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Bagbin is the best NDC person to be Speaker under an Akufo-Addo presidency -Gabby

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko believes the newly-elected Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin is the best person from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to hold such a position under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s presidency. He argued that Bagbin is experienced enough and …

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NPP will soon buy NDC MP’s one by one – Lord Hamah

A former member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lord Hamah, has insisted that the current crop of Members of Parliament (MP) in the NDC are people not influenced by ideology but are rather careerist. According to him, these individuals, who have now become powerful in the political party since …

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NDC MPs boycott Akufo-Addo’s inauguration

Members of the NDC in Parliament have boycotted the investiture of President Akufo-Addo for his second term in office. It is unclear the exact basis for the boycott but the party’s Presidential candidate John Mahama is challenging the victory of Mr Akufo-Addo in court claiming electoral fraud. Mr. Akufo-Addo’s investiture …

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I saw Nitiwul order armed soldiers to invade parliament – Murtala Mohammed swears

Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale Central Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed says he can confirm that the Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul called the Military into the Chamber of Parliament. The Military moved into Parliament when tempers were heightened. According to some Parliamentarians, the presence of the Military is representative of a …

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Avedzi challenges Kyei-Mensah over ‘hung parliament’ claims

MP for Ketu North and Deputy Minority leader of the 7th Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi has maintained that contrary to assertions by leadership of the opposing side that the NPP are the majority in the house of legislature, the phenomenon is a hung parliament. There is a raging debate on the state …

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NPP China Branch Congratulates Akufo-Addo 

The executives of China npp Branch has congratulated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his victory in last presidential election conducted in this country.   The executives which was lead by their chairman in the name of Mr. Ben Owusu Achiaw and assisted by the campaign committee chairman Dr. Koranteng …

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Assin-North: Court grants injunction against NDC MP-elect

The NDC Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson has been injuncted from being sworn in as an MP. This means that the NDC will lose one MP as the country’s parliament prepares to transition to the 8th parliament. The court injunction makes the National Democratic Congress(NDC) able to swear …

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Klutse Avedzi, Afenyo Markin ‘clash’ ahead of parliament dissolution

With hours to the dissolution of the 7th parliament, the question of who is going to sit on the right or left of the Speaker of Parliament still hangs. Who forms the majority and who forms the minority, with both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with …

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CID writes to Pan African TV to demand footage of ‘parallel govt’ comment

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has requested management of Accra-based Pan African TV to provide video recordings about comments made by outgoing Tamale Central MP Inusah Fuseini. In a letter signed by its Director of Operations, DCOP Joseph Gyamera Oklu, the CID asked the General Manager of …

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*Election 2020: Sharing of Covid 19 food and loans affected NPP – NPP Chairman

The Second Vice Chairman for Suame Constituency of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Richard Asante, says Majority of Ghanaians failed to vote for the ruling party due to the discrimination in the sharing of Covid-19 relief items and loans. The leadership of the party, he said, was hopeful such intervention …

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