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Parliament approves GHc129 billion for financing gov’t operation
Add a CommentParliament has approved the sum of GHS129 billion for the services of the government for the 2021 financial year. The sum was captured in the Appropriation Bill. Before the approval of the Appropriation Bill on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, the … Read more →
Parliament: 12 more test positive for COVID-19 after re-testing exercise
Add a CommentParliament has recorded 12 more cases of the COVID-19 virus within its enclave. Most of the cases involve auxiliary members of the House with a few being Members of Parliament (MPs). These persons tested positive after a Coronavirus re-testing exercise … Read more →
Parliament approves $162.9m Barclays loan
Add a CommentParliament on Wednesday approved a $162, 931,563.27 Barclays Bank PLC loan to finance the design, construction and furnishing of seven district hospitals and provide an integrated IT systems by NMS Infrastructure Limited. The money is part of the amendment agreements … Read more →
Parliament approves $10.24m tax waivers on Assin Fosu road project
Add a CommentParliament has approved a request for waiver of taxes and duties totalling $10.24 million on materials, equipment and services to be procured for the rehabilitation of the National Trunk Road N8 (phase two). The duties and tax waivers comprise Import … Read more →
Equally composed Parliament will enhance democracy — Dr Alidu
Add a CommentA Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana, Dr Seidu Alidu, has described the possibility of Parliament having an equally composed House as a good practice that will make it more diligent and enhance … Read more →
NDC can’t claim majority in parliament – Ben Ephson
Add a CommentPollster and Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch Newspaper Mr. Benjamin Emmanuel Ephson has said claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of winning more Parliamentary seats are not true is false. “From the information available, NDC cannot be leading … Read more →
Return Agyapa deal to Parliament – Prez. Akufo-Addo orders
Add a CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has reportedly directed Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to go back to Parliament on the Agyapa Royalties deal for further assessment. Asaaseradio.com quoted a source from the Office of the President saying the President wanted further scrutiny from the legislature, … Read more →
Finance Minister presents 2021 Q1 budget statement to Parliament today
Add a CommentFinance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the government budget statement for the first quarter of the 2021 fiscal year to Parliament today, Wednesday, October 28. He is expected to announce key decisions including measures to resuscitate the economy … Read more →
Parliament sends delegation to investigate Ghana Embassy’s withdrawal of funds in Belgium
Add a CommentThe Parliament of Ghana has sent a delegation to Brussels to investigate the closure of Ghana’s Embassy account by the order of ING Bank in Belgium. According to the Chairman of Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Frank Annor Dompreh, a … Read more →
Pass Rent Bill, 2020 before Parliament dissolves
Add a CommentThe Council of Indigenous Business Associations (CIBA), has appealed to Parliament to pass the new Rent Bill, 2020, to replace the existing, moribund Rent Act of Ghana (Act 220), which was passed in 1963 before the current Parliament is dissolved. … Read more →
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