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A sister of Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has been laid to rest. She is said to have passed a few months ago after battling a short illness. The funeral, held on Saturday, June 19, 2021, saw members of both the Minority and Majority …

  Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Ghanaians against indiscriminate patronage of foreign telenovelas.   According to him such telenovelas being shown on networks in the country are not only corrupting women to the point their husbands no longer recognize them but destroying the country’s culture too.   The …

“The time is ripe for Ghana and Switzerland to transition their diplomatic ties to a level that will guarantee the exchange of expertise in statecraft and governance”, the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has said. As a budding democracy, he noted that there was a lot for …

The Australia High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Andrew Barnes has said his country is not trying to promote the activities of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) in Ghana. He said this when he paid a working visit to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. Mr Barnes said …

The North Tongu MP says he is resigning with immediate effect from the committee based on principle National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has resigned from Parliament’s Appointments Committee. “This was after days of careful reflection and thoughtful considerations,” the former deputy Education Minister said …

President Akufo-Addo has reversed his earlier decision to cap the budgetary allocation for Parliament and the Judiciary after Speaker Alban Bagbin opposed the Executive’s decision. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bagbin, who described the move as “worthy of commendation” revealed that government had approved the budget estimated of approximately GH¢523 million, …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has reminded Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu of the difference in their portfolios as far as leadership in Ghana is concerned. Tuesday’s sitting saw a brief banter between the two long-time friends as the Majority leader sought to encourage Mr Bagbin to be stringent and fair in certain …

Former NDC Kumbungu MP, Ras Mubarak has described as unfortunate and uncalled for, attacks on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin after Wednesday’s vote in Parliament to confirm some ministerial nominees. This comes on the back of the failure of the NDC Minority to carry through their move to reject …

“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 governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the outcome of the selection of the Speaker of Parliament for the 8th Parliament under the Fourth Republic as very regrettable and a sad moment for the party. “We are very sad and have even lost appetite. We are even thinking …