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Okudzeto Ablakwa adjudged 2021 Best Performing MP
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has been adjudged the Best Performing MP for 2021.
This was in a rating done...
I’m very disappointed in Bagbin- Allotey Jacobs speaks out [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · I Am Disappointed In Bagbin - Allotey Jacobs
Former Central Region Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has expressed...
I regret asking Asiedu Nketia to leave the Chamber- NPP MP
Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama, has revealed how remorseful he felt after asking the General Secretary of the NDC,...
Speaker frustrating govt over rejection of his proposed ¢1.75bn budget for Parliament – Majority...
The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has blamed the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, for all the commotion that characterised the debate on...
MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy
JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - Levy
The Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...
Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo
The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...
Govt pulls brakes on E-levy Bill
A member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, John Jinapor, has disclosed that the Finance Ministry failed to present the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy)...
Bagbin advises Finance Minister to present revised 2022 budget to Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to present a revised version of the 2022 Budget to the...
My colleague MPs and I are proud to ‘frustrate’ dubious e-levy – Ablakwa
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he and his colleague Minority MPs are proud to belong to a group that...
UNICEF celebrates 75th anniversary in grand style [Photos]
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Ghana has marked the 75th anniversary of the global scheme in a grand event Monday, December...
Martin Amidu: The egoism of power and lizard that jumped from a high iroko...
“Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas” – The First Betrayal
On 3rd March 2021, the Minority in Parliament contrary to its own avowed negative evaluations approved the affected...
NDC MPs won’t boycott debate on 2022 budget; we want to hold the ‘elephant’...
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reiterated the commitment of the party to resist the approval of the electronic...
E-levy not compulsory; if you don’t want to pay, don’t do MoMo – Carlos...
JoyNews/AdomNews · E - Levy Not Compulsory; Keep Your Money On Your Phone If You Can’t Pay – Carlos Ahenkorah
Tema West Member of Parliament...
2022 Budget: Minority behaving like zombies – Allotey Jacobs jabs
JoyNews/AdomNews · Allotey Jacobs shades Minority over 2022 budget
Former Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has taken...
Parliament accepts revised 2022 Budget
Parliament on Tuesday accepted the modification of the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government.
The acceptance by the House followed the...
E-levy: NDC celebrates its MPs for rejection
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended its lawmakers for rejecting the E-levy proposal in the 2022 budget statement.
A statement, issued by the General...
‘Justice 4 Ghana’ demo shakes Accra [Photos]
The principal streets of Accra were painted red as demonstrators matched in protest of the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy) by the government.
The...
Minority files motion for rejection of First Deputy Speaker’s ruling on the 2022 Budget
The Minority in Parliament has filed a motion praying the House to set aside the ruling of the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, on...
Finance Minister submits modified 2022 Budget to Parliament
Finance Minister’s modifications of the controversial 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government has been laid in Parliament on Tuesday.
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta,...
Abronye DC shades Minority over 2022 Budget
The Minority is playing musical chairs with the future of Ghanaians, Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said.
Kwame Baffoe, popularly...
Sea defence project: Govt bows to pressure, allocates GH¢10m for feasibility studies
Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that a budgetary allocation of 10 million cedis will be made to examine a comprehensive solution along...
E-levy remains at 1.75 % – Finance Minister
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has ruled out a reduction of the 1.75 % Electronic Taxation levy (e-levy).
Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, had said the...
E-levy: This is not time for jerky manoeuvres; hold more consultations – Pianim to...
Economist and New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Kwame Pianim, has advised government to abandon its decision to introduce an electronic transaction levy (E-levy) as...
E-levy: Haruna Iddrisu reveals how two top govt officials convinced him
Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed how two top government officials convinced him to accept the electronic transaction levy (e-levy).
These officials, according to...
LEAP to cover 150,000 households – Chief of Staff reveals
Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Akosua Frema Osei Opare, says the Livelihood Against Poverty (LEAP) will be expanded to cover...
Minority Caucus has joined Akufo-Addo’s Kabuki dance – Martin Amidu
Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has accused the Minority caucus in Parliament of betraying Ghanaians once again.
The first betrayal, Martin Amidu had revealed, was...
Budget 2022: Mintah Akandoh shades Majority Leader
Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has opined that the conduct of Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu doesn’t qualify him to be the Leader of...
Budget Approval: We outsmarted, beat you to it – Minority told
Afigya-Kwabre North Member of Parliament (MP), Collins Adomako-Mensah, has indicated the approval of the 2022 budget shows the smartness of the Majority caucus.
Speaking...
Parliamentary decisions will now be determined by voting or headcount – Haruna Iddrisu
Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has served notice that it will, from henceforth, ensure that decisions taken in the House will be by...
Govt to reduce E-levy tax rate – Afenyo-Markin
Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has said that the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) will be reduced from 1.75% to at least 1.5%.
According to him,...
Duffuor’s take on E-levy
A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has described as problematic, government’s decision to introduce an electronic transaction levy (E-levy) as an innovative way...
Tollbooth workers stage demo; petition Parliament over closure [Video]
Scores of toll workers nationwide have poured onto the streets of Accra to protest the cessation of tolls collection which has rendered them redundant.
The...
Parliament approves 2022 Budget without Minority
The Parliament of Ghana has, by a majority decision, passed the 2022 Budget statement.
The budget was passed after 137 Members of Parliament (MPs) voted...
2022 Budget rejection: Minority boycotts proceedings
Talks between the Majority and Minority in Parliament over the rejected 2022 Budget statement and economic policy have broken down; sources tell JoyNews.
The talks have...
Akufo-Addo is running ‘democratic-autocratic’ govt – Amidu
Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says arrogance and impunity of power have taken over the Akufo-Addo administration since it assumed office in January 2017.
In...
MTN Qwikloan will collapse if E-levy is implemented – Operators warn
Arnold Parker, the Chief Executive Officer of Afb Ghana, operators of Qwikloan services on MTN, has hinted at the cessation of their operation if...
Martin Amidu reacts to rejection of 2022 Budget statement
The Parliamentary vote on November 26, 2021, against the approval of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 2022 Budget Statement and Policy presented to the Parliament of...
2022 Budget is already in dustbin, Majority must seek consensus – MP
JoyNews/AdomNews · Minority promises show down again ahead of budget debate
The Minority in Parliament is promising a showdown as they meet the Majority...
Budget rejection: PaFFAG sends strong message to Minority MPs
The Patriotic Forum for Accountable Governance (PaFFAG) has lashed out at the Minority in Parliament over the rejection of the 2022 budget.
According to...
A new budget not bad; Akufo-Addo’s name was wrongly spelt – Ablakwa
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has suggested to the government to present another budget statement.
This, according to him, is...