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Full speech: Finance Minister’s statement on mitigating measures to fix economy

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press and fellow citizens. Thank you for availing yourselves. I am here today to announce to you measures...

Covid-19: Fully vaccinated persons to be exempted from mandatory test at the airport

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has hinted at cutting out the Covid-19 test requirement at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for persons who have...

Tamale interchange project nearing completion

The Ministry of Roads and Highways recently gave an assurance that the Tamale Interchange project has been undertaken in accordance with the standards and...

Oppong Nkrumah gives update on E-levy bill [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · OPPONG NKRUMAH ON E - LEVY The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed the proposed Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) has been approved...
Osu Mantse, Nii Kinka Dowuona IV

Osu Kinkawe Dzaase suspends 3 members for ‘subversive’ acts

The Osu Kinkawe Dzaase has suspended three persons indefinitely from the Dzaase for allegedly purporting to install a non-royal as the Osu Mantse. The persons...

Adopt 4 of our key proposals – IEA to gov’t

The Institute of Economic Affairs is urging government not to go the International Monetary Fund for financial and economic support if it can adopt...

Allotey Jacobs takes on Speaker Bagbin over comment on SC verdict

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has lambasted the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin and the Minority members in Parliament over their remarks...

Akufo-Addo holds meeting to open land borders, discusses hike in fuel prices

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has intimated government is set to ease restrictions at the country’s land borders. According to him, President Nana Akufo-Addo...

Govt reacts to demolition of Bulgarian Embassy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has declared the government has no hand in the illegal demolition of the Bulgarian Embassy in...
A former Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah

Church is providing social comfort for stressed populace; don’t undermine its significance – Noi...

An immediate past Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah, says Christian bodies in the country have beliefs and...

We can’t continue to blame the devil for these unacceptable accidents – MP on...

Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has commiserated with the families of the nine University of Education, Winneba (UEW) students who perished in...
Parliament

Ghosts invade Parliament

Parliamentarians present in the Chamber last week were left in shock, following names and votes of their colleagues who were absent that day but...
Alban Bagbin and Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

I don’t think Bagbin authored reaction statement to Supreme Court ruling – Majority Leader...

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kyei Mensah On Bagbin's Reaction to Supreme Court ruling Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has cast doubt on a statement from Speaker of Parliament,...

Dr Nana Ayew Afriye writes: Political Speaker not above parliamentary practice

Mr. Speaker, it is shameful for you to attack the president & judiciary based on emotions and without recourse to extensive research on parliamentary...

Plaintiff to go for review on Deputy Speaker’s voting right

A private legal practitioner and plaintiff in the case that sought for Supreme Court's interpretation on the voting rights of Deputy Speakers of Parliament...

Elvis Kwashie was a classic example of how to play gatekeeping role – Mahama

https://youtu.be/0I-TL7LW26Q Former President John Mahama has eulogised the late General Manager of The Multimedia Group’s Joy Brands, Elvis Koku Kwashie, and his outstanding contribution to...

E-levy Bill will not be debated next week – Majority Leader

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has announced that the controversial E-levy Bill will not be discussed in Parliament, next week. Speaking on the floor of...

Joe Ghartey sends important message as he defends Supreme Court ruling [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · JOE GHARTEY ON SC RULING Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey, has said he agrees with the ruling of the Supreme Court...

Asiedu Nketia has this to say after Supreme Court’s ruling [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Asiedu Nketia On Supreme Court Ruling The Chief Scribe of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has opined the Supreme Court made a mistake...

We will employ every legal means to stop Deputy Speaker from voting – Sam...

JoyNews/AdomNews · We will implore every legal means to stop Deputy Speaker from voting - Sam George Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has...

Govt has misapplied €68m allocated to rebuild La General Hospital – Mintah Akandoh

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has alleged that the government has misapplied the €68m allocated for the rebuilding of...

Joe Wise will be resisted if he attempts to vote while presiding – Bawa

Member of parliament (MP) for Bongo Constituency, Edward Abambire Bawa, has said there will be resistance from the Minority group if the 1st Deputy...
coronavirus

Staff of 3 state institutions to be prosecuted for misappropriating Covid funds

The Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has revealed that staff of three state institutions will soon be prosecuted...

We don’t count Adwoa Safo as part of us – Joe Wise

The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has indicated that the Majority Caucus does not factor Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, into...

MTN to engage government on implementation of E-Levy; records ¢2bn profit in 2021

Leading telecommunication firm, MTN Ghana says it continue to engage government and other regulatory stakeholders on the implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy and...

Parliament should have engaged public before introducing E-levy – Majority Leader concedes

Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has admitted that government should have engaged Ghanaians before the introduction of the controversial Electronic-(E) Levy. The...
Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Ranking Member - Parliament Select Committee on Health

E-levy: MP calls on Ghanaians to fast and pray against Majority’s numbers [Video]

https://youtu.be/OQ3VaiTEpUY The Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, had called on Ghanaians to fast and pray against the Majority in Parliament having all...

Joe Wise replies Bagbin

 First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joe Wise), has described as unfair, comments by Speaker Alban Bagbin against him after overruling the latter’s decisions...

You don’t determine editorial policy of media houses – Muntaka chides Afenyo-Markin

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has chided the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, for asking Parliament to sanction media houses that had allegedly misreported...
ABA Fuseini - NDC MP

Adwoa Safo’s conduct is as a result of bad governance – A.B.A Fuseini

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnarigu Constituency, Northern Region, Alhassan Bashir Alhassan Fuseini, has added his voice to the move of the Majority group...

2022 State of the Nation Address postponed

President Akufo-Addo was expected to be in Parliament on March 3, 2022, to present the State of the Nation Address. However, the Business Committee...

Fomena MP celebrated in Parliament

Andrew Amoako Asiamah, independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Fomena and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, was a year older on Thursday, February 24,...

1st Deputy Speaker has turned himself into an Appeals Court Judge – John Jinapor

Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency has reacted to the act of the 1st Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, overturning the ruling of the...
Alban Bagbin and Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

Joe Wise did not overturn Speaker’s ruling – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu defends [Audio]

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has reacted to Speaker Alban Bagbin's dissatisfaction with his First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu (Joe Wise) overruling his judgments....

Sack Adwoa Safo – Kojo Mpiani charges Akufo-Addo

A former Chief of Staff in the Kufuor administration, Kojo Mpiani, has challenged President Nana Akufo-Addo to sack embattled Gender Minister, Sarah Adwoa Safo,...

Covid-19 expenditure: Ato Forson to re-file motion for probe

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee in Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced his intention to file for the second time, a motion to...

What special qualifications do you have to be made Deputy Majority Leader? – Kwadwo...

A former Chief of Staff and leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, has expressed concerns over the alleged...

He is sleeping on his job – Opare Addo takes swipe at Attorney General

National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress, George Opare Addo, has criticized the Attorney General (AG) over unaccounted COVID funds since 2020. He claimed...

Speaker Bagbin goes wild on Joe Wise for overturning his ruling

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has said he is not happy about his First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, for overruling...

Why the NDC, E-Levy and Page 99 are trending

Members of Parliament belonging to the NDC Caucus have been vocal about their absolute disdain for the Electronic Transaction Levy. Since its introduction in Parliament...