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Majority MPs in Parliament have threatened to boycott the reading of the 2023 budget if Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta is not sacked. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the NPP lawmakers stated that they are displeased with the management of the economy under Ken Ofori-Atta. The MPs have therefore …

Parliament has passed the law spelling out the various fees to be paid by persons seeking Information under the Right to Information law. This is the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous provisions Act 2022 (ACT 1080). Persons seeking Information are to pay 0.27 pesewas for every photocopy of A4 size of …

King Charles III Appears In Parliament With Wife For First Time As King Photo of Akosua Boatemaa Akosua Boatemaa Send an email1 min ago0 22 1 minute read Charles III appeared emotional as MPs and peers stood to sing ‘God Save the King’ on his first appearance in Parliament as …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Parliament of Ghana, specifically Parliament’s Select Committee on Communications to call the Minister of Communications and the National Communication Authority (NCA) to order over the sanctions meted out to SIM card users yet to reregister their cards. In a statement registering …

Parliament has approved a total amount of over GHC576 million for the Ministry of Railways Development for the implementation of its programmes for the 2022 fiscal year. The breakdown of the 2022 budget estimate for the Ministry of Railways Development includes compensations GHC5,291,000.00; goods and services GHC13,037,000.00; capital expenditure GHC557,642,000.00. …

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that the electronic transaction levy (E-levy) will be reduced from 1.75% to at least 1.5%. According to him, the reduced charge was captured in the revised version of the 2022 budget submitted by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Tuesday. Speaking on PM …

Parliament has today November 30, 2021, approved the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government presented by Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on the 17th of November this year. This comes following earlier confusion on whether or not the budget had been rejected at Friday’s Parliamentary sitting. The Majority …

Parliament on Friday rejected the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on November 17, 2021. All 137 Minority Members of Parliament (MPS) voted against the motion when the question was put by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. The Majority Caucus had …

Parliament will conduct an open ballot to determine the decision of each of the 275 members of the House on the bill on the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, 2021”. An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast …

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Babgin has said the House would be guided by the “richness of common sense and human decency,” in the treatment of the Bill on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values, 2021. The bill, also known as Anti-Gay Bill, and now …