Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed extreme disappointment in the apparent undermining of democratic institutions in the country in the Kpandai parliamentary issue. Despite an appeal process filed by the MP for Kpandai Martin Nyindam, challenging a high court order for the 2024 parliamentary election to be rerun, Parliament wrote the Electoral Commission […]
President John Dramani Mahama has requested the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, to suspend their move to introduce a Private Members’ Bill seeking to abolish the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday, December 11, amid growing public debate after […]
The notification, dated December 4, 2025, marks the official commencement of the administrative process required to organise a re-run to fill the vacant seat. The outcome of the re-run is crucial for the representation for the people of Kpandai. The letter, addressed to the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, was signed and issued by […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, as well as members of Parliament have unanimously agreed to a recommendation for the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to be abolished. They said since its establishment eight years ago, Parliament had approved huge budgets for the OSP yet it had failed to show any achievement […]
The government of Ghana has not requested for any monetary and material support from the United States of America (USA) government for accepting some third-party deportees into Ghana, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told Parliament. Mr Ablakwa said the decision or understanding to accept West African nationals was purely on humanitarian […]
The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021 will be reintroduced to the Ninth Parliament for consideration and passage, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. Describing the Eighth Parliament as history, he said all the businesses that were pending in the Eighth Parliament, including the bill, ended with that Parliament. […]
Minority Leader and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says he is unfazed by the numerical disadvantage of his caucus in Parliament. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on October 27, he said his leadership will be defined by substance, not numbers. “I’m not in any way worried about the numbers. Like I indicated in my opening remarks in Parliament, […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has announced that the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic will officially commence on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. According to a statement issued by the Office of the Speaker and signed by Speaker Bagbin, the meeting will begin at […]
Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, will today present the much-anticipated 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament, with all eyes keenly fixed on whether government will maintain its original expenditure envelope or seek a supplementary budget in response to emerging fiscal and political pressures. The review is being delivered against a backdrop of notable […]
Parliament will begin extended sittings from Monday, July 7, 2025, as the House moves to complete pending legislative business ahead of its scheduled adjournment on Saturday, July 12. The announcement was made by the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, when he presented the Business Statement for the seventh week on the floor of the House. He […]
Senior figures within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are reportedly preparing to pay a formal visit to President John Dramani Mahama to offer an apology on behalf of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. The disclosure was made by the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Nana […]
The Supreme Court has overturned the contempt conviction of Ernest Yaw Kumi, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern region. The conviction was previously handed down by the Koforidua High Court. In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, June 11, the apex court also nullified the execution of a bench warrant […]
