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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has described the attitude of the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu to overrule his rulings as unconstitutional, illegal, and offensive. The first Deputy Speaker on Tuesday dismissed a private members’ motion for a bi-partisan committee inquiry into Covid-19 expenditure since 2020. The motion was …

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu affectionately called Joe Wise has dismissed a private members motion on the floor of Parliament seeking to probe COVID-19 expenditure. According to him, the work of such a bi-partisan committee is already provided for by the Constitution, to be conducted by the …

  Government struggling to pass E-levy Minority vow to maintain stiff opposition Government organizing townhall meetings on E-levy Joseph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has explained why the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) Bill is yet to be resubmitted before Parliament for consideration and passage. He told Accra-based Asaase radio on Thursday, …

  First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, today dragged media personality, Blakk Rasta, into parliament’s debate on the raging Achimota School Rastafarian students issue. The Bekwai lawmaker was speaking on the floor of parliament as MPs made submissions on the decision a week ago by Achimota School to deny two students admission …

The Bono East Regional Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to expel the First Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, from the lawmaking house. The call by the opposition party membership comes at the back of a …

Bekwai MP Joe Osei-Owusu has retained his seat in the lawmaking chamber. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament ran on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party. He polled 40,275 votes. The candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Charles Oppong, polled 2,877 votes. The candidate of …

Some Assembly Members of the Bekwai Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday attacked one of their colleagues during the Assembly’s sitting for questioning Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu, the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area who doubles as First Deputy Speaker. Katakyie Kwame Opoku, the victim, asked whether …