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...
Majority MPs push through controversial name change for new university
Majority Parliamentarians have pushed through a controversial proposal to change the name for one of two new universities recently declared autonomous.The Wa and Navorongo...
The world is depending on Ghana to advance freedom – US House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States (US) Congress, while commending Ghana’s contribution towards global peace and security, says the world is depending on...
Ayariga vs Amidu showdown halted again; find out why
The trial of Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayariga has been put on
hold by an Accra High court.Justice Afia Serwaa Botwe stayed proceedings, pending...
Parliament to engage public after ‘dropping the chamber’
Parliament is set to engage Ghanaians after succumbing to pressure to drop its planned construction of a $200 million Parliamentary Chamber.A statement signed by the Acting...
Sam George reveals his relationship status with E. T. Mensah and it will surprise you
The Ningo Prampram MP confirms he's at loggerheads with his predecessor and political mentor, E. T. MensahSays he will only help the former...
Govt took tough decisions to right wrongs of Mahama’s era – Finance Minister
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that the Akufo-Addo government has had to take some difficult decisions to correct the wrongs of the...
We don’t need 275 MPs – Fresh campaign looms
Parliamentarians have expressed dissatisfaction about the ballooning size of parliament since the 1992 constitution came into force.From 200 MPs in 1992, parliament now has 75...
Why govt must worry about anger against $200m chamber
Aspiring National Chairman of the Progressive People's
Party, Nana Ofori Owusu says the ongoing anti-chamber campaign is a reflection
of the suffering of Ghanaians.According to Mr Owusu,...
$200m chamber not in NPP manifesto – Dep. Minister runs away from deal
Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, says the executive arm of government has not made any decision to build a new chamber of...