We have no power to reject nominees – Appointments Committee Chairman
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei Owusu, has reacted to news of minority Members of Parliament's Appointment Committee's rejection of some ministerial...
NDC sends strong message to members on Vetting Committee
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged members on Parliament’s Appointments Committee to reject the "insincere apologies" of...
NDC MPs on Appointments Committee reject these Akufo-Addo nominees…
The Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Appointments Committee have voted on the ministerial nominees so far vetted and have unanimously rejected some...
Vetting: Amewu apologises for ‘I will kill you all’ comment [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Amewu apologises for ‘I will kill you all’ comment in parliamentMinister-designate for Railways, John Peter Amewu, has rendered an unqualified apology for...
Okudzeto Ablakwa praises Cecilia Dapaah [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Cecilia Dapaah is one of the bold, dynamic leaders this country needs – Okudzeto AblakwaThe Member of Parliament for North Tongu has...
Why vetting was disrupted today
The vetting of Minister-designate for Public Enterprises, Joseph Cudjoe, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, was disrupted.This was after the Minority Caucus Leader, Haruna Iddrisu,...
Deputy Clerk of Parliament has passed
A Deputy Clerk of Parliament has died.Robert Apodolla died on Friday, February 19 after a short illness.He was one of the clerks who had...
Election petition: Mahama files for review of Supreme Court ruling on reopening of case
The lawyers for the 2020 National Democratic Congress presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, have filed an application for review of the Supreme Court’s ruling...
RTI has seen much progress since implementation – Oppong Nkrumah
The Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has provided a detailed update on the progress of the Right to Information (RTI) since it was passed...
Govt has created 3 million jobs – Employment Minister-designate
Employment and Labour Relations Minister-designate, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has claimed the government has created three million jobs.“The last time we reported was in September 2020...
Minority Caucus demands detailed breakdown of govt’s 3 million jobs
JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority demands detailed breakdown of 3 million jobs gov’t claimed it has createdThe Minority Caucus in Parliament is demanding a detailed breakdown...
Ken Ofori-Atta requests for new vetting date
The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has written to the Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee to reschedule his vetting on health grounds.The vetting was originally...
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful defends sitting on Akandoh’s lap [Video]
The Minister-designate for Communications and Digitization, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has described sitting on her fellow legislator, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh's lap, during the...
Ursula Owusu breaks silence on attack on Collins Dauda
Communications Minister-designate, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has finally explained her attack on colleague legislator, Collins Dauda in Parliament on January 7, 2021.Narrating the reason for...
Military invasion of Parliament: ignore calls for probe – Akufo-Addo told
Founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, has sent an message to President Akufo-Addo over the military invasion in Parliament.Mr Anyidoho has asked...
Dominic Nitiwul breaks silence on military invasion in Parliament
Minister-Designate for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has fought off claims of being responsible for the soldiers who stormed the Chamber of Parliament.According to Mr Nitiwul,...
Kennedy Agyapong blasts colleague MPs over this…
Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has taken a swipe at his colleague MPs after they turned their three-day orientation and induction...
Nitiwul, Adutwum up for vetting today
Ministers-Designate for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul and Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, will face Parliament’s Appointments Committee today to make a case for their approval for...
Military invasion of Parliament: Kan Dapaah makes shocking revelation
JoyNews/AdomNews · A commander ordered the military into chamber on eve of 8th Parliamentary swearing-in - Kan-DapaahThe National Security Minister-designate, Kan Dapaah, has disclosed...
Kan-Dapaah, Agyeman-Manu up for vetting Wednesday
Ministers-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu and National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, will face Parliament’s Appointments Committee tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, 2021, to make a case...
Covid-19: Parliamentary sitting suspended for three weeks
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended sitting for three weeks due to surge in COVID-19 infections within the chamber.The suspension takes effect from...
MPs display dance moves after orientation at Aqua Safari [Photos]
Members of Parliament (MPs) turned their three-day orientation and induction workshop into a jam at Aqua Safari at Ada.Some of the MPs, spotted in...
Rawlings’ death: Konadu, children’s mood as Parliament calls on them [Photos]
A Parliamentary delegation, led by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, on Friday, called on the family of the late Former President...
Muntaka apologises to Supreme Court over bribery allegation
Member of Parliament (MP) for Asawase, Mohammad Mubarak Muntaka, has unreservedly apologised to the Supreme Court of Ghana over allegations of bribery he made...
Covid-19: Speaker shoots down calls for closure of Parliament
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has rejected calls for the House to shut down after some 71 persons tested positive for Covid-19.The affected...
Covid-19: Fear grips MPs over recent cases
Fear has gripped some Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides after some colleagues tested positive for the coronavirus.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on...
CHRAJ calls on MPs to declare assets
Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, on Thursday, charged Members of Parliament (MPs) and government appointees to...
15 MPs, 56 staff test positive for COVID-19
Some 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) and 56 staff have tested positive for COVID-19.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, announced this in the House on...
MPs respond to Speaker Bagbin’s threat
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have challenged Speaker Alban Bagbin’s threat to publish names of legislators who have tested positive for coronavirus but have...
Parliament summons COCOBOD CEO
Parliament has summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, over its indebtedness to Cocoa License...
Check out first six appointees up for Ministerial vetting
Parliament says Kan Dapaah, Dominic Nitiwul, and Osei-Kyei Mensah-Bonsu are among the first six to face the Appointments Committee for vetting.The vetting process by...
Check out schedule for vetting of ministerial appointees
Parliament has released the schedule for the vetting of the first list of ministerial appointments for President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second term.The vetting is spread...
Election petition: Mahama files new application
The 2020 presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking to be granted permission...
Christ the King Church holds thanksgiving mass for Alban Bagbin [Photos]
The Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed gratitude to God for the great honour done him and has asked for wisdom in...
Alban Bagbin ‘humbles’ Kennedy Agyapong in Parliament [Video]
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has caused a stir on social media with a video of him making a statement in the...
Coronavirus: Some MPs test positive
Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, confirmed this on Friday, January 29, 2021.Although Mr Bagbin...
Vetting of Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees set for Feb 10
Parliament’s Appointments Committee will commence vetting of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees from Wednesday, February 10, 2021.National Democratic Congress caucus Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, who...
I will not be stumbling block to govt business – Speaker Bagbin
A seven-member delegation of the Ghana Catholic Bishop Conference has called on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to congratulate him on...
Parliament rejects Ayariga’s petition to suspend payment of fees by tertiary students
Parliament has rejected a motion filed by Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, for the suspension of the payment of admission fees...
Bagbin reveals what he was about to do when NDC called him for Speakership post
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has revealed that he had already established an existing plan from politics when the leadership of the National Democratic...