Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has criticized some Members of Parliament(MPs); Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka and others for gathering signatures in order to mobilise support to throw out a proposal before Parliament. The legislature has been petitioned by law students association calling for the withdrawal of the controversial Legal Profession Regulations 2017. The...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is expected to give his 7th address to the nation, on updates and measures being taken by the country, since the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The address tonight, which is scheduled to come off at 8 PM, local time, is also anticipated to...
Majority of Ghanaians want stiffer punishment for corrupt public officials, including jail time, restitution of stolen funds, and public shaming, according to a new Afrobarometer survey. Findings show widespread popular perceptions of corruption in both government and private-sector leadership, with the police and judges most widely seen as corrupt. But public...
The Auditor-General is yet to find records of payment back into state coffers after it emerged that the Gomoa East District Assembly has not presented documents to auditors to support the payment of GH₵81,000 which was spent on the funeral of a former District Chief Executive (DCE) of the...
So, it all started five years ago when the country’s top legislature - National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China - elected him into office as the president of the East Asian country: a country with an over-1.3billion population. It is often challenging to steer affairs of...
The Deputy Minister for Health, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, has announced that government has resolved to pay the fourth claims of suppliers and service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) by the end of this month. “I can confidently tell you that by the end of this month at least...
The Member of Parliament for Upper West Akim in the Eastern Region, Derek Ohene Bekoe Asifo, has donated GH₵15,000.00 to fifteen freshly graduated fashion-designers in Adeiso. He had promised to give GH₵1,000.00 to each of the young ladies early this year, when he was invited to their graduation, as a...
Officials of Assin North Senior High School have been given two weeks by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to purge themselves of perjury or cough up over GH₵61,000. According to the 2015 Auditor General's report, the school made payments of GH₵163,000 without receipts and invoices to verify the payments. Officials...
The Zongo Development Fund Bill and the Northern Development Authority (NDA) Bill, have been passed by Parliament on Friday. The Zongo Development Fund bill seeks to establish the legal framework for the implementation of the Zongo Development Fund. Muslim students are expected to benefit from scholarship packages under the Zongo Development Fund. $50...
Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is urging Parliament to intervene in ending the maltreatment that are meted out to Ghanaian visa applicants by the various embassies in the country. He wants the legislature to play a frontline role in...