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THE 275 Members of Parliament (MPs) will undergo mandatory testing for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) alongside staff of the Parliamentary Service, beginning today. The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, who issued the directive, accordingly asked the Clerk and Parliament’s Medical Office to liaise with the appropriate institution to “immediately conduct …

Members of Parliament are returning to Parliament Wednesday morning (today) after the Speaker Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Oquaye recalled them to the House, three days after he suspended sitting indefinitely. In a communique to Members of Parliament, the Speaker invoked his rights under Order Six of the Standing Orders of …

Parliament has approved a total of €55.024 million credit facility agreement between the Government of Ghana and the Deutsche Bank to finance the development of Phase- Two of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Somanya in the Eastern Region. The agreement is made up of a Sace …

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bawku Central Constituency, Mahama Ayariga, has been asked by the Speaker of Parliament to go into self-isolation and keep away from the precincts of Parliament until after March 27, 2020. Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, who gave the directive, said the MP was required to observe the …

Parliament has passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill. The bill gives legal backing to powers that can be exercised by the President to impose restrictions to persons in times of public emergencies like the Coronavirus pandemic for purposes of public safety and protection. The House considered the bill throughout the …

Parliament has approved the three-in-one contract agreement between Ghana (Ministry of Energy) and Powerchina International Group Limited amounting to over 895 Million Dollars for the multipurpose Dam Project at Pwalugu. The Agreements are as follow: EPC/Tumkey Contract Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (represented by the Ministry …

Parliament has been called upon to initiate a programme to give the late Dr Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, a former legislator in the then Gold Coast Parliament, a befitting national funeral. Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, who made the call on Tuesday in …

The defence and Interior committees of Parliament are demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of an unidentified individuals who allegedly demolished an office Complex owned by the National peace Council. The peace council expended fGHC400,000 for expansion works upon receipt of the bungalow donated by the Works and Housing Housing …

The Minority Caucus in Parliament on Wednesday served notice to haul Finance Minster Ken Ofori-Atta, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana to clarify issues surrounding the issue of higher denomination Ghana Cedi notes. The two are also to clarify government position on Ghana’s commitment to adopt the new …

Parliament has summoned two ministers to appear before the House not later than December 10 to brief members of parliament on what is accounting for delays in signing off-taker agreements with waste management companies in the country. They are Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and Minister …