Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrissu has charged the Minister of Interior not to take the conflict in Bawku lightly due to the deteriorating situation. According to him, he was frightened by what he saw in the area during his last visit to the region, hence the need for security agencies to …
Read More »Haruna rejected de-escalation idea, I begged him to accept – Muntaka reveals
Parliament has formed a committee to de-escalate tensions The House has recently witnessed near-violent scenes The committee is made up of 10 members from both sides of the House Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has revealed that Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, was against the call for …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu rallies MPs for ‘make-or-break’ anti-LGBTQ Bill
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has rallied his fellow legislators to back the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ Bill in Parliament. At a press conference on Friday, October 15, 2021, Mr. Iddrisu said the Bill had full bipartisan support, with all MPs united in “holding high the moral flag of our country.” He …
Read More »Why Haruna Iddrisu rejected Speaker for 8th Parliament position
It has emerged that some Minority (NDC) MPs led by Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka and Mahama Ayariga lured and encouraged Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu to contest for the position of Speaker of Parliament. “A group of NDC MPs led by the honourable Mahama Ayariga, some of our colleagues, and my able Whip, the honourable Muntaka …
Read More »Mahama – Mosquito, Haruna – Zanetor and other potential NDC 2024 pairings
The race for the 2024 presidential flagbearership position looks far away but political jostling has started in the two main political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, and the main opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC. With respect to the NPP, recent friction has been generated especially over the …
Read More »Resign now – Anita Desoso tells Haruna Iddrisu
Former Vice-Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anita Desoso, has called for the resignation of Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu. She made the call in an interview with Accra-based FM station, KasapaFM on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Her call is over dissatisfaction stemming from the consensus approval of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. …
Read More »List of likely successors to Haruna Iddrisu, Muntaka as leaders of Minority bench pops up
The National Democratic Congress is facing a very difficult time as the party struggles to put itself together in the wake of what its base considers as betrayal from the party’s Members of Parliament following the approval of nominees of President Akufo-Addo. General Secretary of the party yesterday hinted that the public should expect …
Read More »Haruna, Alabi and the others likely to rival Mahama for NDC’s flagbearer position in 2024
On March 24, the office of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia was compelled to issue a statement to distance him from posters which suggest that he has plans of contesting the flagbearer slot for the New Patriotic Party in 2023. The move was meant to put to bed months of …
Read More »Youth unemployment time bomb waiting to explode – Haruna Iddrisu
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has said the growing rate of graduate youth unemployment in Ghana is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode if nothing is done immediately to address the situation. According to him, at the moment a lot of the youth in the country are unable to afford …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu ‘WEEPS’ over Yiela Chireh’s DEFEAT
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu feels pained by the defeat of veteran politician and former Minister at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries a fortnight ago. A total of nine incumbent Members of Parliament (MP) lost their bids to contest the 2020 Parliamentary Election on the ticket of the National …
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