Parliament Withdraws RTI Bill Again For ‘not Being Urgent In Nature’
Parliament has again withdrawn the over a decade-old Right to Information Bill on the basis that it is “not urgent” ...
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Parliament Gives 15% Pay Rise To Staff
Parliament has announced a 15 per cent salary increment for all its staff. The decision was taken by the Parliamentary ...
Speaker To Haul Police Chiefs To Parliament Over Minority “harassment”
The Speaker of Parliament has vowed to haul before the House the appropriate officials to explain why some MPs are ...
Martin Amidu Slams Minority’s “uncultured” Behaviour
A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has condemned members of the Minority in Parliament for protesting against the Speaker of ...
Special Prosecutor, Zongo Dev’t Bills Laid Before Parliament
The bills on the Office of the Special Prosecutor and Zongo Development Fund has been laid before Parliament. The Speaker ...
Having More MPs As Ministers Undermines Parliament
Civil Society Group, Odekro has reiterated calls for a re-examination of Article 78 which compels the President to appoint majority ...
Pelpuo Cautions Gov’t Over 3 New Development Authorities
Former Minister of State at the Presidency, Rashid Pelpuo, is warning government against the use of the three development authorities ...
Parliament To Engage Experts For Modern Chamber
The Parliamentary Service has given approval to the idea for the House to have a new modern Chamber, Speaker Professor ...
RTI Bill Not On Parliament’s Agenda As It Reconvenes For Second Sitting
Journalists and citizens who eagerly anticipated the presentation of the RTI bill to parliament for scrutiny and passage would have ...
Public Accounts System Must Be More Flexible – George Loh
A former Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh, believes the Auditor General’s report comes under the scrutiny of ...
PAC Chairman Cautions Witnesses Against Perjury
Dr James Avedzi Klutse, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has cautioned officials who would appear before the ...
Osei-Owusu To MMDAs
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joseph Osei-Owusu has registered his displeasure over the deliberate misuse of public funds by some ...
‘Elephant-Sized’ Government Will Worsen Corruption – Occupy Ghana
Pressure Group, Occupy Ghana, has joined the list of organisations calling on the President to downsize the number of Ministers ...
Minority Bares Teeth Over Speaker’s Conduct…says It May File A Motion Against Him
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the minority in parliament may be forced to table ...
Minority Walks Out As Parliament Approves 2017 Budget
A one-sided Parliament Wednesday approved the 2017 budget and financial policy of government that was presented to it by Finance ...
Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2017
MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON THE OCCASION OF ...
House of Commons Approves Brexit Bill
Britain's lower house of Parliament passed legislation Wednesday to allow Prime Minister Theresa May's government to officially begin the Brexit ...
Speaker Wasn’t Biased – Majority
The Speaker of parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, was fair in his handling of proceedings regarding the approval of Otiko ...
Speaker Perpetrated ‘crass Illegality’ – MP
The Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Alhaji A. B.A Fuseini has accused the speaker of parliament, Mike Oquaye of bias, ...
What Goes Into the Composition of Committees of Parliament
THE seventh Parliament under the Fourth Republic in accordance with Article 103 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana ...