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 […]
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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.
We’re scared impasse in Parliament may derail gains made in democracy – Council of State
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.
I don’t want to be probed after my Speakership – Bagbin
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.
Say no to ‘coup d’états’ in Parliament – Annoh-Dompreh
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.
Parliament sets up four-member ctt’ee to audit Auditor-General’s Office
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.
I was never offered military protection – Oquaye
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.
No admission for 499 law students: NDC MPs want AG Godfred Dame kicked out
Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are in the process of filing a motion calling for a Vote of Censure on the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, for failing to comply with a resolution passed by Parliament regarding to the controversial no admission for the 499 students […]