Monday, February 17, 2025

Parliament

Ofori-Atta appears before Parliament today

The Finance Minister will appear before Parliament today, June 22, to answer 16 questions tabled before his Ministry after initial failures. Ken Ofori-Atta was rescheduled to appear before the house after he failed to honor an earlier summon on Thursday, June 16. The Minister is expected to give details on the government’s expenditure of Covid-19 funds, amongst others....

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Parliament stands down motion to suspend payment of university fees

Mahama Ayariga, MP, Bawku Central Parliament on Wednesday stood down a motion by Mr Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, calling on the Government of Ghana to suspend the payment of fees at public tertiary institutions this year. The House would later deliberate the motion after it had been improved with specifics in the demand....

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Parliament resumes sitting to approve membership of some committees

Parliament is set to approve its first set of committees Tuesday as the members settles for the real business at 2 pm. The House is expected to approve a 20-member Selection Committee chaired by the Speaker which will determine which MP should sit on which committee. The House is also expected to prioritise approval of the Appointments Committee...

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I won Speakership position by majority vote – Bagbin

Speaker of the 8th Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin says it was a majority vote that propelled him into his current position. In his maiden address to the 275 members on Friday, the 63-year-old immediate past Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament declared his legitimacy to the nation’s third-highest office. He said, “The message in the votes of 136...

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Military and police storm Parliament amid chaotic Speaker vote stalemate

Security personnel have stormed Parliament following several commotions recorded in the Parliament since the inauguration processes for the 8th parliament commenced. The military and police officers who were heavily armed and clad in full regalia marched unto the floor of the Parliament to restore calm after some opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs, for the fourth time, disrupted...

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Livestream: Final sitting of the 7th Parliament

The final sitting of the 7th Parliament has started. Among other things, the House is expected to approve new standing orders, and the construction of some 7 district hospitals before it is dissolved at midnight. Again, the House will also discuss gratuity for executives, and the securities industry bill. Meanwhile the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic will...

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NDC nominates Alban Bagbin for Speaker of Parliament position

The NDC in Parliament has proposed Alban Sumani Bagbin as the next Speaker of the House. Speaking on Top Story on Joy FM, JoyNews’ Kwesi Parker Wilson indicated that the party will be presenting the outgoing MP for Nadawli Kaleo at midnight today for voting. He explained that the NDC side believes they have the numbers needed to...

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Sacked Fomena MP chooses to sit with the NPP in 8th Parliament

MP-elect for Fomena, Andrews Amoako Asiamah has revealed his decision to join the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) caucus in the 8th Parliament come 2021. Speaking to JoyNews, Wednesday, Mr Asiamah maintained his unfeigned allegiance to the NPP despite his expulsion from the Party after he decided to run as an Independent Candidate in the 2020 Parliamentary elections....

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