Parliament Is Really In Need
Parliament, seeking to expand its infrastructure, has solicited the support of the Government and people of China to build a new chamber block. At least, some legislators are complaining that the...
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Otiko’s Approval Deferred After Minority’s Rejection
Parliament has suspended the approval of the Gender, Children and Social Protection minister-designate, Otiko Afisa Djaba following the minority’s rejection. This was at the behest of the majority...
The sittings of the five-member parliamentary committee formed by the Speaker of Parliament to look into allegations of bribery against the Appointments Committee must be televised, Nana Akomea,...
Administrator General Can’t Enforce Powers of Eviction; Bill Not Gazetted
The Administrator General of the Presidential Estates Unit (PEU) will not be able to enforce the powers of eviction under the new Presidential (Transition) Bill, 2016. This is because the bill has...
Why the Minority Does Not Approve Otiko As Gender Minister
The Minority in Parliament has explained that they do not want Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba to be approved as a minister of state because she did not take part in the compulsory national service after her...
The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu in the Northern region, Ras Mubarak has started a campaign in the House to hold Speaker of Parliament to his word to make public the voting records of all the...
U.S. House Republicans Exploring Border Tax Design Changes
Republicans in the U. S. House of Representatives are considering possible changes to the design of their controversial border adjustment tax proposal to accommodate industries worried about being...
Otiko’s Approval Deferred After Minority’s Rejection
Parliament has suspended the approval of the Gender, Children and Social Protection minister-designate, Otiko Afisa Djaba following the minority’s rejection. This was at the behest of the majority...
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency, Rashid Pelpuo, says Otiko Djaba, the Minister-nominee for the Gender, Women and Social Protection Ministry, would have to apologize for her comments...
Ghana’s 40-Year Dev’t Plans To Be In Jeopardy If…
Ghana’s 40-year development programme may be in jeopardy if the new government does not do due diligence to the processes of marrying the two entities – government and the National Development...
Otiko Must Apologise Before We Approve Her
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency, Rashid Pelpuo, says Otiko Djaba, the Minister-nominee for the Gender, Women and Social Protection Ministry, would have to apologize for her...
Parliament Approves Dan Botwe, 4 Others; Otiko Put On Hold
Parliament has approved the nomination of five additional ministerial nominees to serve in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. The House, after about 2 hours of debate on the third report of...
Otiko’s Approval Put On Ice Until Tuesday
The approval of Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, Minister-designate of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has been put on ice by Parliament until Tuesday, 7 January when the house will vote on her...
Parliament Approves Dan Botwe, 4 Others; Otiko Put On Hold
Parliament has approved the nomination of five additional ministerial nominees to serve in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. The House, after about 2 hours of debate on the third report of...
Ghana’s democracy has not reached the stage where voting lines of Members of Parliament will be made public just as is done in some advanced countries, Tweneboah Kodua, a political science lecturer...
I Felt Intimidated Appearing Before Appointments Committee
Chairman of the five-member committee investigating Parliament Appointments Committee's bribery allegation has revealed he was intimidated as he appeared before Committee on Thursday. He said...
Depoliticise Bribery Scandal
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has advised that the latest bribery scandal to hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament be depoliticised. Bawku Central MP,...
A group calling itself Youth for Leadership in Ghana (YFL) has charged National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators to ceasefire in the wake of the recent bribery allegation against parliament’s...
Anti-Corruption Group Criticises Joe Ghartey’s Selection
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament's ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive...
Anti-Corruption Group Criticise Joe Ghartey’s Selection
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament's ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive...