Former Majority leader Cletus Avoka has expressed disappointment in the NPP government’s plan to fund a campaign promise to provide free education by using oil revenue legally reserved for future generations. The former MP for Zebilla in the Upper East Region told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Thursday, the funding plan violates the Petroleum Revenue … Read more
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, will be appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, Monday, 6 February for his vetting as Minister-designate of Parliamentary Affairs. Critics have described his ministry is needless. But explaining the need for this ministry, Mr Kyei-Mesnah-Bonsu said: “I thought that I would be afforded the opportunity to move … Read more
The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has defended the re-introduction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs by the Nana Akufo-Addo government. Mensah Bonsu who is the leader of government business in Parliament was nominated for the Parliamentary affairs ministry on Thursday by the President. The position which had existed in previous … Read more
The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has defended the re-introduction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs by the Nana Akufo-Addo government. Mensah Bonsu who is the leader of government business in Parliament was nominated for the Parliamentary affairs ministry on Thursday by the President. The position which had existed in previous … Read more
The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has defended the re-introduction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs by the Nana Akufo-Addo government. Mensah Bonsu who is the leader of government business on the Floor of Parliament was nominated for the Parliamentary affairs ministry on Thursday by the President. The position which had … Read more
The Majority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has defended the re-introduction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs by the Nana Akufo-Addo government. Mensah Bonsu who is the leader of government business in Parliament was nominated for the Parliamentary affairs ministry on Thursday by the President. The position which had existed in previous … Read more
The speaker of Parliament Edward Kobly Doe Adjaho has taken a bow after being a part of the institution of Parliament from the inception of the 4th Republican parliament in January 1993. The atmosphere in the Chamber was sombre as the curtain was drawn on the activities of the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic. … Read more
Majority Chief Whip, Haruna Iddrisu, is better placed to lead the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the next parliament, a former Majority leader in Parliament, Cletus Avoka has said. Two parliamentarians, James Klutse Avedzi and Haruna Idrissu have been touted as possible candidates for the Minority leadership position, and according to Mr. Avoka, one … Read more
Mr. Cletus Avoka, incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Zebilla, on Wednesday lost to Mr Frank Fuseini Adongo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), a 56-year old Medical Assistant and private businessman Mr Frank Adongo in the parliamentary election. Mr Avoka lost by 22,121 as against 22,361 for Mr Adongo. The Convention People’s Party (CPP) … Read more
Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor, is a Ghanaian politician with a PhD in Law coming from a deprived area in Northern Ghana. He is the Minister for Justice and Attorney General and was once a Member of Parliament for Lawra-Nandon constituency in the upper west region. Even though Dr Kunbuor is generally known to be a politician … Read more