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Ayariga shoots down calls to summon Communications Minister over radio station closure

Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has dismissed demands to summon the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, over the closure of...

Ernest Yaw Kumi challenges contempt conviction at Supreme Court

Embattled Akwatia Member of Parliament(MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi, has filed a certiorari and prohibition application at the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn his contempt...

Let’s hurry up before Afenyo-Markin comes – Deputy Finance Minister-nominee jokes

Deputy Finance Minister-designate, Thomas Nyarko Ampem made a lighthearted remark during his vetting proceedings today.He referenced the anticipated arrival of Deputy Minority Leader and...

Parliament to begin deputy ministerial vetting today

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will begin vetting President John Mahama’s deputy ministerial nominees today, Monday, February 24, 2025. The session is scheduled to run...

Gyakye Quayson calls for speedy passage of dual citizenship amendment bill

Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has urged Parliament to speed up the process of amending Ghana’s constitution to allow dual...

Majority blocks Akwatia MP from making statement in Parliament

The Majority in Parliament on Friday blocked Akwatia MP, Ernest Yaw Kumi, from making a statement in the chamber. The resistance followed the Koforidua High...

We’ll overturn High Court ruling against Akwatia MP Ernest Kumi – John Darko

Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, John Darko, has expressed confidence that the High Court’s ruling against Akwatia MP Ernest Kumi will be overturned. The...

Vetting Chaos: Special Committee to submit report to Speaker today

The Special Committee investigating the disturbances at the Appointments Committee is set to submit its report today, February 20, after receiving a one-week extension. Initially...

We’ll ensure Akwatia MP complies with Court ruling – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has reaffirmed the caucus's commitment to ensuring that Akwatia MP Ernest Yaw Kumi adheres to legal requirements following his conviction...

High Court issues bench warrant for disputed Akwatia MP

A Koforidua High Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Ernest Yaw Kumi, the presumed winner of the Akwatia parliamentary seat...

Jerry Ahmed expresses pain over vetting chaos, denies wrongdoing

Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe and a member of the ministerial vetting committee, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, has expressed deep frustration over the chaos that...

Convicted Akwatia MP walks out of Parliament [Video]

Embattled Akwatia Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Yaw Kumi, walked out of the parliamentary chamber on Wednesday while proceedings were still ongoing. This followed the...

Minority accuses NIB of double standards

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticized the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for summoning the Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh,...

AK-47-wielding National Security operatives raided my house in 2017 – John Jinapor recounts

Minister of Energy and Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor, has recounted how gun-wielding national security operatives raided his home in 2017...

Finance Minister to present 2025 budget on March 10

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is expected to present the 2025 Budget to Parliament on March 10. This is the date proposed...

Minority opposes suspension of Roads Authority Act implementation

The Minority in Parliament has opposed the suspension of the implementation of the National Roads Authority Act, describing it as illegal. The Act merged the...

I take responsibility – Dafeamekpor on vetting chaos

The Majority Chief Whip and South Dayi Member of Parliament (MP), Nelson-Rockson Dafeamekpor, has accepted responsibility for the chaos that disrupted the Appointments Committee...

Vetting Chaos: Minority formally seeks removal of Ad-Hoc Committee chairman

The Minority in Parliament has formally requested the removal of Ho West MP, Emmanuel Bedzrah, as Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee probing the chaos...

Battor chief wades into ‘daughter of a murderer’ remark

The Mankrado of Battor, Togbe Borbordzi Xevi VII, has charged the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to swiftly identify and punish the Member of...

Rawlings Foundation demands urgent action from Speaker over MP’s derogatory comment

The J.J. Rawlings Foundation has petitioned Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to investigate remarks made against the late former President Jerry John Rawlings and...

Minority Leader launched an unprovoked attack on the clerk – Pusiga MP

The Member of Parliament for Pusiga, Laadi Ayii Ayamba, has shared disturbing details about the events that transpired during the ministerial vetting on January...

I was the target of the vetting chaos – Ablakwa

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has claimed that he was the primary target of the chaos that erupted during the Appointments Committee...

Afenyo-Markin accuses chair of Committee Probing Vetting chaos of bias

The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee probing the vetting chaos, Emmanuel Bedzrah, of exhibiting bias.The Effutu MP...

Ashaiman MP condemns vandalism at party office over ministerial ‘snub’

Ashaiman Member of Parliament (MP), Ernest Norgbey, has condemned the vandalism at the constituency office following his exclusion from President John Mahama's ministerial nominees.Mr....

Vetting Chaos: Afenyo-Markin instigated Majority MPs to misbehave – Nkwanta North MP

Nkwanta North Member of Parliament (MP), John Oti Kwabena Bless, has accused Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin of instigating the chaos that erupted during the...

Vetting Chaos: Minority MPs undermined the Appointments Committee Chairman – Ablakwa

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has accused members of the Minority Caucus of undermining the authority of the Appointments Committee Chairman during the chaotic vetting session...

Vetting Chaos: Both my visitors and I were left embarrassed – Ablakwa

Foreign Affairs Minister-designate, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed deep disappointment over the chaotic scenes that unfolded during the ministerial vetting process on Thursday, 30...

Sammi Awuku in parliament: Ghana requires stronger regulations against illegal lottery

In a bold and insightful statement to Parliament, Sammi Awuku, Member of Parliament for Akuapem North and former Director-General of the National Lottery Authority...

Angry Anlo Chiefs petition Speaker to identify MP behind ‘daughter of a murderer’ comment

The Anlo Dukor Traditional Council in the Volta Region has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to, within five days, help identify the...

Parliamentary Committee to resume vetting chaos probe on February 7

Chairman of the Parliamentary ad-hoc committee, Emmanuel Bedzrah, has announced that public hearings on the vetting chaos at the Appointments Committee will resume on...

Asante Akyem North MP speaks Twi in Parliament [Video]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akyem North, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, on Wednesday contributed to parliamentary proceedings in Asante Twi.The first-time MP insisted...

It was hard to watch Clerk virtually ‘lynched’ by a man who should know better – Dzifa Gomashie

Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Creative Arts, Dzifa Gomashie, has condemned Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s verbal attack on the female Clerk of the Appointments...

I sometimes see frustration on the side of the Minority Caucus – Ahiafor

Chairperson of Parliament's Appointments Committee and MP for Akatsi South, Bernard Ahiafor, has expressed concern over what he describes as the frustration of the...

My husband ordered that I leave Parliament amidst vetting chaos – Appointments Committee Clerk

The Clerk to Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Gifty Jiagge-Gobbah, has revealed that her husband instructed her to leave Parliament on the night of Thursday, January...

Annoh-Dompreh ordered the tables to be pulled apart – First-term MP Kofi Ntekuni

The member of Parliament for Pru West, Emmanuel Kofi Ntekuni, has revealed that it was the member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, who...

Speaker abruptly directs suspension of probe into vetting chaos

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directed the special committee investigating the ministerial chaos to suspend its sitting.The communication, which takes immediate effect, will...

The minority was very disruptive – Appointment’s C’ttee chair Ahiafor

The Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Bernard Ahiafor, has stated that the minority caucus was disruptive during the vetting of ministerial nominees on Thursday,...

Some invitees of ministerial nominees slept in open spaces at parliament – Kwame Agbodza

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has revealed that some invitees attending the vetting of ministerial nominees were forced to sleep...

Minority urges Dr Asiamah to stay away from Bank of Ghana until approval

The Minority in Parliament has called on Dr. Johnson Pandit Asiamah to refrain from engaging in any activities at the Bank of Ghana (BoG)...

We wash our hands off Ablakwa; he should carry his own cross – Minority

Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has reaffirmed his caucus' disapproval of the nomination of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as Foreign Affairs Minister.The North Tongu MP was...