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Ghana’s Parliament ranked 1st among 13 others in OPI Report 

The Africa Open Parliament Index (OPI), a joint effort of the Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations Working Group, has ranked Ghana’s Parliament the 1st among...

Minority rejects 3 loan applications from govt

The Minority Members on the Parliamentary Finance Committee has said they will not entertain any further loan proposal from the government.Their position, they said,...

Minority initiates Vote of Censure against Health Minister

The Minority in Parliament has initiated another Vote of Censure against Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu.The motion, filed by Ketu North Member of Parliament...

NPP’s Council of Elders, national executives, Majority MPs hold crunch meeting over demands to sack Finance Minister

The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Council of Elders and the national leadership are set to meet members of the Majority caucus today, Tuesday, November...

Hilarious moments at Ofori-Atta’s censure motion hearing [Video]

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will soon know his fate when the special committee set up by Parliament to consider the Minority’s censure motion present...

Former MP begs 98 NPP MPs over Ofori-Atta

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayensuano, Samuel Ayeh-Paye, has entreated the 98 MPs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) pushing for the...

How former AG and NDC bigwigs stormed court to support Jomoro MP [Photos]

A former Attorney General (AG), Marrietta Brew Oppong, and other bigwigs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were in court on Monday to solidarise...

Ofori-Atta likely to face empty House if he insists on reading 2023 Budget

JoyNews has reported that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will face an unprecedented situation if he attempts to present the budget on Thursday.Both Majority and...

From Eric’s Diary: Revealed – ‘The unnamed Businessman’

Story so far:Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and his family are worried about the incessant calls for him to resign or be sacked by the...

Ofori-Atta danced around the questions – Dr Ato Forson on censure motion hearing

A Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has accused the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of being dishonest in his responses...

98 NPP MPs react to Ofori-Atta’s response to threat to boycott budget

The 98 MPs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have reacted to the Finance Minister’s decision to present the 2023 budget despite their demand...

Ofori-Atta happy with Committee probing Censure Motion over this…

The Finance Minister says he is pleased with the decision by the Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee on Censure to strike out grounds One and Three...

Ofori-Atta to present 2023 budget; says he is ‘unaware’ of NPP MPs’ threats

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says he expects to be the one to present the 2023 budget statement to Parliament on November 24.He revealed...

I’ve not banned phones in Parliament – Speaker

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said that he has not given any directive to ban journalists from using phones at the press...

Censure motion: Advise yourselves; you’ve been uninspiring – Minority told [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Censure motion: Advise yourselves; you've been uninspiring - Prof Gyampo tells MinorityPolitical Scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Minority...

E-levy: Minority frustrated efforts to raise revenue – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has partly blamed the late passage of the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) for the prevailing economic challenges.According to him,...

Censure motion hearing: Check out Ofori-Atta’s new legal team

Under fire Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has for the second time appeared before the parliamentary committee probing allegations against him but instead with a...

Censure motion hearing: Rise above witch-hunting and entrapment – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has advised against supposed attempts to blame him for situations that he believes were not caused by him.The Minister insists...

Allegations for censure do not have weight – Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said he does not believe that the allegations made by the proponents of the motion of censure for...

I’ve not invited NPP MPs over Ken Ofori-Atta – Former President Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has responded to some media publications suggesting that he has extended an invitation for a meeting with some New...

Livestream: Ken Ofori-Atta takes the ‘witness box’ at censure motion hearing

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has appeared before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee probing the Minority’s censure motion against him.The Minister will have to prove to the...

We are prolonging the inevitable – Prof Agyeman-Duah on censure hearing

Former United Nations Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, says he is hoping that in the coming days, the Finance Minister would quietly resign...

I am disappointed in the Minority – NPP Man on Ofori-Atta’s censure hearing [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kwadwo Agyemang Boateng on censure hearing against Ofori-AttaA former New Patriotic Party (NPP) New Juaben Chairman has said he is disappointed in...

Censure motion hearing: PIAC, GNPC face committee

The Parliamentary Ad-hoc Committee hearing the censure motion against embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will resume sitting today.This comes after the suspension of proceedings...

Gabby meets Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu after public outburst [Photos]

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a staunch member of the New Patriotic Party, has visited the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, at his office after the MP...

Ofori-Atta to respond to Minority’s grounds for censure on Friday

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is to appear on Friday, November 18, before Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee in Accra to respond to a motion of Vote...

New twist to Parliament’s decision to ban mobile phones in Chamber

Parliament has temporarily suspended a decision to ban mobile phones in the chamber after parliamentary reporters threatened to boycott proceedings over the directive.The directive...

MPs urged to pass through new scanning machine as Parliament tightens security

To make Security paramount for Members of Parliament, staff and members of the public, Parliament has installed security gadgets to scan everyone.The new and huge...

98 NPP MPs to boycott budget presentation, Finance Ministry business if…

Ninety-eight New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have resolved to boycott the budget presentation and all Finance Ministry business should the President refuse...

Censure motion: Okudzeto Ablakwa clashes with Otchere-Darko [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Okudzeto Ablakwa Clashes With Otchere DarkoSamuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Member of the eight-Member Adhoc Committee, has engaged in a heated argument with...

I don’t buy fuel because I don’t have a car – K.T. Hammond

Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament (MP) K.T. Hammond, has created the impression that he is unaware of the current fuel hikes in the country....

Censure motion hearing: This is not a circus – Ablakwa replies Gabby

North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has queried Gabby Otchere-Darko, over a comment he made during the Parliamentary Committee sitting on a censure motion...

K.T. Hammond trends on Twitter amid Ken Ofori-Atta’s censure motion hearing

Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, is the talk of the town on social media.The legislator is co-chairing the ongoing probe...

Adu Boahen’s dismissal meaningless unless linked to Ofori-Atta’s resignation – NPP MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mpraeso Member of Parliament (MP), Davis Opoku, has taken a swipe at the government over the dismissal of the Minister...

Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Sittings of Ad hoc Committee televised live

The Ad-hoc Committee constituted to probe the Minority in Parliament's motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta commenced its sittings on Tuesday,...

Ad hoc committee hearing: Gabby Otchere-Darko is lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta

A lawyer and prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has appeared before parliament as lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta at the...

Live streaming: Ken Ofori-Atta faces ad hoc committee probing censure motion

The 8- member Ad-hoc Committee has commenced the public hearing into the Minority in Parliament’s motion of censure, against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.The committee is co-chaired...

2023 budget statement to be presented on this date…

The 2023 Economic Policy and Budget Statement will be presented to Ghana’s Parliament on November 24, 2022, barring any unforeseen development.This was contained...

Adwoa Safo’s first statement in Parliament upon return to Ghana [Video]

https://youtu.be/MkE_ZqCvnnIEmbattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, on Friday, November 11, 2022, finally appeared in the Chamber.Pressmen, who were present, were eager...

We won’t call you ‘honourable’ again if… – Sam George to NPP MPs

The Ningo-Prampram MP says the Minority Caucus will not accord the honourable title to colleagues on the Majority side should they fail to vote...