The Council of State of the Republic of Ghana has warned that the country risk losing all the gains it has made in Parliamentary democracy since the 4th Republic if measures are not put in place to address the controversies that have characterized the 8th Parliament.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said that he wouldn’t want to be called before any investigative body for questioning on any matter after serving his four-year term as Speaker of the 8th Parliament.
Management of Citi FM has unreservedly apologized to the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, for misreporting him over the dismissal of the Managing Director of Airports Company Limited (GACL).
The Managing Director of Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, has been relieved of his post. He was sacked at the instance of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has bemoaned the refusal by some sick Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to seek for medical health care abroad despite their deteriorating conditions for fear of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) getting passed.
The Majority Chief Whip of Parliament, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has admonished his colleague Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to never launch any attack on the Speaker’s Chair again.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has described as “a major setback for democracy” the military coup d’Etat rocked Burkina Faso on Monday, January 24, 2022.
Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday participated in a UN Security Council debate in New York and called for action to prevent domestic inequalities that led to urban migration and the creation of fertile grounds for conflict.
A four-member Ad Hoc Committee made of members from the Majority and Minority Caucuses of Parliament has been set up by the legislature to audit the Office of the Auditor-General.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the pursuit of strong economic growth and enhanced domestic revenue mobilization will help the economy rebound faster from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has denied reports that he was offered military protection while serving as Speaker in the7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
“So great has this government’s commitment to education been that public expenditure on education has almost doubled from twenty billion, seven hundred million cedis (GH¢20.7 billion) between 2013 and 2016, that is in the Mahama era, to forty billion, four hundred million cedis (GH¢40.4 billion) between 2017 and 2020, that is in the Akufo-Addo era, […]
