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Parliament decriminalises attempted suicide
Add a CommentParliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offenses Act of 1960, which makes attempting to take one’s own life a crime. Following the amendment in Parliament on Tuesday, March 28, persons who attempt suicide will be considered as having mental … Read more →
EC to lay new C.I before Parliament
Add a CommentThe Electoral Commission (EC) is to lay before Parliament the new Constitutional Instrument (C.I), which is expected to regulate continuous voter registration in the country. The new CI titled: Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2021, is seeking to make … Read more →
Parliament demands briefing on domestic debt exchange programme
Add a CommentThe Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has directed the Business Committee of Parliament to schedule the Finance Minister to appear before the House on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 to brief members on affairs of the Domestic Debt Exchange … Read more →
Parliament to probe National Security Minister over Meek Mill video
Add a CommentThe Parliamentary Select Committee on Defense and Interior has stated that it will drag the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah before the House to explain how US Rapper, Meek Mill shot a music video at the Jubilee House. The … Read more →
New voter register: NDC petitions Parliament over Ghana Card
Add a CommentThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) has initiated moves in Parliament to halt the move by the Electoral Commission (EC) to use the National Identification Card (Ghana Card) as the only evidence of citizenship for the compilation of a new register … Read more →
Majority caucus in Parliament tells Akufo-Addo to sack Finance Minister
Add a CommentMajority Caucus in Parliament is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack all the ministers at the Ministry of Finance with immeidate effect. They want Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, … Read more →
Parliament has failed to check Executive – Minority Leader, Deputy A-G
Add a CommentParliament has failed to be an effective check on the Executive arm of government, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and a Deputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, have said. But while Mr Iddrisu attributes the failure of Parliament to extreme partisanship and … Read more →
Parliament approves €135m for construction of Suame Interchange
Add a CommentParliament has approved a €135 million facility to finance the design and construction of phase 1 of the Suame Interchange and ancillary road projects in Suame in the Ashanti Region. “All in favour of adopting the motion say aye, all … Read more →
Parliament approves US$750m for CAPEX
Add a CommentPARLIAMENT YESTERDAY approved a US$750 million African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) loan which is part of a broader package to finance capital and growth-related expenditures in the 2022 Budget presented to the House on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The agreement, signed … Read more →
State loses GH¢27bn to tax exemptions – Finance Minister confirms in Parliament
Add a CommentThe Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has confirmed that the country lost about GH¢27 billion to tax exemptions granted some businesses between 2008 and 2020. The amount translates to about GH¢2.2 billion surrendered in tax waivers each year for the … Read more →
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