POLITICS

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Friday, July 9 expressed disgust at the continuous absence of the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to answer his question on the president’s recent foreign travel expenditure. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP filed the urgent question in May. …

Documents sighted by Citi News indicate that the government of Ghana will pay 60 percent of the loan facility tabled before Parliament for the procurement of vehicles for Members of Parliament and members of the Council of State. The Finance Ministry had tabled two different loan agreements in Parliament to …

  The Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Medical Team Member, John Kwame Duodu also known as “Sir John” says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has shown commitment to improving the living conditions of Ghanaians since coming into power in 2017. According to him, although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused …

The member of parliament for Akim Oda Consistency, Mr. Alexander Akwasi Acquah says the backlash on Members of Parliament over a car loan agreement proposed for the purchase of vehicles for them is unfounded. The Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, presented a loan agreement for $28 million to Parliament …

The Bono Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, has filed a court action over the emoluments said to have been approved by Parliament for spouses of the President and the Vice President. In the application filed at the Supreme …

Two Minority MPs and a Ghanaian citizen have filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the approval of salaries for the First and Second Ladies of Ghana. The two MPs, Dafeamekpor Rockson-Nelson and Dr Clement Abaasinat Apaak and the citizen, Frederick Nii Commey, are seeking a total of eight …

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Sulemana Braimah has raised issued against the Military Commanders and members of the three-member committee probing the disturbances in Ejura for questioning the work of journalists. His comments come after the Battalion Commander Lt Col Kwasi Ware Peprah who …

Deputy General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen has revealed there are arrangements for him to manage Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s bid to lead the NPP in the upcoming 2024 elections.     This is on the condition that the Vice-President decides to contest the party’s presidential …

The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) believes the approval of allowances for the wife of the President and the Vice President is unconstitutional. They have thus announced that they will challenge the move at the Supreme Court. A five-member emolument committee which set up in June …

The Finance Ministry has presented to Parliament a request by government for a $28 million loan from the National Investment Bank. The loan, according to the Ministry, is to finance the purchase of 275 vehicles for the members of the eighth Parliament. Laying the request on the Floor, Deputy Finance …