The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has stated that the hardships many Ghanaians face daily were never the government’s intention. He acknowledged the situation and assured citizens of better days ahead.
Tag: Parliament of Ghana
Ghana not in energy crisis – Energy Minister
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, demonstrated his expertise in finding sustainable solutions to Ghana’s energy needs on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, when he addressed questions from Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) regarding power rationing and electricity cuts experienced in some parts of the country a couple of weeks ago.
Nation building critical to our survival – Afenyo-Markin
The Majority Leader of the Parliament of Ghana, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged media professionals to continue holding government appointees accountable for their actions.
Majority Caucus invokes Article 112(3) to compel Bagbin to recall Parliament
The Majority Caucus of the Parliament of Ghana has invoked Article 112(3) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 53(2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament to compel the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to recall the House over some unfinished business.
Parliament will continue to invest in journalists – Bagbin
The Speaker of the 8th Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, has assured members of the Parliamentary Press Corps that the Legislature will continue to invest in them by building on their capacities in order to live up to the evolving nature of parliamentary democracy in Ghana.
2024 Budget not approved – Speaker insists
The 2024 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana is still before Parliament for consideration and approval, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has underscored.
I’ve no seat to sit on – Haruna Iddrisu cries out
The Member of Parliament (MP) Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, on Thursday, February 9, 2023, walked to the chamber of the Parliament of Ghana where discussions were ongoing for the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the African Union Convention on cross-border cooperation (Niamey Convention) and told the Speaker that he […]
Philanthropist donates items worth GHS41k to inmates of Nsawam Female Prisons
The deputy Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament of Ghana, Madam Margaret Donkor, popularly known as ‘Maggie Dee’, together with her friends, on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, donated some pharmaceutical products worth GHS40,990 to inmates of the Nsawam Female Prisons to mark her 50+ birthday celebration.
It feels good to be back – Adwoa Safo
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo, on Friday, November 11, 2022, joined her colleague law makers at a plenary sitting for the time in almost a year to conduct business.
Islamic SHS riot: Parliament, Police can’t investigate brutalities at the same time – Majority Chief Whip
The Majority Chief Whip, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has told Parliament that the legislature and the Ghana Police Service cannot be commissioned at the same time to investigate the same alleged police brutalities that were meted out to some students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi on Monday, June 13, 2022.
I won’t oppose Bagbin in public – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu clears himself
The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said that there is no way he, as the leader of Parliament and Government Business, will go public and oppose remarks the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, makes in the Chair when presiding over sittings.
MPs welcome €38m German loan to construct district hospitals
A €38million loan agreement between the Government of Ghana and Deutsche Bank of Frankfurt for the construction of 40-bed District Hospitals in three constituencies so to complete and equip two existing hospitals has been hailed and welcomed by Members of Ghana’s Parliament.