POLITICS

The last time a national budget was rejected was that which was meant for the 1981/1982 fiscal year. It is one of many issues former Presidential Advisor during the Limann era, Prof Ivan Addae-Mensah wrote about in his book ‘Hilla Limann, scholar, diplomat, statesman.’ This budget is said to have …

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says the Speaker’s ruling on the 2022 budget has no binding effect on Parliament. According to the Suame MP, the motion for the approval of the 2022 budget still stands in the name of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, despite the rejection by a one-sided …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday, November 27 “to undergo a medical review”. A fax message sighted by MyGhanaMedia.com lists the wife of the Speaker, Mrs Alice Adjua Yornas, Head of the Parliamentary Clinic Dr Prince …

  Parliament has rejected government’s 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy read in the House by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, last week. A walkout by the Majority from Parliament on Friday, November 26, 2021, did not prevent the House from continuing with the business of the day. Members on …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has chided the Minority Caucus for subjecting him to public ridicule by their actions and comments due to the delay in the resumption of sitting today (26 November). The Speaker had earlier suspended sitting for 30 minutes to allow the majority of members who were …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says he was not informed that the Majority were having a Caucus meeting. Even though the NDC Caucus protested against the suspension, the Speaker resolved to suspend the House. “I have just been informed that the Majority side wants to have 30 minutes meeting …

The 2022 budget was read with the inclusion of e-levy which seeks to tax all electronic transactions in the country from 2022 year and beyond. Reacting to this, the NDC Chairman for Jaman North constituency in the Bono Region, Mr Sah Abraham has stated that, the introduction of electronic Levy …

Seven Members of Parliament, of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday came under attack when some suspected highway robbers attacked their convoy while on their way to an official engagement.   The incident reportedly took place on the Sampa-Mankraso highway in the Ahafo Region, when the robbers who …

As President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo travels to Atlanta, USA, video footage of the US$14,000-an-hour LX-DIO aircraft which he [Akufo-Addo] has been using for his foreign trips has surfaced on social media. The blue and white ultra-luxury aircraft was captured by an unknown source at the Kotoka International Airport on …

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party , John Boadu has questioned why the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin  did not assume the role of a road toll collection personnel after directing the Roads and Highways Minister to withdraw a statement announcing the cessation of collection of road tolls. …