Parliament was empty 2022 budget approved under controversial circumstances Minority moved to overturn budget approval Parliament has suspended sitting to Tuesday, December 7, 2021. This was to allow for the Members of Parliament to travel to their respective constituencies ahead of Friday, December 3, 2021’s Farmers’ Day celebrations across the …

Minority and Majority in near fisticuffs 2022 budget approved under controversial circumstances Joseph Osei-Owusu is acting Speaker of Parliament The Chamber of Parliament is still empty over two and a half hours after the advertised time for today’s proceedings. This follows the postponement of sitting from yesterday’s chaotic proceedings that was …

Sarah Adwoa Safo arrived in Ghana on Saturday dawn She has been out of the country serving an extension of her annual leave Her presence in Parliament on Tuesday has sparked some confusion The controversy as to whether or not Sarah Adwoa Safo was in the Chamber of Parliament and was part of her colleagues on …

The rejection and subsequent approval of the 2022 budget in Parliament have been challenged at the Supreme Court, as lawyer and ace broadcaster, Richard Dela Sky, has gone to the Supreme Court to seek clarity on the matter. Mr. Sky has filed two separate suits at the Supreme Court, invoking …

Dome Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo has dismissed claims that she was impersonated in Parliament yesterday Tuesday, November 30 when the 2022 budget was approved. She said on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday that “Mr Speaker, I was present in this house yesterday.” “Very soon we will know whether Adwoa Safo was …

Majority MPs approve 2022 budget statement Minority ready’s itself for “interesting times ahead” Parliament reconvenes today Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has stated that the conduct of the first deputy speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, during Tuesday’s Parliamentary proceedings is a legal absurdity. Joseph Osei Owusu, who …

Ghana has ODF communities Takoka is a fishing community No plastics found at Takoka Takoka is a community in the West Mamprusi District of the North East region and it is arguably, Ghana’s cleanest village. This, according to award-winning documentary producer and journalist, Edem Srem is also due to the …

Ghana records first cases of new COVID-19 variant Ghana’s current Omicron cases imported 28% of 120 samples taken at KIA returns positive for Omicron The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research says it has detected 34 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant from some 120 samples of returning travellers into the country. …

The Kaneshie District Court has rescinded the bench warrant it issued for the arrest of Mr Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu after his lawyers filed for stay of execution. The MP who prayed the court to set aside the warrant issued by the court for his arrest on …

Parliament approves 2022 budget Adwoa Safo shows up in parliament Samuel Okudzeto claims Adwoa Safo was not in parliament The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya and Minister of Gender, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has replied Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu over his earlier claims that the former might not have …

Sit-in speaker throws out minority motion to reverse 2022 budget approval Chaos erupts in parliament over decision Parliament to reconvene tomorrow Thursday, December 2, 2021 Parliamentary sitting today Wednesday, December 1, 2021, turned chaotic as the sit-in speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, overruled a motion by the minority to have the …

The Parliament of Ghana has erupted into chaos with minority and majority members shoving and pushing each other. The heated confrontation between the two sides erupted after the Second Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu ruled to reject a motion by the minority side. The minority had moved for a vote …

The Minority refused to partake in a budget approval process in Parliament They had earlier voted to reject it They allege the Majority had planned to reverse the rejection by hook or crook Member of Parliament for Asawase and Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka has defended the decision of the …

Minority prepares itself for “interesting times ahead” Parliament reconvenes today The minority caucus in parliament has moved a motion to overturn Tuesday’s budget approval by all majority Members of parliament. Leader of the Minority, Haruna Iddrisu in moving the motion said it is of utmost importance. Citing Article 104 (1) …

Disgruntled supporters sending threats to NSMQ mistress The Quiz Mistress of the National Science and Maths, Dr Elsie Kaufmann, has noted that she has been receiving death threats in the aftermath of the 2021 finals of the competition. The 2021 edition of the competition climaxed on November 26, 2021, with …

The Coalition of MMDCES (COMAS) has warned that they will resist any ‘Parliamentary coup’ attempt, spearheaded by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to topple the Nana Akufo Addo government. The Coalition believed the circumstances surrounding the rejection of the 2022 budget on Friday, November 26, 2021, was geared towards …

After a dramatic last five days in parliament, with the Majority having their way and approving the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy with only half of the House in attendance, it is almost another full House today. The House, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, was presided over by the …

WHO first announced new Omicron variant cases South Africa first country to record Omicron variant Health Service boss asks citizens to adhere to safety protocols Ghana has recorded two cases of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. This, according to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye, was identified …

The 2022 budget has been approved It was done by the Majority Caucus of the House The Minority Caucus staged a walkout of Parliament Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader, has indicated the Minority Caucus in Parliament did not reach a consensus on the 2022 budget which was approved by the …

Embattled Member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu has filed a motion on notice for Stay of Execution and for an order to set aside the bench warrant issued by Kaneshie District Court. The motion comes a day after the court presided over by Her Worship …

The move is subject to concessions, fine-tuning at committee levels Ken Ofori-Atta assured lawmakers of addressing concerns Parliament has approved the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government subject to concessions and fine-tuning at committee levels of the House. The decision was which announced by First Deputy Speaker, Joseph …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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 …