Tag Archives: PARLIAMENT

A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Saaka Akati, has been reported dead. According to myxyzonline.com, the former MP for Bole-Bamboi died on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, in Accra. The body has been flown to Bole and arrangements for the funeral will be communicated later, a family source indicated, according …

Parliament’s Trades and Industry Committee has suspended the approval process for an amount of GH₵80 million allocated for the construction of the National Cathedral. The allocation, was the first time an amount had been explicitly made in lieu of the project, with previous disbursements made out of the Contingency Fund. …

Parliament on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, approved the Budget and Economic Statement for Ghana for the 2023 financial year. According to 3news.com, the budget was approved by the House after the conclusion of the debate on it by Members of Parliament. The leader of the minority caucus of the House, …

Youth for Accountable Governance (YAG), a public interest advocacy group based in Accra has called on the Majority Caucus in Parliament to reconsider their decision demanding the dismissal of Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta from office. According to the group, the withdrawal of their decision would  restore hope …

The senior national team, the Black Stars of Ghana, won their second match at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in what was a dramatic match as they beat South Korea 3-2 at the Education City Stadium. The Black Stars had to sit tight as the Koreans kept probing and pressing Ghana in the final …

There was some drama on the Majority side of parliament during the budget reading in regard to seating places for Members of Parliament. Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponu, Isaac Kwame Asiamah were captured fighting over a seat in the chamber. During budget reading, Ministers of …

Parliament has announced a raft of stringent security measures such as mandatory body scan for everybody including the speaker of Parliament. The House through the Marshall’s office is also considering the idea of banning the use of mobile phones by journalists in the press gallery. This idea is however vehemently …

Members of Parliament return to the House to continue their work on bills and other documents before it. Today’s sitting will be the 11th sitting of the 3rd Meeting of the Second Session of the 8th Parliament which resumed on October 25, 2022. The House is expected to debate and vote on the removal …

A Nigerian man has been accused of being behind the leak of a sex tape involving Zanele Sifuba, the Speaker of the ANC Free State legislature. It was alleged that the young Nigerian male released Sifuba’s sex tape after she allegedly refused to pay R300 000 which is equivalent to 244,106.78 (GHS) blackmail …

A sitting of the French Parliament was suspended after a Black lawmaker was asked by another to “return to Africa.” NUPES MP Carlos Martens Bilongo was on his feet making a submission when the yet-to-be-identified colleague said to be of the far-right bloc yelled at him. A visibly shocked Bilongo, …