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Parliament has approved GH¢11.896 billion as supplementary estimates for the 2020 financial year to meet government expenditure. The approval followed the request made by government in the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review of the 2020 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament pursuant to Section 28 of the Public Financial Management …

Parliament has approved an amount of 1.6 million cedis tax waiver to procure equipment to monitor weather and earthquake movements. The approval of the waiver is in respect of the Ghana radio astronomy project and colocation of the satellite earth observation group receiving station at Kuntunse for Ghana Space Science …

    Parliament on Friday agreed that it would not sit next Tuesday, June 30, 2020, to allow members to be in their constituencies to support the commencement of the compilation of a New Voters Register to be carried out by the Electoral Commission (EC). Mr Thomas Nyarko Ampeh, MP …

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on Friday, indicated that some Members and Staff of Parliament and Journalists covering proceedings in the House have tested positive for the new Coronavirus in the recent test carried out in the House. He said the testing team had informed them of their status. The Majority Leader, …

Parliament of Ghana has finally amended the Constitutional Instrument 91(C.I 91) and replaced it with Constitutional Instrument 126 (C.I 126). The Electoral Commission of Ghana submitted C.I 91 to Parliament for an amendment with C.I 126 in order to assist them to carry out their required duties. BACKGROUND The newly amended …

The Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament has by a majority decision recommended for adoption the Public Elections (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (CI 126) brought to the House by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) through the Attorney General’s Department. Reading the Committee’s final report on the floor on Tuesday, June 9, Chairman, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, …

Members of Parliament (MPs) are set to debate a report of the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation on the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (C.I. 126) after it was laid on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) 126, which gives legal backing to the plans by the Electoral …

Parliament has frozen approval of the Subsidiary Legislation Committee’s report on the Electoral Commission’s controversial Constitutional Instrument (CI). The CI was to give backing to the Electoral Commission’s quest to compile a new voters’ register but after the Chairman of the Committee accused the ranking member of doctoring the report, …

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has shot down an invitation by the Parliament of Ghana to appear before the house on June 9 to brief the legislature on its plans for the upcoming December polls. The minority in parliament has since April 30 been mounting pressure to have the EC summoned before the …

Parliament has accused the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of starving the institution of funds for its activities. Consequently, some MPs are advocating a radical stance to compel the Finance Minister to make available funds for activities of the legislature. According to the leadership of Parliament, allocations to parliament approved in …