upcoming election. According to him, the service should be invited to assist the police in the process only when very necessary. “We don’t want to see the military during elections. When there is a …

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 …

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 Speaker  of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described the passing of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act 2017 (Act 959) as an action in futility. He contended that the powers given to the Special Prosecutor should have been left with a non-partisan Attorney General. According to him, he presented these views during deliberations on the …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed his displeasure with the President over his silence on the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2022, which relates to witchcraft. The private member’s bill, sponsored by the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis Xavier Sosu, was passed in July 2023 with the aim …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the house to expedite work on the bill concerning the promotion of proper sexual human rights and Ghanaian family values, also known as the Anti-LGBTQ bill, to ensure its passage by next week. The …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has summoned the Ministers of Defense and National Security to appear before the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament on Thursday morning to provide a briefing on actions being taken by the government to forestall a clash between the Mo and Wangara tribes in …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has taken a swipe at the government for failing to withdraw the taxes on sanitary pads in the mid-year budget review. The Speaker had earlier urged the government to take advantage of the mid-year budget review to scrap the taxes on sanitary pads, but …