PAC grills Foreign Affairs Ministry over $60K ‘ghost’ project
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday spent hours questioning officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over payments unaccounted for in the Auditor...
Attempts to serve Assin North MP in Parliament unconstitutional – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has condemned the attempts by the Supreme Court registrar to serve criminal process on the Assin North Member of Parliament...
E-levy: NDC MPs are ready to die – Francis Sosu replies Afenyo-Markin
Madina Member of Parliament (MP), Francis Xavier-Sosu, has said the 137 Minority MPs will do everything within their power to resist the Electronic Transaction...
Adwoa Safo blackmailing govt – NPP MP alleges [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Adwoa Safo blackmailing governmentThe Minister for Women, Gender and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, is being accused of blackmailing the government.According to...
Parliament approves agreement to construct bridge over Afram River
Parliament has approved an amount of €350M for the construction of a bridge over the Afram River and of 124Km of roads from Adawso-Bunso,...
Keep your advice to yourself – Majority Leader tells Ransford Gyampo
The Majority Leader in Parliament has chastised political analyst, Prof Ransford Gyampo, for suggesting that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) should reshuffle its...
PAC triggers Interpol arrest of two former staff of Pantang Nursing Training College
The Chairman of the Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Avedzi Kluste, has ordered the arrest of two former workers of Pantang...
Assin North MP charged with forgery and perjury
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has been slapped with charges including forgery and perjury by the Attorney- General’s Office.He...
Fresh trouble for embattled Assin North MP
The Supreme Court has asked its Registrar to serve notice of a suit before it to NDC MP, James Gyekye Quayson as an individual...
Ideas, debate must win in Parliament in 2022, not fights – Kwesimintsim MP
The Kwesimintsim MP is hopeful Parliament will see a lot more cooperation and consensus among members than the chaos the year before.Dr Prince Hamid...
E-levy: Minority rejects proposal to reduce tax from 1.75% to 1.5%
Efforts by the Finance Ministry to win over the Minority in controversial E-Levy has hit another snug.Government had hoped to get the buy-in of...
Deputy Majority Leader speaks highly of Minority in Parliament [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · We've Had The Best Cooperation With Minority - Afenyo-MarkinsDeputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has commended the Minority in Parliament over the discharge...
COVID-19: Parliament bans persons without prove of vaccination
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says nobody will be allowed into any office at Parliament without proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Â According to him,...
We have moles amongst the NPP MPs – Muntaka claims
The Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak says his side has moles within the cadre of the New Patriotic Party’s Members of Parliament.A mole...
How Bagbin’s new outfit boosted Parliament’s Facebook page for the first time [Listen]
The Director of Public Affairs of the Parliament, Kate Addo, has said for the first time, the Parliament of Ghana has had massive reactions on...
E-levy: We are in power; it will be passed and you can’t do anything – Nhyiaeso MP [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · We'll Pass E - Levy And You'll Do Nothing - Nhyiaeso MP To MinorityMember of Parliament (MP) for Nhyiaeso, Dr Stephen Amoah,...
Speaker has shown the way; Let Chief Justice follow – MP on Bagbin’s traditional look
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr Clement Apaak, has commended Speaker Alban Bagbin on his outfit for proceedings on Tuesday.In...
Group storms Parliament over E-Levy
Even ahead of its resumption, Parliament is already bracing itself for another round of drama.Starting from the main gate, security personnel are under pressure...
Minority demands total withdrawal of E-levy until…
The Minority in parliament is demanding a total withdrawal of the E-levy until parliament engages extensively with stakeholders.The Minority has argued that it...
E-levy: Govt will not change 1.75% rate – Oppong Nkrumah
JoyNews/AdomNews · Government won’t back down on 1.75% rate of E-levy – Oppong NkrumahInformation Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated that government will not...
Parliament resumes as Bagbin wows with special outfit
Parliament resumed sitting today, January 25, 2022, after almost a month’s break for the Christmas and New Year holidays.The resumption, however, came with a...
Parliament has already approved E-Levy – Majority Leader
Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has said he is baffled by the statement that e-Levy, as contained in the 2022 budget statement, has not...
Minority demands enquiry into Apiate explosion
The Minority in Parliament is calling for an impartial enquiry into the explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in the Western Region that left scores...
Apiate explosion: Bagbin quotes Bible verse to console victims
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has quoted Bible verse as he commiserates with residents and victims of an explosion at Apiate near Bogoso in...
Public gallery remains closed as Parliament resumes
Head of Public Relations at Ghana’s Parliament, Kate Addo, has said the public gallery will remain closed to the public as the House reconvenes...
Parliament bans placards, others in Chamber
The Public Directorate has reminded the public that political party colours, placards, weapons are not admissible in parliament.Speaking to Adom News, the Director...
COVID-19: MPs, Parliamentary officials to take booster shots before resuming sitting
Members of Parliament and Officers of the Parliamentary Service will in the coming days participate in a Covid-19 booster vaccination exercise.In a letter to...
Parliament requests military security for Bagbin
Parliament has written to the Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to request four military personnel as security detail for the...
Are you a war General? Kwesi Pratt asks Bagbin over military protection [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Are you a war General? Kwesi Pratt asks Bagbin over military protectionEditor-In-Chief of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has questioned the...
Minority joins calls for withdrawal of semester-based academic calendar
The Minority in Parliament has expressed utmost disapproval with the new policy that changes the trimester to a semester-based academic calendar and has called...
E-levy will be reviewed when Parliament resumes – Annoh-Dompreh hints
Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has hinted that the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy rate of 1.75% will be reviewed when Parliament reconvenes for its...
Ningo Prampram NDC congratulates Sam George
The Ningo Prampram branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent a congratulatory message to the Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George.This...
Bagbin returns to Dubai for medical review
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has left Ghana to honour a medical review in the United Arab Emirates.Mr Bagbin, in...
I wasn’t provided any military protection – Prof Mike Oquaye
A former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye, has refuted claims that he was given military protection while serving as Speaker of the...
Minority reacts to withdrawal of soldiers attached to Bagbin’s office
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has stated that the decision by the military high command to withdraw soldiers providing security services to the Office...
Soldiers not part of Speaker’s security detail – National Security Ministry
The National Security Ministry has explained that soldiers do not form part of the security arrangement for the Speaker and Members of Parliament.According to...
National Security reacts to withdrawal of Speaker’s military attachment
Government has debunked rumors that it is scheming to rid the Speaker, Alban Bagbin of his protection.According to the National Security Ministry, the withdrawal...
Bagbin reacts to withdrawal of military protection
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has expressed dissatisfaction over the withdrawal of soldiers attached to his office.A statement issued by the Office...
Why soldiers attached to Bagbin’s office were withdrawn
Military personnel attached to the office of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, have been withdrawn.The personnel; WO1 Jafaru Bunwura, WOII Apugiba Awine...
Bagbin appreciates Ghanaians
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Ghanaians over what he says were congratulatory messages that poured in for him...