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Adwoa Safo to know fate today as Parliament reconvenes

Embattled Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo, will know her fate today, Tuesday, October 25, 2022.This is because Speaker of Parliament,...

Bagbin receives report on Draft Parliamentary Transition Bill

The Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Services Board, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has received a draft Parliamentary Transition Bill from the...

Ivorian witness bounces Jomoro MP

An Ivorian lawyer, Obeng-Kofi Fian, who is a witness in the eligibility trial of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has...

66 bills to be laid before Parliament

Sixty-six Bills are expected to be laid before Parliament when it resumes from recess on Tuesday, October 25, a statement from the Public Affairs...

Ghana Chapter of World Bank-IMF Parliamentary Network launched

The Ghana Chapter of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Parliamentary Network has been launched.The network is a platform to provide...

Bagbin urges African MPs to prioritse climate change

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has urged Parliamentarians across Africa to pay much more attention to climate change.Addressing the 145th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Conference...

Parliament resumes sitting on this date…

The Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. A...

Parliament warns Herald Editor to cease exposés on controversial GNPC/Genser Energy contract

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy has served the Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Alans Dogbe, notice that he risks Contempt...

Adwoa Safo’s powerful statement after bagging postgraduate diploma from University of Nottingham

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has bagged a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Policy from the University...

Gabby praises Kwesi Pratt and Kweku Baako; this is why

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has lauded Veteran journalists turned socio-political commentators, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. and Abdul Malik...

SIM re-registration: Minority threatens to sue Communications Ministry, NCA

The Minority in Parliament has threatened a class action suit against the National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ministry of Communications over the SIM card...

Kyei Mensah, Joe Wise and other leaders of Parliament who failed to declare their assets

On May 25, 2022, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, had a word of caution for Ghana’s lawmakers.He wanted the 275 legislators...

SIM re-registration: Self-service app fee illegal, don’t pay – Minority to Ghanaians

The Minority in Parliament has called on Ghanaians not to pay the Self-Service Application (App) for the SIM re-registration fee.The self-service App provides another...

I’m not getting job, people I helped pass by to give me money – Nii Amasah Namoale [Video]

Being a Member of Parliament (MP) in Ghana comes with a lot of prestige and popularity.However, the low side is when these...

Attacks on MPs will get worse – Adam Bonaa

Security analyst, Adam Bonaa, has said attacks on Members of Parliament (MPs) will get worse if they do not change their mode of campaigning....

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu elected Vice Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association [Photos]

The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.The Suame Member of...

Ellembelle NPP accuses Kofi Buah of playing politics with Andrew Donkor’s death

The Ellembelle constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have accused the Member of Parliament for the area, Armah Kofi Buah of playing...

Do you now realise you have constituents? – Adwoa Safo quizzed

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed reservations about Adwoa Safo's letter of acceptance to President Nana Akufo-Addo following her sack as Gender Minister.Miss...

Public Accounts Committee to invite Attorney-General

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament will invite the Attorney-General (A-G) to appear before it to give an update on the cases referred...

Parliament was not transparent in passing Narcotics Control Commission Act – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court says Parliament did not act transparently in the passage of the Narcotics Control Commission Act. Specific reference is made to portions...

Yendi MP sends important message to Alan Kyerematen over Hopeson Adorye’s comment

Member of Parliament for Yendi in the Northern region has called on the Trades Minister, Alan Kyerematen to distance himself from a comment made...

Majority announces next line of action over Adwoa Safo

The Majority in Parliament has hinted that they will go to court if Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin takes any decision contrary to the...

Why Adwoa Safo’s seat has not been declared vacant – Abronye reveals

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Adwoa Safo’s seat has not been declared vacant - Abronye revealsParliament is struggling to declare the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency seat vacant because...

Parliament pays tribute to former MP

Parliament has paid glowing tribute to the memory of the late former Member of Parliament (MP) for the then Obuasi constituency in the Ashanti...

Majority Leader sends important message to Bagbin over Adwoa Safo

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to conform to the constitution in his decision on the fate...

Kwabena Agyapong to contest in NPP’s flagbearership race

Former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, is lacing his boots to contest the party’s flagbearer position ahead of...

Can you survive the Tsunami? Sam George asks NPP after Adwoa Safo’s dismissal

Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George, has questioned if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be able to survive a Tsunami embattled...

How Speaker Bagbin consulted the ‘old lady’ on Adwoa Safo’s fate

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges...

Speaker defers ruling on Adwoa Safo

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges...

Adwoa Safo should be given a fair hearing – NDC MP

JoyNews/AdomNews · Eric Opoku supports Adwoa SafoA member of the Privileges Committee of Parliament has mounted a spirited defense for absentee Member of Parliament...

BoG has printed ¢22.04bn – Minority insists amid fresh demands

The Minority in Parliament says it stands firmly by its claims that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has printed GHC22.04bn to support the government’s...

Supreme Court dismisses Gyakye Quayson’s review application

A seven-member review panel of the Supreme Court has in a 5-2 majority ruling dismissed a review application filed by restrained Assin North Member...

Parliament approves €135m for construction of Suame Interchange

Parliament has approved a €135 million facility to finance the design and construction of phase 1 of the Suame Interchange and ancillary road projects...

Revealed: When Adwoa Safo will return to Ghana

It has emerged that embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, is expected to return to Ghana within this week.This is...

You are digging your grave to jail – Adongo tells Ofori-Atta

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has hit at Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta following the presentation of the 2022 mid-year...

Finance Minister coming to mock God – MP on Mid-Year Budget Review [Video]

https://youtu.be/iHBuk0uxyowMember of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has downplayed the content of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta's 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review later...

Minority sends strong message to govt over Atta Mills’ statue [Video]

https://youtu.be/cKPk6puoNbwMinority in Parliament is furious with the government over the absence of late former President Atta Mills' name on a bust monument erected in...

Finance Minister to present 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament later today, July 25.Mr Ofori-Atta was scheduled to deliver the...

NDC MPs push motion of censure against Ken Ofori-Atta

The Minority in Parliament is pushing a motion of censure against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in accordance with Article 82 of the 1992...

Parliament approves $750 million loan

Parliament has approved a $750 million loan requested by the Finance Ministry.This was after the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Kwaku Kwarteng laid the...