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Budget approval: You can’t have a vote while presiding as Speaker – Minority to Bekwai MP

The Minority side in Parliament has slammed the 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu for what they described as breaching the constitution and parliamentary standing orders in his exercising of a vote to up the Majority numbers to approve the 2022 budget on Tuesday, MyNewsGh.com reports. Parliament had …

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BREAKING NEWS: Parliament approves 2022 Budget

Parliament has voted to approve government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy. This comes after the Second Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu sitting in for Alban Bagbin supervised an election to overturn the rejection of the budget by the house last Friday. A one-sided minority house of parliament on Friday, November 26, 2021, voted …

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Minority details itinerary for next parliamentary sitting

Majority laces boots to challenge rejection of 2022 budget ACEPA warns of possible government shutdown Parliament to reconvene on Tuesday November 30, 2021 The Minority caucus has outlined what it expects to happen at the highly anticipated parliamentary sitting tomorrow Tuesday, November 30, 2021. In a social media post, Member of Parliament for …

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5 major reasons minority members are fighting 2022 budget

Parliament rejects 2022 budget statement Majority calls the bluff of minority Parliament to reconvene on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 The Minority caucus in parliament, since the presentation of the 2022 budget statement on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, outlined five key issues it will not compromise on when it comes to the approval …

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This is what the rejection of the 2022 budget means for Ghana, government

Parliament rejects 2022 budget Government to use emergency fund if budget is not approved Government business grinds to a halt if emergency fund usage is not approved Following the rejection of the 2022 budget and Economic policy on Friday, November 26, questions on how government is going to fund its …

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2022 Budget rejection – Who said what

Parliament rejects 2022 budget Majority MPs walked out of parliament Asiedu Nketia appears in parliament When, on Friday, November 26, 2021, this current 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic made history by rejecting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy as presented to the House by the Minister of Finance, …

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Bagbin breaks silence, pokes holes into majority claims on 2022 budget rejection

Parliament rejects 2022 budget Alban Bagbin exposes majority leader 138 MPs were present in parliament during budget voting, says Speaker The Speaker of Parliament has, for the first time spoken after the rejection of the 2022 budget in parliament. In a Facebook post, the Speaker of Parliament said the 2022 budget was lawfully rejected, therefore, …

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Parliament is bloated, we can do with maximum 200 MPs – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Majority Leader and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated that Ghana’s legislature has more lawmakers than required in his opinion. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu adds that the country can do with 200 Members of Parliament lamenting how increments of the numbers have been tainted with political considerations. He was responding to a question …

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Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu narates how Bagbin sacked finance Minister Ofori-Atta from parliament

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has bemoaned the embarrassing manner in which the Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin ordered Finance Minister Ken Ofori -Atta out of the parliamentary chamber. He likens it to an order given to a lamb stating that under the standing orders, the finance minister is a member of …

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Watch how NDC’s Twum Boafo danced to celebrate rejection of 2022 budget

Parliament rejects 2022 budget Majority stages walkout prior to voting on budget approval Twum Boafo shares wild dance moves after budget rejection A video has emerged showing the reaction of former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Board to news of the rejection of the 2022 budget by Parliament. …

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