Barely eight days into the ultimatum given to the president by the Minority in Parliament to sack the Finance Minister for his involvement in the infamous ‘$2.25 billion Kenbond saga’, the president has expressed satisfaction with the work of the beleaguered minister so far. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his second State of the … Read more
Reactions are sharply divided between the Majority and Minority on the president’s State of the Nation address. Key amongst the issues is operation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency Adam Mutawakilu said since November last year, the Scheme has been unable to renew the registration of applicants. A … Read more
Ghana lost GHC2 billion annually to erratic power supply during the four-year tenure of President John Mahama, the Minority in Parliament has revealed, adding that to stem the tide of dumsor, the government at the time saw it prudent to sign the $510million power deal with Dubai-based Ameri Energy. A member of the Minority’s Energy … Read more
Deputy Ranking Member for the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has called on the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko to initiate processes for prices of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to come down. The call follows numerous complaints by industry players in the gas sector who argue that local gas in the country is … Read more
Deputy Ranking Member for the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Adam Mutawakilu has called on the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko to initiate processes for prices of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to come down. The call follows numerous complaints by industry players in the gas sector who argue that local gas in the country is … Read more
MINORITY in Parliament has criticized government for failing to honour its promise of scrapping energy sector levies to reduce prices of electricity. According to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Damongo, Adam Mutawakilu the 3% reduction in energy sector levies stated in the 2017 budget was woefully inadequate and would result in only a minimal … Read more
Minority Member of Parliament for Damango constituency, Adam Mutawakilu has argued that the reduction in public lighting levy and others announced by the Finance Minister is woefully inadequate. He was contributing to the debate in Parliament over the 2017 budget statement. The legislator said: “…the Minister of Energy when he was being vetted…stated that his … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has chastised government for failing to honour its promise of reducing the prices of electricity. Minority Member of Parliament for Damongo, Adam Mutawakilu argued that the reduction in the public lighting levy and others in the budget are woefully inadequate and would result in only a minimal effect for consumers. Contributing … Read more
A Member of Parliament has vehemently defended his receipt of a 3,000 cedis protocol gift from the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) in 2013. Adam Mutawakilu, does not understand why Muslim members on the Mines and Energy Committee will be hounded and demonized for receiving a harmless protocol gift for Ramadan when their Christian … Read more
In the concluding report on Joy News’ investigations into questionable payments at the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), it has emerged that the utility regulator paid a total of about GHS54,000 to MPs and groups of people described as “key stakeholders”. Documents sighted by Joy News indicate that the PURC paid GHS20,000 to five lawmakers. … Read more
Latest opinion polls from pollster Ben Ephson on some parliamentary seats indicate that Afenyo Markin and Hanna Bisiw are set to retain seats but Freda Prempeh is likely to lose. Mr Afenyo Markin, the NPP Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency in the Central region, is set to retain his seat. The 38-year-old lawyer is … Read more