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NPP suspends elections over covid-19 pandemic

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), has suspended its parliamentary primaries which was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020.The primaries were meant to elect parliamentary...

Parliament approves GH¢1.2b to fund Coronavirus Alleviation Programme

The Finance Committee of Parliament has by consensus approved an amount of GH¢1.2 billion for the government to access money from the Contingency Fund...

Parliament committed to consensus building – Kate Addo

The Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament, Kate Addo, is assuring consensus building following a disagreement between the Speaker, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye...

Coronavirus: Test result of Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye out

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has informed Parliament that he has taken the COVID-19 test and the result was negative.“I...

NPP Parliamentary Race: Obour contender suspends campaign over death of musician’s father

One of the aspiring parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante-Akim South Constituency, William Yamoah, has suspended his campaign to...

Coronavirus: K.T Hammond pledges two months salary to fight virus

Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, KT Hammond, says he has instructed the Finance Department of Parliament to donate his two months salary to...

Coronavirus lockdown: Don’t rush back home – MP appeals

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is asking constituents in the affected areas not to rush back home.He said indigenes of...

Coronavirus haunts Ningo-Prampram MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel George, has written to the Speaker of Parliament to announce that he will be absenting himself...

Non-essential staff in Parliament asked to go home

Parliament has directed all non - essential staff to go home until further notice over the Coronavirus scare.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ghana’s case count hits...

Meet the MP in mandatory quarantine

It has emerged that the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is part of the eight legislators asked to self-quarantine.ALSO...

Watch: 8 MPs asked to self-quarantine

Eight more Members of Parliament (MPs), who have recently returned from a trip abroad, have been asked to self-quarantine.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Parliament to relocate Minority...

Coronavirus: Parliament to relocate [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has revealed arrangements by the House to relocate parliamentary.Legislative sessions will now be moved to the Accra...

Minority MPs walkout after Muntaka accuses Speaker of lawlessness

Minority in Parliament has walked out of the House after it's Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak accused the Speaker of lawlessness.This was after Prof. Mike...

Parliament legalises growing of cannabis (0.3% THC) for health use

Parliament has passed into law the Narcotics Control Commission Bill 2019, legalising the growing of some cannabis for health purposes.The Narcotics Control Commission Bill,...

Imposition of Restrictions Act passed despite NDC criticism and fears

Parliament has approved the Imposition of Restriction Bill 2020.Among others, the Bill allows for the president to impose restrictions on the movement of people...

Imposition and Restrictions Bill similar to Preventive Detention Act – Kwaku Azaar

Lawyer and Professor of Accounting, Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly called Kwaku Azaar, has likened President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Imposition and Restrictions Bill currently before Parliament...

Listen: Two MPs ordered to self-quarantine

Parliament has ordered two Members of Parliament (MPs) and some parliamentary staff to self-quarantine, Adomonline.com can report.ALSO READ:Former WHO Director to lead Ghana’s Coronavirus...

Covid-19: Minority has declined to support bill under certificate of emergency – Oppong Nkrumah laments

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is not in favour of the 'emergency status' ascribed to the Impositions and Restrictions Bill put before Parliament by...

Coronavirus: Impositions and Restrictions Bill laid in Parliament

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Gloria Akufo has laid before Parliament, the Impositions and Restrictions Bill, 2020.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: 381 contacts traced test negativeCoronavirus:...

Coronavirus: People in trouble for stealing hand sanitisers in Parliament [audio]

The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has expressed concern about some individuals siphoning sanitisers distributed in the House.He wants CCTV cameras...

Coronavirus restrictions: Dr Anyars rescues stranded students

Following the directive by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, that all schools should be closed down including tertiary institutions to...

NDC MP demands ‘dumsor’ timetable

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Bawa, has charged the government to cause the publication of a load shedding schedule “as...

Coronavirus: Parliament to pass new legislation to back measures

Parliament and the Executive have agreed to pass new legislation to back measures on coronavirus spread within 24 hours.A meeting on Monday March...

MPs ‘run’ from coronavirus

Some Members of Parliament (MP) are calling for a suspension of sitting after health authorities announced six cases of coronavirus in Ghana.They say every...

Pres. Akufo-Addo holds emergency meeting with Speaker of Parliament over coronavirus

President Akufo-Addo has called for an emergency meeting between himself and the Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye.The meeting is scheduled to take...

Coronavirus: Zanetor Rawlings ties nose mask for Sam George [watch]

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Korle Klottey constituency, Dr Zanetor Rawlings, and MP for the Ningo Prampram Constituency, Samuel Nartey George seems...

Dr Ibrahim Anyars goes to the rescue of public hospitals in Tamale Central Constituency

Dr Ibrahim Imoro Anyars, Founder of Repairer Foundation and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, has pledged to support Tamale West...

Coronavirus: Ras Mubarak wears nose mask in Parliament

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency is taking measures against the deadly coronavirus.ALSO READ:I am being vilified because of what I know...

Afenyo-Markin launches the ‘Efutu Dream’ for the development of Efutu

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Efutu Constituency, Honourable Alexander Afenyo-Markin has organised the first-ever youth conference for the youth of Efutu.The apolitical...

Coronavirus: Spend more money to protect us – MP to gov’t

Ranking Member of Defense and Interior Committee in Parliament, James Agalga, has appealed to government to invest more money to ensure the fast-spreading Coronavirus...

GJA condemns threat against parliamentary press corps

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned statements by the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye which threatened to revoke accreditation of the Parliamentary...

Bibiani NPP executive denies receiving Alfred Obeng-Boateng petition

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party in Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency in the Western North Region, says it has not received a petition alleging misconduct...

Speaker cannot gag media – Parliament clarifies

Parliament has denied media reports that the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, is seeking to gag the press.ALSO READ:Parliament threatens to make...

Speaker of Parliament threatens Parliamentary Press Corps [listen]

Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has threatened to cause withdrawal of accreditation of the media in Parliament and sanction them for failing to...

Full List: All 49 successful applicants for NPP parliamentary primary contest in C/R by constituency

By close of day of Thursday, February 20, 2020, the date set by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as deadline for the submission of...

Minority fulfills pledge in SoNa boycott

Members of the Minority in Parliament on Thursday boycotted President Nana Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA).The Minority’s boycott of the SoNA was...

SoNA 2020: Akufo-Addo catches cold while delivering address

President Akufo-Addo in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on the floor of parliament on Thursday manifested signs of a person who had...

Minority ‘plots’ to remove Foreign, Health Ministers

The Minority in Parliament says it will pass a vote of censure to seek the removal of Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu and...