NPP Primaries: The much anticipated contest underway
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries to determine the party’s parliamentary candidates for the 2020 general election is underway.The primaries are currently taking place...
Parts of Ashanti Region hit with disputes over delegates’ album
The New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries currently underway in the Ashanti Region - the party’s stronghold - have been bedeviled with some challenges.The main...
Parliament turns ‘ghost town’ over NPP primaries
Parliament has adjourned until Tuesday following a near-empty Chamber on Thursday.The no-show by almost all Members of Parliament (MPs) was due to...
Re: Don’t pay former MPs; some necessary clarifications
It is unfortunate that in the Ghanaian democratic experiment, members of the second arm of Government, the Legislature (specifically and especially MPs), have since...
NPP Primaries: Vote for a candidate who can bring developmental projects to this constituency – Odotobri MP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odotobri, Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi, has appealed to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) polling station executives and delegates of...
COVID-19: Infected persons in Parliament, including journalists defying orders to stay away [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · COVID-19: Infected persons in parliament defying ordersIt has emerged that some people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in...
Minority condemns Rambo-style arrest of Apostle Kwabena Agyei
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned the Rambo-style arrest of self-acclaimed pastor, Apostle Kwabena Owusu Agyei for his libelous statements against President Nana...
Parliament freezes approval of EC’s CI after ranking member is accused of doctoring report
Parliament has halted the approval of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) laid before it to exclude the old voters identity card...
Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee okays controversial EC C.I.
Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee has voted on Wednesday to greenlight the controversial Constitutional Instrument (C.I. 126) that will give legal backing to the Electoral...
Parliamentary Service now an appendage of NPP – Ato Forson fumes [audio]
Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam, Cassiel Ato Forson, is accusing Parliamentary Service of being an appendage of the ruling New Patriotic Party...
Speaker rejects Ayariga’s motion on EC’s Constitutional Instrument
The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye has declined to admit a motion filed by Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga requesting the House to reject...
NPP delegates petition against the disqualification of 4 parliamentary aspirants
Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern region, have petitioned against the disqualification of four parliamentary...
Asamoah Gyan opens up on becoming MP for Weija-Gbawe
General captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, has reacted to news that he is eyeing to become a Member of Parliament (MP) for...
Parliament re-enforces ban on visitors
The ban on visitors and restrictions on aides of legislators, as well as national service personnel in Parliament has been re-enforced.Speaking on the...
State doesn’t owe MPs anything – Prof Gyampo
A senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana has described the calls by some MP for their ex gratia as “self-seeking, repulsive,...
MP recounts being tagged ‘mad woman’ after defeating NDC stalwart [Listen]
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia in the Eastern region, Mercy Adu Gyamfi, also known as Ama Sey, has revealed names that were...
I have not tested positive for COVID-19 – MP
Member of Parliament for Akuapem North constituency has debunked media reports that she has tested positive for coronavirus.Nana Dokua Asiamah Adjei said such vile...
MPs’ coronavirus status – Okudzeto Ablakwa’s take
Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablawa is pushing for public disclosure of coronavirus status of legislators.In his view, naming the...
Covid-19: MP calls for closure of parliament after 15 reported cases
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, Kwame Agbodza, has called for a two-week isolation for all legislators after two of them reportedly tested...
Ghana’s Parliament almost empty after Covid-19 report [Video]
Ghana's parliament house was almost empty on Wednesday following media reports of some two members and 13 staff testing positive to the novel coronavirus...
No MP or Parliamentary staff have tested positive for Covid-19 – Kate Addo
Parliament has denied reports that two of its members and 13 staff of the House have tested positive for coronavirus.A statement signed by the...
COVID-19: Parliament clears air on MPs, staff testing positive
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has dismissed reports which seek to suggest some two Members of Parliament (MPs) and 13 parliamentary staff...
Speaker threatens sanctions against MPs who refuse to take Covid-19 test
Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, is threatening sanctions against Members of Parliament (MPs) and staff who refuse to take Covid-19 tests ongoing in...
What Sam George did to contest for Ningo Prampram parliamentary seat
It is often said that one’s success is determined by the size of one’s will.Recent revelations from the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for...
Minority files motion against C.I. which allows EC to register new voters
Bawku Central Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama Ayariga has filed a motion in Parliament calling on the House to reject the Constitutional Instrument that...
Coronavirus: MPs, staff of Parliament undergo testing
Members of Parliament (MP) and all staff of the House have undergone a mandatory testing for coronavirus.The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye, directed...
Parliament to test all MPs and staff for coronavirus
The Speaker of Parliament has directed all members and staff of the House to be tested for coronavirus.In his welcome address as Parliament resumed...
Covid-19: Show dead bodies on TV – Deputy Speaker[audio]
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is urging government to put on television, evidence of deaths from Covid-19.The legislator feels such a move...
Covid-19: Parliament to test all MPs, staff
The Speaker of Parliament has directed all members and staff of the House to be tested for coronavirus.In his welcome address as Parliament resumed...
Parliament to consider 36 bills
Parliament is expected to consider over 36 bills as the House resumes sitting of the second meeting of the Fourth Session of the 7th...
MPs’ virtual meeting hacked with pornographic images
South African lawmakers were left embarrassed and shocked after a virtual committee meeting held over Zoom was hacked.The meeting was interrupted with pornographic images...
Covid-19 scare hits Tanzania’s Parliament after 3 MPs died ‘mysteriously’
Tanzania’s parliament has been hit by a covid-19 scare after three parliamentarians died of unknown causes in the past 11 days.On Friday, Augustine Mahiga, 74, Tanzania’s...
Parliament approves GH¢288m tax waiver for health personnel
Parliament has approved a GH¢288.6 million tax waiver for healthcare workers to motivate them in the fight against Covid-19.The tax waiver is on personal...
Parliament donates GH¢200,000 to Covid-19 Fund
Parliament has donated GH¢200,000.00 to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund to financially support the government’s fight against the disease.During the presentation ceremony, the Majority...
Majority Leader calls for adjournment of Parliament
The Majority Leader in Parliament has called for sitting s to be adjourned indefinitely.Mr. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says this will provide members of...
Speaker recalls MPs for discussions on COVID-19 tax waivers
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Quaye, has recalled Members of Parliament for discussions on tax waivers for Covid-19 donations.A statement signed by...
Coronavirus: Govt to use IMF loan to pay electricity subsidy
Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has disclosed part of a US$ 1 billion loan government has secured from the Internal Monetary...
Lockdown: MPs complain of police harassment
Members of Parliament (MPs) are lamenting that the Covid-19 Safety taskforce responsible for enforcing the restriction of movement in some parts of the country,...
Parliament okays Oko-Boye as Deputy Health Minister
Parliament has approved the nomination of Ledzokuku legislator, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye as Deputy Minister for Health.First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei Owusu earlier Friday...
RE: Hon John Osei Frimpong’s overwhelming endorsement is without blemish
Below is a rejoinder to a story we carried under the headline, Abirem NPP in turmoil for strange, undemocratic reasons”.The rejoinder, which emanates...