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Titus Beyuo recounts stiff contest with Oppong Nkrumah for senior prefect position [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Titus Beyuo recounts stiff contest with Oppong NkrumahGeneral Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo, who recently resigned from...

Health Minister to appear before Parliamentary Committee over vaccines shortage

A Ranking Member of the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed his displeasure over shortage of vaccines for infants.He indicated...

Parliament demands Jean Mensa appears before House over controversial CI

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, to appear before the House over the...

Amend but don’t throw away 1992 constitution – Prof Agyenim

At age 30, Ghana's Fourth Republican Constitution requires amendments to stay relevant.That is the proposal of Kings University College Professor Kwame Agyenim.Prof Agyenim...

LGBTQI+ bill ready – Sam George

After two years of twist and turns on the sponsorship, admission, presentation and public hearing, the Anti-LGBTQI bill is ready to be submitted to...

A/R: NDC women organisers declare support for Duffuor

Ashanti Regional Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Gloria Huze, has led a team of constituency women’s organisers to pick nomination forms...

Vetting proceeding a serious business not excursion; stay away – Traditional leaders told

A political analyst, Yaw Asani Tano, has urged traditional leaders to stay away from ministerial nominee vetting proceedings.Traditional leaders are usually seen at the...

I’ll cut my salary if you do same – Ministerial nominee tells Ato Forson

Deputy Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Dr Stephen Amoah, has stated the condition under which he will take a salary cut as a contribution...

Majority begs Minority over decision to reject new ministerial appointees

The Majority caucus in Parliament has pleaded with the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Minority Caucus to rescind its decision...

Rev Kusi Boateng’s suit: All the photos from Okudzeto Ablakwa’s day in court

North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Tuesday appeared in court in a defamation suit filed against him by Rev Victor Kusi Boateng.Scores of...

NDC nominations opening: 23 constituencies on hold

The National Democratic Congress has opened nominations for the election of its Presidential and Parliamentary candidates for the 2024 General Elections today.However, the exercise...

Stop bullying us – Ato Forson tells OB Amoah at his vetting

The Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday grilled the Minister of State-designate at the Local Government and Decentralization Ministry, Osei Bonsu Amoah.The Akuapim...

Titus-Glover blasts KT Hammond over conduct at ministerial vetting

Former Tema East MP, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, has expressed his displeasure about Kobina Tahir (K.T) Hammond’s conduct at the ministerial vetting.The Minister-designate of...

KT Hammond trends on social media after vetting

Adansi-Asokwa legislator, Kobina Tahiru Hammond, is the talk of town today on social media.The legislator was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo to take up...

We’re not joking here; answer my questions – Agbodza slams KT Hammond

JoyNews/AdomNews · We’re not joking here; answer my questions – Agbodza slams KT HammondThe Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has slammed Trade and...

Former MP justifies NDC’s directive to Minority to reject new appointees

A former Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Inusah Fuseini, has reacted to the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) statement to the Minority to reject...

Vetting of ministers: I’ll comport myself as ‘class prefect’ if committee members do so – K.T. Hammond

The minister designate for Trade and Industry, Kobina Tahir Hammond, says he will show his best behaviour in his vetting if members of the...

Majority calls Minority’s bluff over new appointees

The Majority in Parliament has described as empty, a directive from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the Minority to reject new ministerial appointees....

We will not subscribe to consensus vote – Minority on new ministerial appointees

The Minority in Parliament has stated they will be carrying through a directive from the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to reject...

Vetting of ministers – Titus-Glover sends SOS message to NDC MPs

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament on the Appointments Committee have been urged to recuse themselves.This follows the party’s directives to MPs to...

Akufo-Addo to deliver 2023 SONA on this date…

President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to deliver the 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in parliament on February 28.The address is in line...

Showdown: K.T. Hammond, Amoah, others face vetting today

Minister-designate for Trade and Industry, K.T. Hammond, will appear before Parliament’s Appointments Committee for vetting today, Monday, February 20, 2023.The Adansi Asokwa MP was...

NDC directs Minority to reject new appointees

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has directed its Minority members in Parliament to reject the new ministers appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo.In a press...

Minority files motion to compel Finance Minister to summit DDEP for approval

The Minority in Parliament has filed a private members’ motion seeking to compel the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to submit the Domestic Debt Exchange...

Sam George sets records straight on ‘I paid to get elected’ statement [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sam George On I Paid Money To Get ElectedMember of Parliament(MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has clarified his statement that...

Full text: Ken Ofori-Atta’s statement to Parliament on DDEP

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, was in Parliament on Thursday to present a statement on the country’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).He clarified those...

Pensioner Bondholders storm Parliament [Video]

https://youtu.be/N_rm7lptpesThe Pensioner Bondholders Forum on Thursday besieged Parliament to demand their exclusion from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme.This follows their seven-day protest at...

Upper East MPs condemn enskinment of new Bawku Naba

Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Upper East Region have condemned the enskinment of a rival Bawku Naba.They have described the act as null...

Debt exchange: Finance Minister appears in Parliament

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta today, Thursday, February 16, appeared before Parliament over the controversial Debt Exchange Programme. The Speaker of Parliament summoned the Minister...

Ho Central MP bows out of parliament

The Member of Parliament for the Ho Central Constituency, Benjamin Komla Kpodo, is expected to end his stay in Parliament.Mr Kpodo, who entered Parliament...

KT Hammond jokingly ‘blinds’ Kwabena Donkor in Parliament

Member of Parliament for the Adansi-Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Kobina Tahir Hammond, popularly called KT Hammond, caused a scene in Parliament which...

Assemblies of God Ghana meets Speaker Bagbin [Photos]

An eight-member delegation from the Assemblies of God Church has paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin.Led by the General Superintendent,...

Afenyo-Markin advocates for inclusion of Hepatitis B to NHIS benefits package

Effutu Member of Parliament (MP), Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is advocating for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover the testing and treatment of Hepatitis...

Comfort Duyoe officially informs Speaker about mother’s death [Photos]

Second Minority Deputy Whip, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansa, has officially informed the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, about the demise of her mother.Speaker...

Appointments Committee sets date for new ministers vetting

The Appointments Committee of Parliament is expected to commence the vetting of Ministers and Deputy Ministers nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from...

Minority commiserates with Turkey and Syria

The Minority in Parliament has commiserated with the governments and people of Turkey and Syria for the loss of lives and socio-economic devastation as...

Parliament summons Finance Minister over debt exchange

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to appear before Parliament on Thursday, February 16, 2023, to brief the house on the government’s Domestic...

Minority sends SoS message to aggrieved Pensioner Bondholders 

Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has assured Pensioner Bondholders that Parliament will drag Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to the House over the controversial Debt...

I will die fulfilled if God calls me today because… – Annoh Dompreh

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has revealed his contribution towards the decentralisation of scholarships in Ghana has brought him a...

Haruna Iddrisu sits with NPP MPs in Parliament [Video]

Tamale South Member of Parliament (MP), Haruna Iddrisu, on Thursday had difficulty finding a seat on the Minority side in the Chamber during proceedings....