The ruling by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, rejecting the motion for the approval of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government has been described by the Majority Caucus as unconstitutional, illegal and void.
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Suspend Energy Sector Levies; Ghanaians are suffering – NDC MPs to Gov’t
Member of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have told government to reconsider the “draconian” way it keeps on levying the citizenry through petroleum products since such act is collapsing businesses and exacerbating the plight of the citizenry.
Assin North ruling: Gov’t risk losing our cooperation in Parliament – Minority
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has cautioned that cooperation between the government and their side (Minority Caucus) in Parliament, risk suffering following a Cape Coast High Court ruling that has annulled the Assin North 2020 parliamentary election.
Minority walks out over approval of four deputy minister-designates
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has staged a walk out over the approval of four deputy minister-designates.
Bagbin foils NDC plans to reject 2021 Budget
After coming under so much pressure from the grassroots of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for ensuring the smooth passage of three nominees President Akufo-Addo had assigned them various ministerial portfolios, the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) were bent on redeeming themselves in order not to incur the wrath of the […]
We’ve spent GH₵4.7bn on questionable power deals and kept the lights on – Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that for the past three and half years of the administration of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the country has spent in excess GH₵4.7billion in the power sector.
NDC MPs ‘fight’ Health Minister over gov’t handling of COVID-19
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, had a hectic time explaining himself when he appeared in Parliament on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, to brief Members over how government has managed the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in some northern parts of the country.
Where did you get money to buy PPEs? – Haruna Iddrisu quizzes EC
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has sent a note to the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, calling upon it to tell Ghanaians their source of funds in procuring PPEs for use in their upcoming Voters Registration exercise if it wasn’t the government that supplied the items to them. The election management body had in a […]