POLITICS

Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu, has said Ghana needs a new law that criminalizes unexplained wealth. Unexplained wealth refers to valuable assets belonging to officials — or others in positions of power and influence — that are clearly incommensurate with their publicly-declared earnings or known business interests. Mr Iddrisu …

It is well known that Parliament’s basic function is law making. However, a number of functions are incidental to the performance of this function. Among others, the following can be clearly identified as functions performed by the Parliament of Ghana: Legislative Financial Oversight of the executive Representational DeliberativeLEGISLATIVE Law-making is …

The Appointments Committee of Parliament is to vet the President’s nominees for the positions of a Minister of State and 39 Deputy Ministers, from Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Kate Addo, confirmed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Accra. …

Former National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah, has said he believes only two political parties exist in Ghana. He said the current composition in Parliament, 137 seats for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and 137 for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) with one Independent lawmaker, …

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo has recalled her earlier letter terminating the appointment of head of Ghana’s School Feeding programme, Gertrude Quashigah. Adwoa Safo on 18th May 2021 issued a letter terminating the appointment of head of Ghana’s School Feeding programme. She directed Gertrude …

A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has denied endorsing any individual to be flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) going into the 2024 elections. Prof. Oquaye said reports that he has endorsed Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the NPP in 2024 are false. “My …

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and his Groupe Nduom are fighting off money laundering and fraud claims made against them by US-based Birim Group. In a motion filed on 5 April 2021 for the dismissal of the case in a court in Illinois, United States, Groupe Nduom said the aspersions and …

Vetting for the position of Metropolitan, Municpal and District Chief Executive has commenced in the Ashanti Region. Nine persons, including some former Members of Parliament (MPs) are vying for the Chief Executive position of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). Among them are very prominent party individuals and others who are …

The opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, says contrary to claims by the Electoral Commission that the 2020 election was largely successful, the polls were poorly conducted. “The facts show that last year’s election was one of the most poorly conducted, flawed and manipulated election in the history of this country; …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will not resort to the courts any longer over any electoral dispute going forward. National Chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo told a press conference on Thursday, May 20 that the party will settle all matters at the polling stations and collation centers. He …