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By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah   Majority Leader and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated that Ghana’s legislature has more lawmakers than required in his opinion. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu adds that the country can do with 200 Members of Parliament lamenting how increments of the numbers have been tainted with political considerations. …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     The Minority side of the eighth parliament of the Fourth Republic has voted to reject the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government, which was presented by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, on the floor of the House on Wednesday 17 November 2021. Before the rejection, …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Kissi Agyebeng Parliament has, in a unanimous decision, approved Kissi Agyebeng for Special Prosecutor. The House on Friday approved Mr Agyebeng after a report of Parliament’s Appointment Committee recommended same. “The committee has duly recommended the nomination of the President for the appointment of the Special …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Parliament has tasked its Defence and Interior Committee to investigate the surge in robbery attacks on mobile money vendors in the country. The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, on Friday issued the directive following concerns raised by the Members of Parliament for Ablekuma …

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah   The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has presented its second petition to the leadership of Parliament following a five-hour march on Tuesday, July 6 to demand justice for the atrocities caused by the security agencies under the current government. The first petition was presented earlier to President …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Parliament has tasked its Defence and Interior Committee to investigate circumstances leading to the assault of some residents of Wa, by military personnel on Thursday. The Members of Parliament on Friday deliberated on the aforementioned issue. During the discussion, some of the legislators were clad in …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Ghanaians against indiscriminate patronage of foreign telenovelas. According to him, these telenovelas being shown on networks in the country are not only corrupting women to the point that their husbands no longer recognise them but destroying cultures too. The …

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The National House of Chiefs has called for harmony and cooperation among members of Parliament. The House of Chiefs said both minority and majority in the House must also avoid partisan interests in the work of the legislature. The call comes after the resignation of North Tingu …

  By:brightwebtv The North Tongu MP says he is resigning with immediate effect from the committee based on principle    Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP, North Tongu National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has resigned from Parliament’s Appointments Committee. “This was after days of careful reflection and thoughtful …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has referred the petition by former Governor of the Central Bank Dr Kwabena Duffuor over the collapse of uniBank to a yet-to-be formed seven-member committee of the House. The petition which was laid by Bawku Central lawmaker Mahama Ayariga was …