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Parliament approves €74.15m for Tarkwa water project

Parliament has approved a loan of €74.15 million to finance the Tarkwa Water Supply Project in the Western Region.The facility is made up of...

COVID-19 expenditure: Minority engaging in propaganda – Deputy Finance Minister

JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority doing propaganda with COVID expenditureDeputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, has accused the Minority group in parliament of engaging in propaganda...

Covid-19 expenditure: All 16 questions and how they were answered by Ken Ofori-Atta

With the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta appearing before Parliament today, he is expected to answer some 16 questions filed by some lawmakers.Aside from...

MPs refund ‘double salaries’

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has confirmed that monies paid to some Members of Parliament (MPs) as overpaid salaries have been refunded.The Kintampo...

Full text: Finance Minister’s statement to Parliament on government’s Covid-19 expenditure in 2020

Mr Speaker, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. This moment has marked a defining moment in world...

Ken Ofori-Atta breaks silence on Covid-19 funds

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has debunked claims that the government has not been transparent with its COVID-19 expenditure.Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, June 22, 2022,...

GII rebukes AG for dismissing resource difficulties at Special Prosecutor’s office

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has rebuked the Attorney General (AG) for dismissing resource difficulties at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).According to...

Ofori-Atta to answer 16 questions in Parliament on Wednesday

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been summoned to appear before Parliament on Wednesday, June 22.He was rescheduled to appear before the house after...

Group charges Parliament to pass Affirmative Action Bill to reduce gender bias

A group called the Affirmative Action Bill Coalition has made a strong case for Parliament to pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law with...

4 NPP MPs accused of taking double salaries

Four first-term Members of Parliament (MPs) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are alleged to have received double salaries.The accused MPs are said to...

Transport Minister incurs wrath of Speaker Bagbin [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Speaker Bagbin bares teeth at Transport MinisterThe Speaker of Parliament ,Alban Bagbin, has threatened to refer the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah,...

Ken Ofori-Atta angers Minority

The Minority in Parliament says it is troubled by the absence of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta who was scheduled to appear before the House....

Bagbin sends strong message to Ofori-Atta over Covid-19 funds

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has ruled that the House will not consider any request from the Finance Ministry until Ken Ofori-Atta appears before...

‘State not billed to pay your funeral expenses’ – Bagbin fired over ex-gratia

A former UN Senior Governance Advisor and CEO of JAK Foundation has taken on the Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin over his justification...

2020 election: Court throws out NPP’s petition against Krachi West results

The Hohoe High Court has dismissed a petition from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that sought to challenge the 2020 Krachi West Parliamentary election...

Bagbin justifies payment of ex-gratia to MPs [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Bagbin justifies payment of ex-gratia to Members of ParliamentSpeaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has justified the payment of ex-gratia to Members of...

New twist to Adwoa Safo’s case

The Privileges Committee has summoned Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, to appear before it on July 6, 2022, over her absenteeism.This...

Islamic SHS chaos: Parliament, Police can’t investigate same time – Annoh Dompreh

The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has told Parliament that the legislature and the Ghana Police Service cannot at the same time investigate the...

Adwoa Safo ‘snubs’ Privileges Committee

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo, on Tuesday, failed to appear before the Privileges Committee as scheduled.The absentee MP was...

Bagbin orders parliamentary probe into Islamic SHS, Police clash

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed a fact-finding Committee to furnish the House with circumstances that led to a clash involving the...

Constituents chase MP over GHC800K job scam

A growing number of fraud victims in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Constituency who were duped in a GHC800, 000 job scam are chasing after the...

MPs fight over gay Bill

Discussion on the perceived delay of work on the anti-LGBTQ bill by the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs deteriorated into a dogfight...

There’s no ex-gratia in the Constitution – Inusah Fuseini

Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, says there is no such thing as ex-gratia in the Constitution of Ghana.According to him,...

Parliament to probe death of woman over ‘negligence’ by Ambulance Service

Parliament has constituted a six-member bi-partisan committee to probe the death of Augustina Awortwe, who died in an ambulance while being transported from the...

Checkout Adwoa Safo’s new Committee in Parliament

The Majority in Parliament has dropped its Dome-Kwabenya MP, from the Environment, Science and Technology Committee.Ms. Sarah Adwoa Safo has now been made a...

Parliament summons Lands Minister

The Lands and Forestry Committee of Parliament has summoned the sector Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, over the return of state lands to some families and...

Parliament to probe death of new mother over possible negligence by Ambulance Service

Parliament has set up a bipartisan committee to probe circumstances that led to the death of a pregnant woman in an ambulance in the...

Ndebugre deserves befitting state funeral – Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says fallen former Zebilla Member of Parliament (MP), John Ndebugre, deserves a state burial.He eulogised the late Ndebugre...

E-levy: Minority was present during passage – Attorney General tells court

The Attorney-General (AG) and the Minister of Justice has told the Supreme Court that, “the quorum requirement as provided in Article 104(1) of the...

Privileges Committee to serve Adwoa Safo with notice of meeting

A ranking Member on Parliament’s Privileges Committee, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, has disclosed that the Committee is taking steps to meet with Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa...

Adwoa Safo can bring her son to Ghana for treatment – NPP MP [Video]

Mpraeso Member of Parliament (MP), Davis Opoku Ansah, has described as insulting, comments by Dome-Kwabenya MP, Adwoa Safo, that she will resume her duties...

Assin North: Court dismisses Gyakye Quayson’s motion to strike out 3 charges

The High Court in Accra has dismissed an application from the embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, praying the...

Adwoa Safo must be sacked immediately; what’s so special about her? – NPP MP [Video]

Mpraeso Member of Parliament (MP), Davis Opoku Ansah, has called for the immediate dismissal of Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa...

Govt releases GH¢25 million to Parliament

The government has released GH¢25 million to Parliament to run its business barely 24 hours after the Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, disclosed on the...

Agyapa deal: Majority should prepare for the worst if… – Muntaka hints

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said the Minority in Parliament will vigorously oppose the Agyapa Minerals Royalty deal should it be reintroduced...

Photo of Deputy Majority Leader in Freemasons uniform causes stir

An alleged photo of Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, in a Freemasonry Grand Lodge uniform has sparked several reactions on social media.The photo, which...

Vacate the seat for by-election if … – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu tells Adwoa Safo [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Vacate Your Seat If ... - Adwoa Safo ToldMajority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called on Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa...

Parliament to host maiden lecture on May 31

Parliament is geared to hold its maiden edition of the Speaker’s Seminal Lecture.The initiative which is being spearheaded by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban...

I will fail my ministry if I fail to be the best mum – Adwoa Safo

The Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has likened her motherhood role to her job as the Gender, Children, and Social...

Exclusive: Adwoa Safo speaks on family, NPP, absence from Parliament

The Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has addressed issues concerning her absence from Parliament and threats from some party members to have...