The Appointments Committee of Parliament will today [Friday], January 20th 2017, begin vetting minister nominees appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Osafo Maafo, senior Minister nominee, will be the first to appear before the committee, which is also popularly referred to as Vetting Committee, followed by Kan Dapaah, who will head the Security Ministry. … Read more
The Appointments Committee of Parliament will this Friday, January 20th 2017, begin vetting minister nominees appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Osafo Maafo, senior Minister nominee, will be the first to appear before the committee, which is also popularly referred to as Vetting Committee, followed by Kan Dapaah, who will head the Security Ministry. … Read more
Outgoing Majority Leader Alban Bagbin has promised not to let Ghanaians down if he is confirmed as the Second Deputy Speaker of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic which will be sworn into office on January 7, 2017. At a meeting in parliament where the yet-to-be-constituted Minority met to select its leaders, Mr Bagbin … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Suame constituency, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has been confirmed as the majority leader for the next parliament, and he will have Sarah Adjoa Sarfo serve as his deputy, the first female in that position. Professor Mike Oquaye has also been named as the Speaker of Parliament, while Joseph Osei-Owusu, the Member … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has been confirmed as the majority leader for the next parliament, and she will have Lawyer Adjoa Sarfo serve as his deputy, the first female in that position. Professor Mike Oquaye has also been named as the Speaker of Parliament, while Joseph Osei-Owusu, the Member of Parliament … Read more
Outgoing Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Haruna Iddrisu has been nominated and accepted as the Minority Leader in the yet-to-be-constituted 7th parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) voted for him on Thursday, December 5, to become their leader. Asawase MP Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has been maintained as Chief Whip. Ahmed … Read more
There is currently a raging confusion within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over persons to occupy the various parliamentary positions when parliament begins sitting of the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic later this week. Some names have already been penciled for as prospective occupants of those positions including the post of Second Deputy Speaker … Read more
Politics they say is dirty, but it is not so when played by people with honest and caring heart; that is the story of Hon. Danlami Mohammed Kurfi. He is a name that rings a loud resounding bell in the high society, an individual with a rising profile and cerebral exploits that command respect on … Read more
The chief whip of South Africa’s governing political party has called on its entire leadership – including President Jacob Zuma – to step down. Jackson Mthembu said fraud charges against the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, were politically motivated. He said the current government was worse than the apartheid state. The ANC, which liberated South Africa … Read more