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Assin North MP’s fate sad but… NPP MP

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi-Asokwa constituency is sympathising with the Assin North MP banned from going to the August...

Assin North: Gyakye Quayson must suffer fate of Adamu Sakande – AG [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Gyakye Quayson Must Suffer Fate Of Adamu SakandeThe Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has expressed satisfaction with...

MP to file urgent question over Baker-Vormawor’s allegations of torture

Tamale Central MP says he will file an urgent question into the allegations by #FixtheCountry Movement Convener that the police tortured him while he...

NPP MP stayed in Parliament till final verdict of her case – Lawyer bemoans Assin North ruling [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Baba Jamal On Assin North caseLawyers for Assin North Member of Parliament (MP), James Gyakye Quayson, have expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme...

Court sets date for Jomoro MP’s trial

A Sekondi High Court has set June 6 and 7, 2022 for the full trial of the case in which a resident of Jomoro...

If there’s a jail sentence, you’ll suffer alone; be smart – Assin North MP told [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Michael Okyere Baafi Warns Assin North MPNew Juaben South Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Okyere Baafi, has urged his Assin North colleague,...

Lawyer files for review of Supreme Court Deputy Speaker voting case

Private legal practitioner, Justice Abdulai, has filed a case asking for a review of the Supreme Court Deputy Speaker voting case.In a unanimous...

MPs have treated their work in Parliament as part-time job – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has accused MPs of treating their work in Parliament as a part-time job.Speaking on news analysis show...

Adwoa Safo was the target of a political witch-hunt – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, was a target of a political witch-hunt before her...

I will be very happy if ECG disconnects power to Parliament tomorrow – MP

A Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Edward Bawa, has said that he would be happy if Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) disconnects the...

Majority expresses worry over Mahama’s absence at state events

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed worry over the continuous absence of former President John Mahama from state events.This he indicated particularly are...

Speaker’s ruling on presence in Parliament absurd – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described as absurd and strange, Speaker Bagbin’s ruling on what constitutes being present...

Privileges Committee not a “kangaroo” court – Prof. Gyampo

Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has backed Speaker Bagbin’s referral of three Members of Parliament to the Privileges Committee...

Adwoa Safo again

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, is in the news again and trending on social media.During Parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday,...

Minority accuses Lands Ministry of blowing over ¢10m on national dialogues on ‘galamsey’ [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority accuses Lands Ministry of using over ₵10m on national dialogues on 'Galamsey'The Minority in Parliament has alleged that the Lands and...

Why Anas is trending on Twitter

Ace Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who has been on the low for months, is currently trending on Twitter.This comes a few hours...

Adwoa Safo, two other MPs dragged to Privileges Committee

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has referred three Members of Parliament (MPs), Sarah Adwoa Safo, Henry Quartey, and Kennedy Agyepong to the Privileges...

Bagbin sends strong message to parliamentary staff

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned parliamentary staff against leaking sensitive documents to the press.Such misconduct, he bemoans, reduces the institution's reputation...

Parliament goes on recess

Parliament is expected to adjourn Sine Die on Tuesday 5th April 2022 to end the First Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth...

Adwoa Safo to be referred to Privileges Committee

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that Sarah Adwoa Safo may be referred to Parliament’s Privileges Committee by next week.The Member of Parliament for...

Adwoa Safo marked present in Parliament’s attendance register while absent for proceedings last Friday

There was controversy in Parliament on Monday when it came to light that the MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has been marked as...

Bagbin announces plans to establish dialysis centre in Wa

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced plans to establish a dialysis centre in Wa in the Upper West Region.The former Nadowli Kaleo...

Ablakwa clashes with Afenyo-Markin in Parliament [Video]

https://youtu.be/dGVFBLqDafYChaos broke out on the Floor of Parliament on Friday between North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin.The duo exchanged...

When you hold yourself up like a leaf, any goat will eat you – Bagbin tells MPs [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has revealed that, the leadership has not been happy about the way he shouts at the MPs.Explaining the matter...

Akufo-Addo assents to E-levy bill

President Akufo-Addo has assented to the Electronic Transfer Levy Bill (E-levy) which was approved by parliament on Tuesday, March 29, 2002.Mr Akufo-Addo signed...

Minority’s E-levy walkout: Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to critics [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to criticsNational Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has asked critics to stop...

Don’t tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of errors in attendance register

JoyNews/AdomNews · Don't tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of absenteeism errorsSpeaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has asked the Minority in Parliament...

Hot exchanges in Parliament over ‘errors’ in register on e-levy day

There were hot exchanges in parliament at the beginning of sitting on Thursday over errors detected with records of members present on Tuesday, March...

Bagbin apologises to MPs over errors on attendance list when e-levy was approved

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has apologised to parliamentarians over the errors that occurred on the votes and proceedings of the House for Tuesday’s...

Clerk of Parliament’s office has been compromised – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has accused the Clerk of Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Nsiah, of tampering with vital evidence...

What Bagbin said about Nana Konadu, Chief of Staff in Parliament [Listen]

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lauded former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, for being at the forefront of women empowerment not...

SONA 2022: I’m happy E-levy has been passed – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commended parliament on the passage of the controversial Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy).According to him, he is happy about the...

Agenda 111 was overly ambitious – Akufo-Addo confesses

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, for the first time, the plan to build some 111 district and regional hospitals across the country over...

E-levy passage: How Assin North MP ‘forced’ Minority to walk out [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · E-levy passage: How Assin North MP 'forced' Minority to walk outMember of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, has disclosed why...

Wheeling of ailing MP to Parliament for E-levy passage: The inside story

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has confirmed the presence of ailing Ahanta West Member of Parliament (MP), Ebenezer Kojo Kum, in Parliament on Tuesday.Mr Kum,...

Livestream: Akufo-Addo presents 2022 State of the Nation Address

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to present the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament.This sessional address, which is pursuant to...

E-levy: Some colleagues said they had superior plans – Disappointed NDC MP ‘cries’

Tamale North Member of Parliament (MP) Alhassan Suhuyini has expressed reservations about the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy).The MP who is on...

What Kyei Mensah-Bonsu said after E-levy passage

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says his side has done a good thing for Ghana with the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy...

Bagbin cautions MPs to desist from pulling surprises on him

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has admonished the leadership of the House to desist from pulling surprises on him.His caution comes...

We’ve been told E-levy can even cure Okudzeto Ablakwa’s bald head – Ato Forson mocks

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says the government has exaggerated the gains the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) Bill will bring...