POLITICS

A Member of Parliament’s Privileges Committee, Kweku Ricketts Hagan, says the media would not be permitted to cover the hearing proceedings of three MPs who were referred to the Committee for absenting themselves from the house beyond the constitutionally required time period. The three MPs, Henry Quartey of Ayawaso Central, …

Ghana’s senior presidential advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has said that the government cannot provide subsidies for petroleum products in Ghana.   Osafo-Maafo maintains that the Ghanaian economy cannot “stomach” any form of incentive to fuel.   “There is no way the economy can provide subsidy to fuel,” the former Finance Minister …

The President  of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo has had course to issue a string warning to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) spread across the country to ensure strict compliance to building regulation. Speaking at the commissioning of new equipment by local dredging company, Dredge Masters, a …

It is very unfortunate that certain crop of people without any campaign message has resorted to go on tribal sentiment in the Eastern Regional Chairperson contest. What actually has the Kwahus done and why should the camp of Kwadwo Boateng and their spokespersons, David Prah always attack the good people …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has said MPs do not get overpaid on purpose. Addressing the house after it resumed sitting on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, Mr Bagbin said: “It is important for us to erase the perception of the public on these matters of an overpayment which is politically called double …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has charged Mr Alexander Sarfo-Kantanka, a former nominee for the position of chief executive of the Juaben municipality with 26 counts of corruption. A statement issued by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, announced that Mr Sarfo-Kantanka will be arraigned in …

The National Elections Committee of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced dates and venues for the organisation of its regional delegates’ conferences across the country on Friday, May 27, 2022.   The regional delegates’ conference is to elect regional party officers to steer the affairs of the party …

The Ministry of Lands and Resources has announced that government has taken over the Achimota lands bequeathed to the family of the late Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John. Until his demise, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission. The Will of the late Sir John …

The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress  has threatened a series of demonstrations should government refuse to rescind its decision to declassify portions of the Achimota Forest Reserve and forget the controversial Agyapa royalties deal. According to the NDC, the works of the Akufo-Addo administration proves that government intents …

The second session of the 8th Parliament of Ghana will be resuming today, Tuesday May 24.   A number of bills are going to be considered during the second session.   They include Exemptions Bill 2022 (Ministry of Finance), Ghana Hydrological Authority Bill 2022, Ghana Standards Authority Bill 2022 among …