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Parliament approves $90m loan for UESD Bunso campus project

A $90 million loan facility for the construction of a satellite campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Bunso in...

Stop pressuring developing nations into accepting homosexuality – Speaker

The Reverend Professor Aaron Michael Oqauye, Speaker of Parliament, has asked nations threatening to withhold development assistance to developing countries refusing to legalize homosexuality,...

Victor Smith petitions Amidu to investigate MPs

Ghana’s former High Commissioner to the UK, Victor Smith, has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate recurring allegations of corruption against...

Auditor-General submits four audit reports to Parliament

The Auditor-General has submitted four audit reports to Parliament in accordance with the requirement of the Constitution. These are the performance audit report on management...

Ken Agyapong contempt hearing: Majority Leader flays 3 MPs for late recusal notice

Majority Leader in Parliament has taken a swipe at three New Patriotic Party legislators for failing to notify leadership of their decision to recuse...

Hearing on Kennedy Agyapong’s claims suspended

There was drama at Parliament’s Privileges Committee probing contemptuous allegations brought against MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong as chairman of the committee,  Joe Osei...

Video: ‘He died too young’ – MPs mourn Amissah-Arthur’s death

Parliament on Saturday paid glowing tribute to former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who passed away on Friday. Mr. Amissah-Arthur reportedly collapsed at the Air...

Speaker ruling Parliament like a monarch

The Minority in Parliament has staged a walkout again over a seeming disagreement with the Speaker on the running of affairs in the House. They...

AUDIO: No investigation work in Parliament – Anas clarifies

 Undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he has not embarked on any work in Ghana’s Parliament. Denying the claims on Joy FM’s Morning Show Thursday, ...

VIDEO: I have not been dragged to Privileges Committee- Kennedy Agyapong

Contrary to reports that Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong will today be hauled before the Privileges Committee for insulting the House, the...

Privileges Committee to examine evidence against Ken Agyapong today

Parliament’s Privileges Committee will today , sit to examine evidence against the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, after he was accused of insulting Parliament. The...

Privileges Committee to meet next week over Kennedy Agyapong ‘useless’ comment

Parliament’s Privileges Committee is expected to meet on Tuesday to hear a petition to investigate some alleged unsavoury comments made by Assin Central legislator,...

Ken Agyapong likes radio, TV studios than Parliament – Report

A report on the attendance of Parliamentarians has cited 54 Members of Parliament who exceeded the number of times a legislator can be without...

Absentee MPs cost taxpayer ¢1.4m in 2017 – Odekro

Civil Society Group Odekro has issued a damning report on how absenteeism by parliamentarians has cost the taxpayer ¢1.4 million in the last year. According...

Parliament sets up committee to investigate GFA over Anas video

Parliament has set up a special committee to probe bribery revelations within the Ghana Football Association contained in documentary by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw...

Why lesbians and gays stormed Parliament

Members of Parliament (MPs), on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, had a shock of their lives when lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) groups in...

MPs fight gays in Parliament

Members of Parliament (MPs) have strongly condemned subtle attempts by some donor countries to impose homosexuality on Ghana, saying that they would resist any...

Parliament moves to operationalise Code of Conduct

Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, on Tuesday, informed Parliament that a manual would soon be adopted by the House to...

MPs to get GHC75,000 each for education projects

Members of Parliament are expected to receive GHc75,000 each for the funding of education-related projects and monitoring of same in their constituencies. The amount was...

VIDEO: Watch all questions and answers when Amidu faced Haruna and Ablakwa

When Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin ABK Amidu was in parliament for his vetting, one thing was certain - he was destined to meet an...

Parliament vets Amidu today

Special Prosecutor nominee, Mr. Martin ABK Amidu, will today, Tuesday, 13 February 2018, be vetted by Parliament’s Appointment Committee. Mr Amidu was recommended for nomination...

PHOTOS: Mahama, Kufuor and Rawlings exchange pleasantries at SONA

Former Presidents, John Dramani Mahama, Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufour beamed with smiles as they exchanged pleasantries when they met at the...

Akufo-Addo delivers State of the Nation address today

President Nana Akufo-Addo will later this morning deliver his second State of the Nation address to Parliament. The address is an obligation which enjoins the...

Minority embarks on sit-down strike

The Minority Caucus in Parliament embarked on a sit-down strike to protest against what they describe as unprovoked insults from the Majority Leader, Osei...

MPs blow GHC390,000 on election campaigns – Report

It costs aspiring Ghanaian Members of Parliament about GHC390,000 on average to carry out successful campaigns at the party and constituency level. This is according...

MPs spend US$86,000 to get elected

At least it will cost a Member of Parliament US$86,000 to secure a party’s primary nomination to compete in parliamentary elections in the country,...

Stop worrying Mike Ocquaye; he is tired – Koku

Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),  Mr. Koku Anyidoho says Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye is fed up with...

Ocquaye to act as President again Saturday

The Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye will for the second time in a week be sworn in as acting President of the republic...

Cash-for-seat hearing comes to an end; report ready on Jan 31

The five-member Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee probing the alleged Cash-for-Seat scandal has ended its public sitting. The Committee, set up by the Speaker of Parliament,...

MASLOC chases MPs for cash

The Micro Finance and Small Loans Scheme (MASLOC) is set to publish names and photographs of some Members of Parliament who have failed to...

Parliament resumes sitting today

Parliament is expected to reconvene for the first meeting of the second session today, Tuesday, 23 January 2018. The House is expected to properly resume...

BEAUTIFUL: Watch photos of the swearing in of Prof Mike Oquaye as Acting President

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has been sworn in as the acting President of the country in the absence President Nana...

Speaker sets up 5-member C’ttee to probe cash-for-seat saga after thorough debate

Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye has set up a five-member Committee to probe the alleged sale of presidential seats to expatriates by the Trades...

Speaker suspends sitting, directs Minority to correct errors in cash-for-seat motion

The Minority in Parliament has been given a last chance to have its voice heard on the cash-for-seat saga after the Speaker temporarily suspended...

Cash for seat: Speaker summons MPs to emergency sitting on January 5

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye has recalled the House to an emergency sitting on Friday, January 5, 2018. It follows a memo filed...

Full list: MPs who approved 2018 budget for Ministry of Special Development Initiatives

The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives overspent its budget by 587% in 2017. Though it received GHS226,404 for only goods and services, it had...

Hot audio: We panic when we hear Christmas songs – MPs

Christmas, many say brings good tidings thus should be a time for family bonding and sharing of gifts. But this is not the same for...

Speaker complains as sitting is suspended twice in 3 days

Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Ocquaye, has suspended sitting again, the second in three days over a persisting issue of absenteeism. By business time 10am,...

Punish MPs to check absenteeism – Odekro

Odekro, a parliament-focused civil society organisation, has suggested punitive measures to discourage Ghana’s legislators from absenting themselves from the House without permission. The recommendation follows...