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The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana will be dissolved today at midnight. This is in accordance with Article 113(1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. The dissolution will pave way for the inauguration of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic and the investiture of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-Elect on …

Parliament has approved a request for waiver of taxes and duties totalling US$10.24 million on materials, equipment, and services to be procured for the rehabilitation of the National Trunk Road N8 (phase 2). The duties and tax waivers comprise Import Duty, NHIL/GETfund Levy, Import VAT, EXIM Levy, Special Import Levy, ECOWAS …

Ghana’s Fourth Republic Parliament was born on January 7, 1993 when the country returned to constitutional rule after a number of military interventions. Since then, the country has conducted eight successful Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Article 95 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the election of a Speaker from among the …

Parliament has passed the controversial Public Universities Bill (PUB). However, the respected Ghanaian educationist, Counsellor Daniel Fenyi has described the Bill as a “serious political attack” on tertiary education. Even though the Bill currently awaits Presidential assent and some ‘optional’ recommendations from the Parliamentary select committee on education, Counsellor has …

Parliament of Ghana has approved the Public Universities Bill after its second reading stage. The Public Universities Bill which was withdrawn and re-laid in the House in November 2020, seeks to harmonise the structures for the administration of public universities. During the debate on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, …

Parliament is set to approve the emoluments for Article 71 office holders in the Executive. The intended action is on the agenda of the house after it reconvened yesterday, Monday, December 14, 2020. In June this year, the President inaugurated a five-member Committee to make recommendations on the salaries, allowances …

The 7th Parliament is racing against time to finalise the determination of the salaries and allowances payable and the facilities and privileges available to Article 71 officeholders. Article 71 office holders include the President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of Parliament, the Chief Justice, and Justices of the Supreme Court. The current Parliament is …

Members of Parliament are expected to resume from recess on Monday, December 14, 2020. This is according to a notice from the House sighted by Citi News and signed by the Director of Public Relations, Kate Addo. The Seventh parliament is currently in its fourth session. The House rose in November 2020, …

The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will see many new faces as about 111 members of the 7th Parliament will not return to the house. Out of the 275 seats, 33 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs lost their seats in the December 7 elections while 18 incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs …

With five days to the December 7 polls, some Members of Parliamentalready know their fate as they have either quit the Legislature voluntarily or failed to win their party’s primaries earlier in the year. GhanaWeb’s analysis of the fluid dynamics within the Legislature shows that 11 parliamentarians voluntarily withdrew their re-election …