Parliament has advised the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to strictly implement the Banks and Specialised Deposit Taking Bill (2015) as well as the Ghana Deposit Protection Bill (2015), when they receive presidential assent soon. Both bills are awaiting presidential assent to become laws and the Majority Leader is hopeful that depositors’ funds will be protected … Read more
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has stepped up plans towards the finalization of its master plan in developing the Northern savannah ecological zone and other priority areas by engaging Parliament. The engagement with the legislature was to seek its input into the draft master plan which has been comprehensively prepared by its Singaporean partners, … Read more
Born on September 24, 1957 at Sombo in the Upper West Region, Hon. Bagbin is a graduate of the University of Ghana (1977-1980) and the Ghana School of Law (1980 -1982). He holds an Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). His parents were Mr. Sansunni … Read more
Enoch Teye Mensah is a politician and the Ghanaian Minister for Employment and Social Welfare. He is also the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing and a Member of Parliament in Ghana. He studied accounting at the SNAPS College of Accountancy which he completed in 1968. He joined the National Democratic Congress when it … Read more
Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho is a Ghanaian politician and barrister. He is the Member of Parliament for the Avenor-Ave constituency in the Parliament of Ghana. He is the Speaker of the 6th parliament in the fourth Republic. He is one of the few politicians who have retained their seats in parliament throughout the fourth republic … Read more
Parliament has suspended the approval of the Deputy Local Government Ministerial nominee John Oti Bless. Mr Bless together was hoping to be approved by the House in order for them to begin his deputy ministerial career with five months to go into an election. But the fate of the Deputy Local Government ministerial nominee hangs … Read more
Parliament has approved an extra 1.8 billion Ghana cedis for government spending for the rest the year. The Finance Minister requested Parliament for the stated amount in the supplementary budget. Speaker Doe Adjaho led the proceedings as the house approved the Supplementary budget. Minority kick against budget The Minority had raised concerns over the decision … Read more
Parliament today [Wednesday] passed a US$953 million power deal that will see Early Power Limited construct, fuel and maintain a 400 megawatt power plant. Citi News’ Duke Mensah Opoku reported that the 25-year deal was passed amidst vehement opposition from the Minority in parliament. Concerns had been raised that stated total cost is exponentially higher … Read more
A member of the parliamentary select committee on Youth and Sports, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, has advised the Sports Ministry and the Ghana Football Association (GFA), to sit down and solve the ongoing impasse between them rather than trade accusations in the media. The Ministry and the FA have been at loggerheads over a number of … Read more
Two Ghanaian women were reportedly prevented from entering parliament on Wednesday for “indecent dressing.” One of the ladies, Kathleen Addy took to Facebook to tell her side of the story. She explained that she had gone to the House with her friend, Jemima Nunoo to attend to some private matters, only for the police to … Read more
Ghana’s government will wait until after presidential elections to submit its budget proposal to parliament. A partial spending and revenue plan for the first three months of 2017 will be presented to lawmakers in November, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement published in the Accra-based Business and Financial Times on Thursday. The full … Read more
Former President J.J. Rawlings has described as blatant falsehood a report in the May edition of the Africawatch Magazine that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Lawyers for the former President have, therefore, asked publishers of the monthly magazine, Liberty Media Concepts, to retract the story, apologise with the same prominence given to the … Read more
Nicholas Gumbo, A leading parliamentarian in Kenyan tasked the Kanyan Government to take a strong stance on the horrendous levels of corruption in the Government. Gumbo explained his point by giving elaborate instances of corruption. Basic wheelbarrows had been expensed for $1,000, standard pens for $85 each and a desktop computer for $11,000. The parliamentarian, … Read more
The Ghana Electoral Commission has moved the Election Day, a month earlier to allow smooth transition. That means voting will take place on November 7 instead of December 7. Parliament will play a crucial role in finally changing the date when the House resumes sitting. Parliament has however given the strongest indication of aiding in … Read more
The Minority says it will reject the 17.5 per cent petroleum tax which government is threatening to pass under a certificate of urgency. The Minister of Finance Seth Terkper announced the newly proposed tax during his presentation of the 2015 Budget Statement Wednesday. The new tax, among other things, is to stabilise the petroleum and … Read more
Death threats are flying all over in the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as tension deepens in the party. The Republic newspaper can confirm that the latest death threat was issued to Kennedy Ohene Agyapong- the NPP’s Assin Central Member of Parliament- from the bodyguard of former Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani. In a radio … Read more
Government has undertaken to privatize the Electricity Corporation of Ghana (ECG) as part of a condition to access the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Account worth over $500 million. It has also undertaken to adjust electricity tariffs every quarter as a condition precedent for the disbursement of the fund. These were contained in a … Read more