Tag Archives: PARLIAMENT

The ruling NPP’s Ashanti regional secretary, Sam Payne, has expressed concerns over the mistreatment of a marshal of parliament by Yapei Kusawgu MP John Jinapor. “I worry for the parliament marshal who was aggressed unduly by John Jinapor, to the extent that he hurled this marshal to the ground. “What …

Parliament has approved a US$162, 931,563.27 Barclays Bank PLC loan to finance the design, construction, and furnishing of seven district hospitals and provide an integrated IT system by NMS Infrastructure Limited. The money is part of the amendment agreements to the ECGD Loan Agreement between the Government of the Republic of …

Like Peter did to Jesus Christ, hours before his crucifixion, the heavily armed soldiers who invaded the chamber of Parliament during the heated exchanges between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament-elects (MP) over the processes leading to the election of the speaker, have been denied by everyone. The …

Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo has denied ever betraying the New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the voting exercise that sought to elect the Speaker for the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic. Mrs. Adwoa Safo was one of the names that popped up as NPP MPs suspected to have voted …

Political Scientist, Prof Ransford Gyampo has indicated that it was childish to have invited the Military into Parliament. The Military were invited to Parliament to protect ballot paper and boxes after violence erupted in the lawmaking house. The move has been widely condemned by sections of Ghanaians who believe that …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as President of the 4th republic of Ghana on January 7, 2020. President Akufo-Addo who has been re-elected for a second term took the oath of office at a colorful ceremony in Parliament. “I Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo do in the name of the …

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 …

Joseph Osei-Owusu has been elected by both sides of the house as First Deputy Speaker of the 8th parliament. He will be assisted by Andrew Asiamah Amoako as the Second Deputy Speaker in the newly instituted parliament. Joseph Osei-Owusu was nominated by Majority Leader in the 7th Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu and …

Within just hours of ending his role as Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s 7th Parliament, former Member of Parliament for Nadowli West, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin has been elected as Speaker of Ghana’s 8th Parliament in the Fourth Republican dispensation. His election comes after a long night of processes that kicked right after the midnight …

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 …