POLITICS

  Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament James Klutse Averdzi has stated emphatically that their side will constitute the Majority side of the House in some few months to come. His comments follow the position of the NPP that they now form the Majority Caucus. The Speaker Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin …

A staunch member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP), now the Managing Director of State Transport Company (STC) Nana Akomea has hinted that the party would be compelled to trigger a by-election at Fomena Constituency should the Speaker of Parliament not declare NPP caucus majority. Both the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New …

“I haven’t stated that the NPP has a majority in Parliament, I haven’t said that,” these are the words of the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. He was responding to a request for clarity on his earlier declaration that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and an Independent Candidate constituted ‘the …

The Effutu Constituency MP, Afenyo-Markin, says his colleagues arrived in Parliament Friday dawn as a mark of punctuality. The member of parliament for Effutu Constituency, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has said decision by New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs to storm Parliament as early as 4am Friday was to adhere to the …

  The senior minister in President Nana Akufo-Addo’s first term,Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has bowed out of government, sources close to him have told Asaase News.     Asaase News can also confirm that Osafo-Maafo communicated his decision to President Akufo-Addo after the 9 December results declaration. Osafo-Maafo is considered to be …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmakers say they do not have “any difficulty” sitting on the left side of the Speaker “Let me assure the Ghanaian people that the NDC 137 MPs have no difficulty sitting to the left of the Speaker so long as our numerical strength is respected …

  President Akufo Addo will name his first list of ministerial appointments before close of this week, reliable sources at the Presidency have confirmed to Peacefmonline.com. Snippets of information picked up indicate that Cabinet ministerial positions will be out before Parliament sits on Friday.   According to sources, former Deputy …

  A Ghanaian hiplife artiste Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah, known in showbiz circles as Mzbel, has stated that recent development in Parliament is clear evidence that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the 2020 elections. Speaking on Accra-base, Asaase Radio’s Between Hours show with Naa Ashorkor, the ‘I am 16 years‘ …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs), who served as ministers in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, but lost their seats during the election have limited chance of being re-appointed in his second term, highly placed sources at the Office of the President said. According to deep …

  Twenty-three (23) New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of the 7th Parliament who lost their seats in the 7th December 2020 Parliamentary Elections will not be appointed as Ministers or Deputy Ministers in the next Akufo-Addo government, sources close to the Presidency have disclosed to Asaase News. In all, twenty-two …