Sarah Adwoa Safo JoyNews/AdomNews · Speaker Bagbin rules on Adwoa Safo’s case The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has ruled that the report from the Privileges Committee cannot be automatic to declare Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo‘s seat vacant. His ruling was in relation …
Read More »Speaker defers ruling on Adwoa Safo
by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Sarah Adwoa Safo Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges Committee for absenteeism. Alban Bagbin after listening to debates from both sides of the House on Thursday said he will …
Read More »It’s unfair to strip Speaker of military bodyguards – NPP’s Obiri Boahen
By:brightwebtv /Nana asare barimah Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen says it is unfair to strip of Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin’s military bodyguards. Over the weekend, the Military High Command of Ghana stripped the …
Read More »Joe Osei Owusu destooled as Speaker over ‘I am not Speaker’ comment
By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament may have served notice to the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu that they would not recognize him as Speaker any longer. The opposition MPs in a show of anger hurled chants of ‘we would not …
Read More »I am not ‘Speaker’ – Under pressure Joe Osei Owusu justifies his ‘137 plus me’ quorum declaration
By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah In a bid to justify ‘plus me’ decision, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu has left heads itching for a scratch with his claim that he is not ‘The Speaker’. The comment was his justification for counting himself as one of the 138 members …
Read More »BREAKING: Chaos erupts in Parliament as NDC MP whisks away Speaker’s seat
By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah The Parliament of Ghana has erupted into chaos with minority and majority members shoving and pushing each other. The heated confrontation between the two sides erupted after the Second Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu ruled to reject a motion by the minority side. The minority …
Read More »Wereko Brobbey petitions Speaker to halt payment of emoluments to presidential spouses
by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby Former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Charles Wereko Brobbey, has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to call on the House to suspend the payment of monthly allowances to incumbent spouses of the President and his Vice. In …
Read More »Speaker absent as NDC presents petition to Parliament
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 …
Read More »Speaker admits motion for bi-partisan committee to probe Sputnik-V vaccines procurement
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion from the Minority side for the constitution of a bi-partisan committee to investigate the government’s contract for the procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines by the Health Ministry. Earlier in June, the Minority tabled an urgent motion calling on the House …
Read More »Telenovelas corrupting our women – Speaker of Parliament
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 …
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