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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 …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has reprimanded Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, for her interjection during a debate in Parliament on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. This was when a debate on the Import Restrictions Bill was being debated in the House. The Minority in Parliament had raised concerns about …

Parliament has summoned the National Security Minister, Albert Kan-Dapaah, to appear before it on Thursday, November 9, 2023, to brief the house on the alleged military attacks on residents of Garu and Tempane in the Upper East Region. Over 50 people were hospitalized after some military personnel allegedly unleashed mayhem …

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei Owusu (Joewise) has indicated that backbenchers in Parliament are now taking over the role of leaders in the House. He stated that at the moment, it is the backbenchers who usually raise issues on the floor of the House instead of the leaders. …

Parliament was forced to truncate sitting today due to the minority’s insistence on lack of quorum to conduct business The trial of James Qyayson did not cause a boycott of sitting today by the minority, but rather the truncation of parliamentary sitting after the minority insisted that the house did …

Parliament has passed the Narcotics Control Commission Amendment Bill 2023, bringing significant changes to the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. The amended bill grants the Ministry of Interior the authority to issue licenses for the cultivation of cannabis, thereby enabling the utilization of this plant for various …

Parliament has adopted the motion of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliament Committee on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill. This followed the second reading of the Bill on Wednesday, July 5. After the second reading, members of the House were given the opportunity by …

Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee will in the coming days begin a probe into the killing of some five suspected land guards following an anti-robbery and landguard operation in Bortianor, a suburb of Accra. The Member of Parliament for Ngleshie Bortianor, Sylvester Tetteh reading a statement on the floor of …

Parliament has been tasked to pass laws banning farming practices that subject animals to inhumane treatment. According to the Animal Welfare League, an NGO that seeks the welfare of the animal, practices such as battery caging instead of free range prevent poultry birds from undergoing their natural activities freely, and …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 17 unanimously ruled that the name of Assin North Member of Parliament, James Gyakye Quayson, should be expunged from the records of Parliament. This was after plaintiff Michael Ankomah Nimfah filed an application early this year, seeking among others, a true and proper interpretation …