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The Minority in Parliament has stated that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led administration shared contracts among its party members like ‘toffees’ without proper procurement processes. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra, the Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini said there are several issues the Minority would want …

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 …

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and his 19 other colleague Members of Parliament who were expected to appear before an Accra Circuit Court over their protest march to the Electoral Commission head office on Monday failed to appear in court. The police prosecutor indicated his readiness to proceed with the …

Minority Leader and ten other NDC MPs will face the Accra Circuit court on Monday, January, 04, 2020 over the Minority’s protest march to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission. They have been charged with unlawful assembly for failing to notify the Police of holding of a special event contrary to …

The Electoral Commission has rejected claims that its leadership failed to receive a petition over the 2020 polls results submitted by Minority caucus who visited the premises of the commission today. The Commission in a statement said its attention was drawn to the notice of the minority informing them of …

The Minority in Parliament is questioning the propriety of a 100 million dollar Accra Intelligent Traffic Management project currently before the Defence and Interior Committee of the house. According to the Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee, Governs Agbodza, a similar agreement was approved by the house in …

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday reiterated the need to place a cap on the number of Members of Parliament(MP). He said experts and opinion leaders also agreed that “we need to place a cap on the size of the legislature” and “that we cannot continue to expand the membership of the …

Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, said his Majority counterpart, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, will win the upcoming parliamentary elections, despite challenges from an independent contender for the Suame seat. Mr George Prempeh, with links to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), is contesting as an independent candidate, determined …

The Minority in Parliament, has dropped more missiles on the scandalous Agyapa royalties deal, including revelations that members of the Majority side in Parliament, had condoned an illegality by approving a transaction on behalf of Ghanaians, under a law which President Akufo-Addo, has not assented. Haruna Iddrisu, faulted his colleague on the …

The Minority in Parliament has taken issue with Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah for describing one of the caucus’ members as ‘Papa np’ during a debate on the floor of the house on Friday. “Mr Speaker, I want to encourage our colleagues on the other side, I want to encourage …