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Why MD for Ghana Airports Company was dismissed – Transport Minister discloses

The Transport Minister, Kweku Ofori-Asiamah, has justified government’s decision in dismissing the former MD for Ghana Airports Company limited Mr. Yaw Kwakwa. According to...

More panic withdrawals soon, E-Levy set to defeat cashless economy – Dumelo

Actor cum Politician, John Dumelo, has bemoaned the passag of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). Taking to Facebook to lament over the policy, he...

Kojo Bonsu gets Yaa Naa, Northern Chiefs’ blessings over ambition to contest NDC flagbearership

Former Kumasi Mayor under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime, Kojo Bonsu, has received the blessings of the king of Dagbon, Yaa Naa...

Duffuor to launch ‘NDC ahoto) project’

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, will on Thursday, April 7, 2022, launch a micro-business initiative. The project, dubbed NDC ahoto), will be...

Bagbin announces plans to establish dialysis centre in Wa

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has announced plans to establish a dialysis centre in Wa in the Upper West Region. The former Nadowli Kaleo...

Akufo-Addo was misled; it won’t be the first time – Sam George on 10,875km new roads claim

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Narety George, says President Nana Akufo-Addo was misled into believing his government has constructed 10,875km of new...

Stephen Amoah apologises for ‘economy is like a child with sickle cell’ comment

The Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency, Dr Stephen Amoah, has apologised for comparing the current state of the Ghanaian economy to a...

Tamale Metropolitan Assembly fails to elect presiding member, at risk of being dissolved

Members of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly have been unable to elect a presiding member because the two contestants could not secure the required two-thirds...

CPP Central Committee interdicts Nana Yaa Jantuah, Osei Kofi Acquah and Onzy Nkrumah

The highest decision making body of the Convention People’s Party, the Central Committee (CC), has interdicted Nana Yaa Akyempim Jantuah, the General Secretary of...

E-levy: Minority told embattled Assin North MP not to enter the chamber – Afenyo-Markin

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says the Minority’s grievances over the passage of the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) are flawed particularly when they raise...

Why Okudzeto Ablakwa agrees with Akufo-Addo [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · The only thing Okudzeto Ablakwa agrees with Akufo-Addo on North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has joined calls by the...

Prosecute Tarkwa small-scale mining assailants to ensure citizen protection – Dr Solomon Owusu to govt

I write to draw the attention of the Ghana government and some heads of the law enforcement institutions, including the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice,...

Ablakwa clashes with Afenyo-Markin in Parliament [Video]

https://youtu.be/dGVFBLqDafY Chaos broke out on the Floor of Parliament on Friday between North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. The duo exchanged...

E-levy passage: What Assin North MP’s lawyers told Minority [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ABLAKWA ON ASSIN NORTH Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has shot down claims that embattled Assin North MP,...

When you hold yourself up like a leaf, any goat will eat you – Bagbin tells MPs [Audio]

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has revealed that, the leadership has not been happy about the way he shouts at the MPs. Explaining the matter...

Wheeling Ahanta West MP into Parliament was inhumane – Ablakwa [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Wheeling Ahanta West MP into Parliament was inhumane – Ablakwa Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described as...

Akufo-Addo assents to E-levy bill

President Akufo-Addo has assented to the Electronic Transfer Levy Bill (E-levy) which was approved by parliament on Tuesday, March 29, 2002. Mr Akufo-Addo signed...

Minority’s E-levy walkout: Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to critics [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi sends strong message to critics National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has asked critics to stop...

E-levy: Speaker Bagbin makes revelation about sick MP [Listen]

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has revealed that the Chieftaincy Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, was within the precincts of parliament during last Tuesdays proceedings. This...

Don’t tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of errors in attendance register

JoyNews/AdomNews · Don't tag Clerk as partisan; Speaker orders rectification of absenteeism errors Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin, has asked the Minority in Parliament...

E-levy: Speak truth to power – GRA, technical partners told over implementation

JoyNews/AdomNews · GRA must speak truth to authority over implementation of E-levy – Telecoms Chamber The Ghana Telecoms Chamber has urged the Ghana Revenue Authority...

Hot exchanges in Parliament over ‘errors’ in register on e-levy day

There were hot exchanges in parliament at the beginning of sitting on Thursday over errors detected with records of members present on Tuesday, March...

Work for free; it will pay you for the rest of your lives – Ivan Quashigah

Chief Executive Officer of Farmhouse Productions, Ivan Quashigah, has admonished the youth to work for free, noting that working for free and volunteering will...

Reduce the size of govt to protect public purse – Prof Agyeman-Duah to Akufo-Addo

A co-founder of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Baffour Agyemang-Duah, has called for an immediate reduction in the size of the...

Bagbin apologises to MPs over errors on attendance list when e-levy was approved

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has apologised to parliamentarians over the errors that occurred on the votes and proceedings of the House for Tuesday’s...

Partisan behaviour of parliamentary Clerk won’t be tolerated – Minority

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has cautioned against any display of political affiliation by the Clerk of Parliament. According to him, some National Democratic Congress...

E-levy passage: NPP ignored hardship, disaffection for e-levy – Duffuor

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has taken a swipe at the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the passage of the...

Volta, Oti caucuses of NDC push Afaglo for 2024 elections

While the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is contemplating whether to retain former President John Dramani Mahama as presidential candidate or look for fresh...

Clerk of Parliament’s office has been compromised – Asiedu Nketia

The General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has accused the Clerk of Parliament, Cyril Kwabena Nsiah, of tampering with vital evidence...

E-levy: Let’s move on with our lives – Baba Jamal to Minority

JoyNews/AdomNews · Baba Jamal reacts to E Levy passage A leading member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Baba Jamal, is not in...

Agenda 111: Govt is deceiving Ghanaians – Akandoh

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has accused government of deceiving Ghanaians about the Agenda 111 initiative. According to him, President Nana...

Tamale interchange: Sammy Gyamfi commends govt

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sammy Gyamfi on Tamale interchange National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has commended government for completing the...

Akufo-Addo should apologise to Ghanaians – Ada MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, has requested the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to apologise to the citizens...

War in Ukraine: Russia launches new attacks after peace promise

The governor of Ukraine's Chernihiv region says there is no let-up in attacks by Russia, despite its pledge to reduce military activity there. The governor,...

You now have your E-levy; solve the problems – Asiedu Nketia tells govt

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketia, has said that the approval of the E-levy is going to expose the...

What Bagbin said about Nana Konadu, Chief of Staff in Parliament [Listen]

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lauded former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, for being at the forefront of women empowerment not...

SONA 2022: I’m happy E-levy has been passed – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has commended parliament on the passage of the controversial Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy). According to him, he is happy about the...

Agenda 111 was overly ambitious – Akufo-Addo confesses

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, for the first time, the plan to build some 111 district and regional hospitals across the country over...

SONA22: Russia-Ukraine war: Bombs may be dropping on cities but hitting pockets in Ghana – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the Russia and Ukraine war has had a direct impact on the lives of Ghanaians as far as...

Full speech: Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2022

I hope you will forgive me if I begin by asking Members of the House to join me to salute the management, technical and...