The Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri and also Majority Chief Whip, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has predicted victory for the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership elections. He said though all those vying for the position are qualified, the Vice President is better placed to …
Read More »Speaker Declares Kumawu Constituency Seat Vacant; Notifies EC To Conduct By-election
Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has declared the Kumawu Constituency seat vacant. Mr Bagbin made the announcement while addressing the House on Friday, March 31, 2023. This comes on the death of the Member of Parliament (MP), Philip Basoah who served on the ticket of the …
Read More »Superintendent Effia Tenge Gets Top Position
The Director of Public Affairs of the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Elizabeth Effia Tenge who announced her resignation from the Ghana Police Service on April 1, 2023, is set to start a new job at Parliament House. The popular female police officer who served …
Read More »Western Region: Watch How Police Officers Begged For Their Lives In The Hands Of ‘Galamsey Boys’
A video on the internet tells the story of the helpless state of some, officers of the Ghana Police Service, begging and kneeling for illegal miners, or galamsey boys. The content of the video tells a story of familiarity between the police officers in the area and the boys, whose …
Read More »Investing In The Grassroots: Dr. Duffuor Unveils Plan For Salary Structure And Pension Fund
Aspiring Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has promised party executives that under his leadership, he will ensure all party workers are well paid and also institute a pension scheme for the cadres and aged members of the party. Interacting with branch and constituency executives …
Read More »Watch How Lydia Alhassan Rushed Into The Chamber For Headcount
There was suspense in parliament briefly after the MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency and deputy majority Whip, Lydia Alhassan delayed in entering the chamber during a head count vote. After the minority were counted, it was time for the majority to vote but Lydia Alhassan was not in the …
Read More »Alistair Mathias: The Man Who Smuggles $40m Worth Of Gold Out Of Ghana Every Month
Alistair Mathias, the man who smuggles $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana every month Al Jazeera, last week, released the first episode of a four-part investigative series on the smuggling of gold in Africa. The episode exposes the men and women behind the crime in various parts of …
Read More »High Court Restrains Joseph Yensu From Contesting Aowin NDC Primaries Over Fraud Allegations
A High court in Sefwi-Wiawso has granted an interlocutory injunction restraining Dr. Joseph Yensu, a presumptive National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary aspirant in the Aowin constituency, from contesting in the upcoming primaries slated for May 13, 2023. The injunction was granted over allegations of fraud related to the nomination forms …
Read More »Parliament Rejects EC’s Draft CI Seeking To Make Ghana Card Sole Document For Voter Registration
Parliament on Friday, 31st March 2023, has by unanimous decision, rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (CI), that sought to make the Ghana card sole registration document for voting. This comes following the presentation of a report of the Committee of the Whole on the draft Public Elections (registration …
Read More »Parliament Passes 3 New Taxes
Parliament has passed the three tax bills which were tabled before it as part of government’s measures to generate more revenue. The bills namely the Income Tax Amendment Bill, The Excise Duty Amendment Bill and the Growth and Sustainability Amendment Bill were passed on Friday evening. Earlier, the government had …
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