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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »Inside story of why Minority refused Ofori-Atta’s request to see leaders in ‘chambers’
Minority demands Ken Ofori-Atta engages them publicly Sammy Gyamfi accuses minority leadership of championing their parochial interest Parliament rejects 2022 budget statement The minority caucus in parliament on Friday, November 26, 2021, in a voice vote shot down Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta’s request to engage the leadership of their side …
Read More »Revealed: The three concessions Bagbin ‘stopped’ Ofori-Atta from presenting
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was a key subject in events that led to the Majority Group in Parliament walking out during the session meant to approve the 2022 budget statement. He had presented the statement on November 17 following which Parliament started the debate on it for the better part …
Read More »WATCH| Asiedu Nketia explains why he refused to leave Parliament after majority’s protest
I didn’t break any law by sitting in the public gallery, Asiedu Nketia Majority stages walkout because of Asiedu Nketia‘s presence Ken-Ofori Atta begs to engage leadership of parliament before budget approval voting General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has explained why he refused to walk out of the chamber …
Read More »How Ken Ofori-Atta’s father initiated the rejection of the 1979 budget
The apparent rejection of the 2022 budget, despite being challenged by the Majority, has become the first time a budget has not been approved in the history of the Fourth Republic. It is, however, not the first in the history of Ghana. In the preceding Republic, headed by Dr Hilla Limann, …
Read More »Bagbin fly to Dubai for medical review after budget rejection
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on Saturday leaves the shores of Ghana to Dubai to undergo medical review after the 2022 budget was rejected. He had allegedly presided over the rejection of the budget after the majority walked out. In a letter issued and signed on behalf of the Clerk …
Read More »Budget rejection: Gabby slams Minority, ‘hails’ Bagbin, cites Constitution
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko had a busy Friday evening on Twitter whiles reacting to the rejection of the 2022 Budget by Parliament. The former Danquah Institute boss in three tweets addressed a range of issues from the type of Parliament Ghana had, sarcastically hailed the Speaker, decried the impact of the …
Read More »WATCH: 2022 Budget Debate: Speaker exposes Majority Chief Whip
Majority MPs absent from parliament Majority Chief Whip claims Speaker knew of their caucus meeting Alban Bagbin shocked at empty Majority side seats in parliament Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has exposed the Majority in parliament over their claims that he was aware of their Friday, November 26, 2021, caucus meeting. The …
Read More »VIDEO: Akufo-Addo’s luxurious US$14,000 per hour LX-DIO aircraft captured at KIA
Akufo-Addo’s luxurious blue and white aircraft was captured at KIA LX-DIO aircraft cost Ghana US$14,000-an-hour The President was travelling to the States As President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo travels to Atlanta, USA, video footage of the US$14,000-an-hour LX-DIO aircraft which he [Akufo-Addo] has been using for his foreign trips has surfaced on …
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