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Chief Justice nominee, Anin Yeboah to be vetted today

Chief Justice nominee, Justice Anin Yeboah will today, Monday face Parliament’s Appointments Committee.The vetting was initially scheduled for Saturday, December 21, but was opposed by...

Fasten efforts to make OSP fully operational – Parliament to govt

Parliament has urged the government to speed its efforts in making the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) fully operational.READ THIS: Yaya Toure blames...

Majority Leader commends Minority over fruitful discussion on Chief Justice nominee [Listen]

Parliament is prepared to forfeit part of Christmas celebration to ensure the vetting and approval of the president's nominee for the Chief Justice position,...

Vetting of Justice Anin Yeboah to be held on Monday

Parliament has rescheduled the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Justice Anin Yeboah, to Monday, December 23, 2019.The vetting was to come off on...

Parliament reschedules vetting of new Chief Justice

Parliament has rescheduled the vetting of the new Chief Justice, Justice Anin-Yeboah to December 23, 2019.The vetting was initially expected to take place on December...

Parliament approves over GH2.2bn for 2020 roads, bridges construction

To be able to execute the declaration of 2020 as the ‘Year of Roads’ by the Finance Minister, the Ministry of Roads and Highways...

CJ Vetting Brouhaha: Dep. Speaker, Minority Chief whip call each other names on live radio [Listen]

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu and Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has branded each other liars over the decision of parliament's Appointments...

Parliament demands arrest of man who destroyed Peace Council building

The Defence and Interior Committees of Parliament is demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of a man who allegedly demolished an office Complex owned...

Bagbin unhappy with ‘peanuts’ given to Ministry

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has lamented over government’s budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Works and Housing describing it as...

Audio: Bagbin proposes establishment of “ways and means” committee

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has proposed to parliament the establishment of a ‘ways and means’ committee.Speaking on the Floor of the...

MPs push for fresh probe into execution of 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia [Audio]

Members of Parliament are pushing for a fresh probe into the execution of some 56 West African migrants including 44 Ghanaians in Gambia.The...

It’s not enough to call for calm on Ghanaian-Nigerian traders clash – MP to Akufo-Addo

Minority ranking member on Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee in Parliament, Yusif Sulemana, has told President Nana Akufo-Addo to find lasting solution to the...

Parliament to grill Dr Addison, Ofori-Atta over new notes

Governor of Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison and Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, are set to face Parliament to answer questions about...

Parliament approves withdrawal of Referendum

The December 17 referendum is officially off the books as Parliament okays the withdrawal of the Constitutional Instrument by the Attorney-General (AG), Gloria...

Ken Ofori-Atta courts Speaker’s anger as he directs him to submit budget estimates immediately [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, has directed the Finance Minister. Ken Ofori Atta to, with immediate effect, submit to the House 'budget...

Speaker advocates comprehensive affirmative action bill

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has challenged government to draft a comprehensive affirmative action bill that will achieve the...

Photo: Ekumfi fruit juice lands in Parliament

There was excitement, especially among Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday when the now popular Ekumfi Fruit Juice product known as 'Eku...

Audio: Ato Forson blames Akufo-Addo for absenteeism in Parliament

The untoward hardship in the country is to blame for the incessant absenteeism in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency...

Parliament suspends sitting for one hour due to lack of quorum

Parliament has been forced to suspend sitting for an hour as there are not enough members in the House to participate in Tuesday's debate.About five minutes after the...

‘Don’t sleep’ – Ada MP distributes ‘chewing gum’ to colleagues (Video)

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, was seen on the Floor of Parliament distributing what looked like chewing gums to colleague...

Video: Minority taunts Finance Minister over ‘Bye Bye’ budget

The Minority in Parliament has tagged the 2019 Budget presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as 'Bye Bye Budget.'Amidst chants and heckling with...

Common Fund delay: Parliament summons Ken Ofori-Atta, Naa Torshie

The Common Fund Administrator, Irene Naa Torshie Addo, and the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta are both expected to appear before Parliament on Tuesday over...

Ursula launches 2nd phase of ‘work, pay, own taxi’ scheme

Ursula Owusu Ekuful, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has launched the second phase of 'work, pay and own taxi' scheme in her...

MPs want police protection at home

Leadership of Parliament has renewed calls for MPs to be given police protection at their homes.The call comes after Nyiaeso MP, Kennedy Kankam, and his family...

MPs call for decriminalisation of attempted suicide

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) are calling for the decriminalisation of attempted suicide in the country.According to some MPs in Ghana's parliament, suicide should...

Female MPs to breastfeed in Parliament

Nursing mothers, who are also Members of Parliament (MP), will be allowed to breastfeed their babies in the House. This is according to Ghana's...

Integrate breast reconstruction surgery into NHIS – Adwoa Sarfo

Ms Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, Chairperson of the Women Caucus in Parliament, has called on government to include breast reconstruction surgery for breast cancer patients into the...

MPs clash over breast sucking

As part of contribution to a statement in Parliament to commemorate October as a breast cancer month, a female Member of Parliament (MP) called...

Parliament requests names of contractors working on abandoned GETFUND projects

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Education has called on heads of Senor High Schools (SHSs) to provide the committee with names of construction...

Audio: What Majority Leader’s son told Prez Akufo-Addo about his dad

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has revealed that his position as Majority Leader in Parliament has left him with no social life.According...

Listen: NDC major beneficiary of 1- village-1-dam – Minister reveals

The Minister of Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson has said a majority of the dams being constructed in the five Northern regions under...

Minister quits

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tafo-Pankrono Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Anthony Osei Akoto, has announced he will not contest the ruling party’s...

Photos+audio: NPP MP, party executives beaten at Breman Asikuma

A constituency Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is fighting for his life after he, together with the Member of Parliament (MP)...

Minority’s tour of abandoned hospital projects mischievous – Health Minister

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu is peeved at the attempts by the Minority in Parliament to play partisan politics with the health sector.According to...

You have failed us – Kumawu chiefs to Health Minister

Chiefs and Elders of Kumawu Traditional Council in the Ashanti region have called for the immediate completion of an abandoned 120-bed district hospital.According to...

Parliament to decide on regulation of churches

Discussions on the need to regulate churches in the country will be top on the agenda of Parliament after recess.Speaking to GBC’s Radio Ghana,...

Asawase NDC members to vote ‘skirt and blouse’ in 2020

Some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti region are threatening to vote ‘skirt and blouse’ in the 2020 elections.They...

Ghana needs experienced brains in Parliament – Lawyer Agbesi

Mr Alfred Kwame Agbesi, former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, says the country’s legislative house needs more experienced brains.Mr Agbesi, who was the deputy majority leader of...

Find out thoughts of Dzifa Gomashie’s opponent about going independent

The defeated Parliamentary Candidate for NDC in Ketu South, Foga Nukunu, has said he is not considering going independent despite losing by a very close...

Parliament approves PIAC Report

Parliament has passed the report of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) on the management and use of petroleum revenues for 2018.The report, among others...