The Speaker of Parliament has cautioned Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Alhassan Suhuyini, MPs for North Tongu and Tamale North respectively, from further bearing false witness against colleague legislators. The two MPs and a few others backed the bribery allegation made against the leadership of the Appointments Committee of Parliament and Boakye Agyarko, Energy Minister, by … Read more
Ghana’s wish to have a new Parliamentary Chamber to accommodate more people could soon materialise, following the decision of the Indian government to extend its assistance in that regard. The 400-seater capacity new chamber will replace the present 275-seater capacity chamber which was configured in 2013 to accommodate more Members of Parliament (MPs). The Speaker … Read more
Ghana’s wish to have a new Parliamentary Chamber to accommodate more people could soon materialise, following the decision of the Indian government to extend its assistance in that regard. The 400-seater capacity new chamber will replace the present 275-seater capacity chamber which was configured in 2013 to accommodate more Members of Parliament (MPs). The Speaker … Read more
How It Went Down at First Public hearing of the Probing Committee on Ayariga’s Claims Parliament’s special probing committee set up to investigate into Ayariga’s bribery claims controversy held its first public hearing on Wednesday February 15. As expected, nothing new came out of the hearing which is still far from its closure, as the so … Read more
Parliament, seeking to expand its infrastructure, has solicited the support of the Government and people of China to build a new chamber block. At least, some legislators are complaining that the 275-member parliament is crowded and needs more space for members to do more effective work. Also, the legislature needs a modern library complex, a … Read more
Chairman of the five-member committee investigating Parliament Appointments Committee’s bribery allegation has revealed he was intimidated as he appeared before Committee on Thursday. He said although he is in Parliament and has chaired committees before, he was not sure how the Appointment Committee members were going to treat him. Speaking to Joy News’ Parliamentary Correspondent … Read more
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive Secretary Beauty Emefa Nartey tells Joy News the Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado could have been a member but not a chair. The Speaker of Parliament has set up … Read more
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says former Attorney-General, Joe Ghartey should not have been appointed to chair parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the alleged bribery scandal. Executive Secretary Beauty Emefa Nartey tells Joy News the Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado could have been a member but not a chair. The Speaker of Parliament has set up … Read more
Speaker of Parliament, approved the setting up of a five-member committee to probe Ayariga’s bribery claims. The escalating controversy brought about by Ayariga’s bribery claims, took different dimensions in the last few days. The latest on the issue is that Speaker of Parliament, has approved the setting up of a five-member in-house committee, to investigate the … Read more
Having deservedly run themselves onto the margins of opposition politics by their arrogant and reckless exhibition of gross incompetence, the key operatives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), at least those who were painfully lucky to retain their parliamentary seats, have sheepishly resorted to nitpicking at the ministerial labels given his cabinet appointees by President … Read more
Old and new Members of Parliament have gathered in Parliament for the official inauguration of the 7th Parliament, after the sixth parliament expired at midnight of Saturday, January 7, 2016. New MPs including Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, Sam George, Zanetor Rawlings,George Andah and others have are gathered in sparkling apparel. Below is a live update on developments … Read more
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo in consultation with the Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party has nominated former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye as the next Speaker of Parliament. Joseph Osei Owusu, Member of Parliament for Bekwia has also been nominated as the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, with the Minority … Read more
A former Deputy Speaker of Parliament says the decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to recount the presidential ballot if the results are close would be a lawless act. Professor Mike Oquaye says the C. I.94, the law governing the 2016 general elections, does not sanction such a decision and has urged the EC to … Read more
But Prof. Ocquaye believes the NDC’s calls for a debate with Nana Addo has intensified because the party wants to divert attention from what he describes as President Mahama’s mismangement of the economy. “ The NDC is trying to take the focus away from their economic mismanagement. They are bringing about the so called debate … Read more
A legal luminary and Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Legal and Constitutional Committee, Prof. Mike Oquaye has said the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of some Presidential hopefuls is contestable citing some flaws in the underpinning issues backing the EMB’s claims. He wondered why the EC will go ahead and disqualify a candidate based on a … Read more
The first president of Ghana was a sincere leader in all his dealings and was never interested in amassing wealth, former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Prof. Mike Oquaye has said. “Nkrumah was an honest man, even when he was wrong. Nkrumah was not a thief, and I am saying it authoritatively upon research,” he told … Read more