Tag Archives: PARLIAMENT

The second deputy speaker of parliament Andrew Amoako Asiamah has condemned the actions of some members of parliament who took pictures and videos of themselves during the secret voting last Friday to approve ministerial nominees and supreme court judges. At least two members of the minority, a member of parliament …

The military high command has apologised to the defense and interior committee of parliament for storming Ashiaman and brutalising civilians over the killing of a young soldier. Over the weekend, a young soldier met his untimely death in Ashiaman, following which the military unleashed its full force in the quest …

The majority in parliament says the minority side of the house is confusing matters on the new constitutional instrument which the electoral commission wants to lay in parliament. Addressing the media the majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu insists the NIA’s system used for registering the Ghana card is more …

The public affairs directorate in parliament headed by Kete Addo has refutes publications by some media houses that Constitutional Instrument (CI) to adopt the Ghana Card as the sole registration document passed by parliament. “The attention of Parliament Ghana has been drawn to a report in the Ghanaian Times alleging …

The Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Drompreh has appealed to the Minority in Parliament to support the new ministers-designate and get them endorsed. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, February 21, he said almost all the nominees are lawmakers who should be supported by their colleagues. He explained …

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin on Thursday, February 16 warned Members of Parliament (MPs) against using unparliamentary language in their submissions on the presentation by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta regarding the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The Speaker warned them not to speak as though they were in a …

The members of parliament in the Bawku traditional area have condemned in no uncertain terms the enskinment of a purported Bawku Naaba by the Nayiri. The mps speaking to the press in parliament have described as null and void the enskinment in the midst of a crisis that has claimed …

Tamale South Member of Parliament Haruna Iddrisu preferred to occupy the seat of New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Bekwai who is also First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu (Joewsie) during proceedings in the House on Thursday, February 9. That was after he rejected the seat that was offered to …

Former President John Dramani Mahama says government must put before parliament, the Gold for Oil agreement for parliamentary scrutiny and approval since the deal is an international financial transaction. “According to the 1992 Constitution of Ghana international financial transactions require the approval of Parliament,” he stated at a public forum …

Some concerned NDC members in Asawase have resolved to let go their anger and support the decision to change the party’s leadership in parliament. To them, anything that will allow the party recapture power is 2024 is welcomed. The decision by the NDC to change its leadership in parliament was …