ALL POSTS FILED UNDER: PARLIAMENT
‘Parliament approved $200m loan for 5,000 units’ Saglemi housing project
Add a CommentParliament documents intercepted by the Daily Graphic indicate that the House did, indeed, approve a $200 million loan agreement for the construction of 5,000 housing units for the Saglemi Housing project in Accra on October 31, 2012. The documents have … Read more →
Ken Agyapong and Muntaka in near-brawl at Parliament
Add a CommentThere was a near exchange of fisticuffs in Parliament on Wednesday, 30 January 2019 between Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak and embattled Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong. According to Class News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan, the two lawmakers met … Read more →
Parliament to vet Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, others today
Add a CommentInformation Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah will face parliament’s Appointments Committee today [Friday] to be vetted for his new portfolio. Other government appointees also expected to be vetted are the Minister-designate of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison; and Ms … Read more →
Parliament summons Ursula Owusu over $89m deal
Add a CommentThe Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has been invited by the Second Deputy Speaker, Alban Bagbin, to brief parliament on the $89 million contract between the ministry and a Haitian company – Kelni GVG. It is meant for the design … Read more →
Parliament summons Nitiwul, Dery over military-police bloody clash in Tamale
Add a CommentThe Defence and the Interior ministers have been summoned by Parliament over Wednesday’s bloody clash between a group of soldiers and some police personnel in Tamale in the Northern Region. Dominic Nitiwul and Ambrose Dery are to appear before the … Read more →
Drinks & kola presented by aspirants to be in Parliament – Majority Leader
Add a CommentThe Majority Leader and Minister in charge of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has bemoaned the lack of quality in the caliber of people who represent constituents in Ghana’s Parliament. The Majority Leader, who was speaking on TV3‘s New Day on Monday, attributed the … Read more →
RTI bill re-laid in Parliament
Add a CommentThe Right to Information Bill has been re-laid in Parliament and expected to go through the normal legislative process for passage. Members of Parliament had earlier unanimously voted to withdraw the bill which was previously laid under a certificate of … Read more →
Breakdown: Prez. Akufo-Addo submits list of 998 staffers to Parliament for 2017
Add a CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has forwarded a list of 998 current staffers and ministers of state at the presidency [Jubilee House] to Parliament for purposes of accountability. The list, which is for the period January 7, 2017 to December 31, … Read more →
NDC’s US military deal for Parliament
Add a CommentThe Defence Cooperation Agreements between the governments of the United States and Ghana signed during the regime of the now opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1998 and 2015 are to be tabled before parliament for ratification. According to Information … Read more →
Parliament to soon operationalise Code of Conduct – Deputy Majority Leader
Add a CommentMs Sarah Adwoa Safo, Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament, yesterday informed Parliament that a manual would soon be adopted by the House to operationalise the Code of Conduct adopted last December. “Mr Speaker, it is my fervent hope that the … Read more →
(Selorm) | 
(Nana Kwesi)