President Nana Akufo-Addo was “fantastic” with his delivery of the State of the Nation Address, former Ningo-Prampram MP ET Mensah has commended. “It was fantastic,” he told journalists, adding: “This is his maiden address to the nation and it touched on all the salient points: what he inherited and then, like he said, Ghanaians voted … Read more
South African officials will carry out inspections at workplaces to see whether firms are employing undocumented foreigners, Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has said. He added that more than 60 people employed by retail chain Spar “without documentation” had been arrested. Mr Gigaba warned that firms would be “penalised” if they breached the law, … Read more
Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick ‘bacha bazi’ practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and sexually abused. Heavy penalties are set to be laid out for the first time in a landmark move against the depraved act, officials in Kabul said. It comes after it was revealed last year how the … Read more
Israel’s parliament will retain a contentious dress code banning short skirts, but will make its enforcement and sanctions against offenders gradual, a committee of MPs and parliamentary staff ruled. The decision on Tuesday came after staffers had demonstrated in December when colleagues who wore skirts deemed too short were barred from entering the building. The … Read more
Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for “bacha bazi” — sexual slavery and abuse of boys — for the first time, officials say, in a landmark move against the deeply entrenched practice. AFP revealed last year how the Taliban were exploiting rampant bacha bazi in police ranks to mount deadly insider attacks, exposing … Read more
We are it again! People have sworn by the Almighty God in order to make them appear believable. And it doesn’t seem the current probe being undertaken by a parliamentary committee to ascertain whether or not the Energy Minister, Mr. Boakye Agyarko, paid a bribe to the members of the appointment committee to approve his … Read more
Latest: “Food Sovereignty appeared before our committee and we gave them the opportunity to prove that the bill is about GMO. They couldn’t. They actually apologized and withdrew. And yet the day after, they went and issued a statement. So, for me it is important that we clarify these things, rather than misleading various agencies … Read more
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today [Monday], stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from giving additional oral evidence as a witness. The Committee at its hearing today, gave opportunity to three witnesses namely Boakye Agyako, Energy Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, Minority Chief Whip, and … Read more
Parliament’s 5-member ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged bribery scandal involving members of the Appointments Committee, today [Monday], stopped MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, from giving additional oral evidence as a witness. The Committee at its hearing today, gave opportunity to three witnesses namely Boakye Agyako, Energy Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, Minority Chief Whip, and … Read more
Legislators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will resist every attempt by the Akufo-Addo government to implement social intervention programmes such as Free Senior High School because fulfilling that policy and others will keep the party in opposition for a long time, Matthew Nyindam, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpandai and First Deputy Majority Chief … Read more
Tony Blair is to announce his “mission” to persuade Britons’ to “rise up” and change their minds on Brexit. The former prime minister will say in a speech later that people voted in the referendum “without knowledge of the true terms of Brexit”. He will say he wants to “build support for finding a way … Read more
South African President, Jacob Zuma, has bemoaned what he described as ‘unbecoming behaviour’ displayed by some Members of Parliament (MPs) in the country’s legislature. He said the shocking conduct of parliamentarians during his State of the Nation address a week ago, ‘‘traumatised millions of South Africans.’‘ His comment is in reference to scuffles that broke … Read more
The Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee says he had been uneasy and could not maintain eye contact with his members a day after he was implicated in a bribery allegation. Joseph Osei-Owusu said he had found it challenging to steer affairs of vetting of the second batch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ministerial … Read more
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has lauded the contribution of Ghanaians to the success of the UK as he paid a courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo. “As you know I used to be mayor of London and in our great city we were fortunate beneficiaries of many Ghanaians who contributed massively to our society. … Read more
Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has said he refused to push for investigations into the alleged bribery scandal involving Energy Minister, Boakye Ayarko, because MP for North Tongu claimed it was framed. Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged scandal, Mr. Owusu revealed that, when he initially … Read more
The Chairman of Parliament’s Appointments Committee says he had been uneasy and could not maintain eye contact with his members a day after he was implicated in a bribery allegation. Joseph Osei-Owusu said he had found it challenging to steer affairs of vetting of the second batch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ministerial … Read more
Joseph Osei-Owusu will Wednesday be the first witness at a public hearing into allegations of bribery that has hit Parliament. At least three MPs and a minister are alleged to have bribed members of Appointment Committee to push through the minister’s nomination. Mr Osei-Owusu, who doubles as the first Deputy Speaker of Parliament will be … Read more
Even as he is being accused of blowing the lid off the Boakye Agyarko bribery scandal, self-acclaimed financier of the governing New Patriotic Party, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, is also pointing accusing fingers at some kingpins of the party for plotting the scandal because they missed out on the Energy Minister post. Known for his no–holds–barred … Read more
I was one of the critics who felt that Ghana didn’t need free Senior High School education, when President Nana Akufo-Addo, then Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in opposition, started trumpeting the idea ahead of election 2012. And what was my reason? I just followed the random arguments that first of all; we … Read more
A statement made in parliament yesterday by Abena Osei-Asare, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, on the 180th anniversary of Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape Coast, Central Region – which falls today – evoked a lot of strong emotions amongst MPs. It ignited a debate … Read more