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E-levy passage: How Assin North MP ‘forced’ Minority to walk out [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · E-levy passage: How Assin North MP 'forced' Minority to walk out Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, has disclosed why...

Wheeling of ailing MP to Parliament for E-levy passage: The inside story

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has confirmed the presence of ailing Ahanta West Member of Parliament (MP), Ebenezer Kojo Kum, in Parliament on Tuesday. Mr Kum,...

Livestream: Akufo-Addo presents 2022 State of the Nation Address

President Nana Akufo-Addo is set to present the 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. This sessional address, which is pursuant to...

Book on Boakye Djan launched

A book detailing the life of Major Kojo Boakye Djan (retd), one of the key architects of the June 4, 1979 revolution, was launched in...

E-levy: Some colleagues said they had superior plans – Disappointed NDC MP ‘cries’

Tamale North Member of Parliament (MP) Alhassan Suhuyini has expressed reservations about the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). The MP who is on...

Adwoa Safo trends after E-Levy passage

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, who has been on leave in parliament for more than two months has been...

What Kyei Mensah-Bonsu said after E-levy passage

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says his side has done a good thing for Ghana with the passage of the Electronic Transaction Levy...

Ras Mubarak sends strong message to Minority over approval of E-Levy

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu Constituency, Ras Mubarak, has blamed the leadership of the Minority in parliament for failing to deploy its...

By the Supreme Court’s decision, E-levy has not been passed – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dismissed reports about the passage of the controversial E-levy Bill on Tuesday, saying the...

Bagbin cautions MPs to desist from pulling surprises on him

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin has admonished the leadership of the House to desist from pulling surprises on him. His caution comes...

Supreme Court sets April 5 to rule on Assin North MP’s Application

The Supreme Court has set April 5, 2022, to deliver its ruling on an application filed by Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson. This...

Passage of E-levy illegal, null and void – Kwakye Ofosu

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said the boycott of proceedings for the consideration and passage of the...

We’ve been told E-levy can even cure Okudzeto Ablakwa’s bald head – Ato Forson mocks

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says the government has exaggerated the gains the Electronic Transaction levy (E-levy) Bill will bring...

Supreme Court sets date to deliver judgement on Presidential spousal salary case

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has fixed June 29, 2022, to deliver judgment in the case in which Kwame Baffoe, popularly known...

Assin North MP files fresh application at Supreme Court

Lawyers for Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, have filed a fresh application at the Supreme Court. This brings to three, the applications by...

Ken Ofori-Atta announces reduction of E-levy rate

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that the government has decided to reduce the rate of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy by 0.25...

New Juaben Traditional Council bans noise-making, funerals

The New Juaben Traditional Council has placed a one-month ban on noise making and all other social and religious activities associated with noise making. The...

Evans Scott’s VGMA nomination ― A case of luck or hard work?

In the Ghanaian gospel fraternity, a few names stand out when it comes to nominations at either the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) or...

Parliament finally passes E-Levy bill

Parliament has approved the controversial Electronic Transactions (E-Levy) Bill this afternoon. This decision was reached after the Consideration Stage was completed by a Majority-sided House...

E-levy: Sick MP ‘wheeled’ to Parliament

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, says there is nothing wrong with having his Ahanta West colleague, Ebenezer Kojo Kum,...

E-Levy moves to consideration Stage in Parliament after Minority stages walkout [video]

Parliament has completed the second reading of the Electronic Transfer (E-Levy) Bill. The move was adopted at the reduced rate of 1.5% from the initial...

Stop begging for Sinohydro funds – Jinapor to Bawumia

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, has ruled out the possibility of the Chinese government releasing funds anytime soon under...

Akufo-Addo wants passage of E-levy Bill as birthday gift – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, says President Nana Akufo-Addo wants to celebrate his 78th birthday with the passage of the “obnoxious”...

Drop proposal to wean public tertiary institutions off govt subventions – Apaak

The Deputy Ranking Member of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Clement Apaak, has said the proposal by the government to wean public tertiary...

Western North MP likely to lose his seat – NPP Regional Chairman

The Western North Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), William Assuah, has said his party member and Member of Parliament (MP)...

Govt hiding the damage it has done to the economy – Felix Kwakye Ofosu

Former Deputy Minister for Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, says the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been leading deliberate attempts to conceal the damage government...

‘We are not interested in coup d’etat’ – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has denied harbouring any intentions to stage a coup d’etat. The National Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has assured...

Barker-Vormawor to lecture at Gimpa Law School

#FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor, will be a guest lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School this week.According...

Roman Abramovich ‘poisoned during Kyiv meeting with peace negotiators’

Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich has reportedly suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning. The Chelsea owner fell ill along with Ukrainian peace negotiators, in an attack blamed...

Akyem Oda MP flees as irate NPP supporters storm house

https://youtu.be/0esHye0DKZw Akyem Oda Member of Parliament (MP), Alexander Akwasi Acquah, was fortunate to escape from being held hostage by some polling station executives of...

Bawumia’s appeal to China govt over Adentan-Dodowa road project

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on the government of China to assist with government’s project to dualise the Adentan-Dodowa road in...

Agenda 111: We love starting new things but bad at maintaining them – Prof Addae Mensah

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Ivan Addae Mensah, has bemoaned the current economic crisis faced by the good people...

Court dismisses Sosu’s motion for interlocutory injunction against IGP

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction filed by Madina Member of Parliament (MP) against the Inspector-General...

Okudzeto Ablakwa secures paid internship opportunities for Ukraine medical students evacuees

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced paid internship opportunities for some 20 medical students who were evacuated from Ukraine. The...

Ukraine and Russia participate in first prisoners of war exchange

Ukraine and Russia on Thursday exchanged prisoners of war for the first time in the conflict, exactly one month after the fighting began. The General...

NDC has a problem with Judiciary which needs urgent reforms – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged at the country’s judicial system to embark on reforms. The former President has alleged the judiciary is being...

NPP suspends Youth Organiser

The Akuapem North constituency Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias IGP has been suspended by the party. IGP...

Former Suhum MP officially declares intention to contest as NPP General Secretary

A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Suhum, Frederick Opare Ansah, has declared his intention to contest as General Secretary for the governing New...

Seek permission before you use my picture for billboards – Wontumi warns

Ashanti Regional Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned volunteer groups who have erected billboards at vantage points with his pictures in the...

NPP inaugurates Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Support Committee

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated an Alternative Dispute Resolution and Legal Support Committee. They are to address issues and complaints that have...