The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says Parliament has not yet completed the process of “tidying up” the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021 before sending it to the Presidency for assent. He said the bill went through several amendments and it had to be tidied up before being transmitted to the President. Soon […]
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ECG re-connects Parliament after settling part of GH₵23m debt
Parliament has been reconnected to the national grid after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force disconnected the Legislature. The development was over the House’s GH₵23 million debt owed the distribution company. The chamber of Parliament was plunged into darkness, as well as the MPs’ offices, resulting in staff and members being stuck in […]
Akufo-Addo to deliver SONA tomorrow
President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament tomorrow, Tuesday, February 27, as prescribed by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. This constitutional provision requires the President to address the nation through Parliament at the beginning of each session. During his address, the President is expected to […]
Afenyo-Markin takes over as Majority Leader as Kyei-Mensah Bonsu steps down
The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for the Suame constituency in the Ashanti region, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has formally relinquished his role as the leader of the majority caucus in Parliament. According to Myjoyonline’s sources within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) hierarchy, he willingly offered to step down during a meeting of the NPP caucus in Parliament […]
We have no intentions to change majority leadership in Parliament – Joe Osei Owusu
The Majority caucus in Parliament has no plans to change their leadership, the Member of Parliament for Bekwai in the Ashanti Region, Joe Osei Owusu, who also doubles as the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has said. Mr Osei Owusu has therefore asked the public to disregard any such claims in the media that there […]
4 ministers to appear before Parliament today
Four Ministers of State are scheduled to appear before Parliament to answer 37 questions as the House resumes sitting from Tuesday, February 20 to 23. They are the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame; Minister of Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum; Minister of Energy, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, and Minister of Roads and […]
Adwoa Safo raises gender bias concerns in national pledge
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Sara Adwoa Safo, has challenged the language of the National pledge raising concerns regarding its gender bias. In a lively parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Adwoa Safo advocated for the inclusion of “foremothers” alongside the use of” forefathers” in the pledge to acknowledge the contributions of women in […]
GHS, Interpol chase study leave defaulters
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is working with Interpol to identify and trace health workers who were granted study leave with pay to pursue programmes but failed to return to serve their bond terms on completion of their courses. The move is aimed at compelling those beneficiaries to refund the salaries they enjoyed enabling them […]
Parliament approves $339m for Accra-Tema motorway project
Parliament has approved a concessionary contract of $338.89 million between Ghana and ATEP, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), for the redevelopment and expansion of the Accra-Tema Motorway. The project is made up of the 19.5km Accra-Tema Motorway redevelopment, which is a segment of the National Road One (N1); 5.7 […]
Parliament approves 3 loan agreements
Parliameant has approved three loan agreements to finance the Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project (GTCDP), the Ghana Productive Safety Net Project II (GPSNP) and the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investments programme. The facilities, totalling $500 million, are agreements between the government of Ghana and the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group. […]
Prohibiting Lateness: Speaker of Parliament recommends Chamber be locked at 10am
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Friday said, from the First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, access to the Chamber will be locked at 10:00 hours on each sitting day. He explained that the decision was part of the measures he […]
Death penalty scrapped in Ghana
Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, abolishing the death penalty from the statute books. When assented to by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the new law will amend the Criminal Offences Act,1960 (Act 29) to change the punishment of death penalty to life imprisonment and to provide for related matteIt […]