The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West in the Bono Region, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has been involved in a road crash. The crash happened on Saturday afternoon on the Fiapre- Dumasua road after the Minister’s car reportedly collided with a tipper truck. Information gathered by … Read more
After over three weeks of work, the 9-member ad-hoc committee constituted by Parliament to investigate circumstances surrounding the botched Sputnik V vaccine procurement deal submitted its report to the House on Friday, August 6, 2021. The committee in its work engaged with the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, officials from the Bank of Ghana, … Read more
Some women are campaigning for the right to marry more than one husband according to the Ranking Member on the Gender and Children Committee of Parliament, Helen Adjoa Ntoso. “Some members of the Gender, Children Committee of Parliament were elected to meet some advocacy women in a hotel in Ghana and what this women group … Read more
A member of the Constitutional, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Committee has condemned what he describes as the Rambo-styled arrest of Whats Up News editor David Tamakloe. Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, who is also the South Dayi MP, has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to direct that the Editor-in-chief of Whatsup News “is admitted to … Read more
First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, cautioned MPs who had both tested positive and were yet to take their tests to stay away from Parliament. He said this was a directive from the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. “Mr. Speaker wishes me to draw the attention of the members of the … Read more
Former President John Mahama has called the proceedings to the eke took of the speaker of the 8tu Parliament as infamy and a low point in democratic practices. He expressed much shock at the incidence of ballot box snatching in the Parliament house by Tema West MP Elect and the invasion of the house by … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has written to the Clerk of Parliament about decisions taken by its National Council regarding changes in leadership of its caucus in the House. The decisions were taken at a meeting held on Monday, January 4. The leaders of the NPP caucus, highly likely to be the Majority Caucus, are … Read more
The Vice-Chairman of Parliament’s Defense and Interior Committee, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has called for the arrest of the presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama. According to him, Mr. Mahama must be held responsible for allegedly inciting his party supporters to demonstrate and cause chaos across the country. Mr. Amankwah … Read more
Parliament on Wednesday approved GH¢ 11.896 billion as supplementary estimates for the 2020 financial year. This followed a three-day debate on the estimates presented the House in the mid-year review budget by the Finance Minister last week. Winding up the contributions to the motion, Mr Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the Majority Leader and MP for … Read more
In order to practice the social distancing which is one way of slowing the spread of corona virus, the parliament is considering moving to ATTC. The leadership of Parliament is engaging the relevant authorities regarding a possible relocation of its business to the Accra International Conference Centre. This is to ensure that the House has … Read more