The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has dismissed a plea strongly advanced by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu to declare the Dome-Kwabenya Parliamentary seat vacant having its occupant absented herself from more than fifteen sittings of a Meeting.
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.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has decried the way and manner the work of the legislature is being thwarted by the Executive over its continues appointment of Members of Parliament (MPs) to either head or serve on the Boards of state-owned enterprises and other institutions in the country.
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.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has told Members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to prioritize the fight against piracy in the Gulf Guinea in the pursuit of the sub-region’s developmental goals.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, has warned Members of Parliament (MPs) that they risk incurring his wrath, henceforth, should any of them flout the rules of engagement of the House.
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Interior, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has been directed by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to appear before the Privileges Committee.
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has staged a walk out over the approval of four deputy minister-designates.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has cautioned the country’s lawmakers that under no circumstances could they evade service of court when the legislature is not in Session.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has cautioned Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the House to be attentive and proactive in conducting business of the House during the Second Meeting of the First Session of the Eight Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
