Government has withdrawn an amount €1.7 million (GHC7, 513,154.34) allocated for the construction of a bungalow after the Minority expressed outrage at the amount. The bungalow, to be built for the Vice Chancellor of the proposed University of Environment and Sustainable Development, will now cost €540,000 (GHC2,386, 531.38). This represents a difference of ?5,126,622.96 which … Read more
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is expected to address parliament within the last week of October. Even though no specific date was announced, Class FM’s parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, reports that Mrs Charlotte Osei is expected to brief the house on preparations by the commission towards the December 7 general elections … Read more
Members of Parliament have urged the Attorney General’s Department to expedite work on the Land Bill, which seeks to address land-related disputes in the country. The Land Bill, which is a consolidated form of all bills dealing with the land sector, makes provision for gender empowerment, which means that land acquired by one’s spouse in … Read more
There was no point in the Speaker of parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, recalling Members of Parliament to consider the motion filed by the Minority in parliament to have the house investigate President John Mahama for receiving a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe contractor if he was going to say the motion was not admissible, … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has vowed to pursue an independent probe and possible impeachment of President John Mahama as far as his acceptance of a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe contractor is concerned, by presenting a petition to the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood. The Speaker of parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, threw out a … Read more
A US-based company has duped the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) of over $109 million, the 2012 Auditor General’s report has revealed. The company, known as the American Tanker and Vessel Company, was contracted by BOST in 2006 to construct two pipelines but has since failed to fulfil their part of the contract … Read more