The Dome-Kwabenya arm of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed scepticism about the identity of a lady MP who took part in Tuesday’s vote on the budget as Adwoa Safo, the MP for Dome-Kwabenya. Ms Safo has not been seen in public for months. Her leave was extended by President Nana Akufo-Addo some weeks ago. In her absence, ...

A private citizen Richard Sky has filed a writ at the Supreme Court challenging the Speaker of Parliament’s decision to allow 137 members of parliament vote to reject the 2022 budget. Last Friday, Speaker Alban Bagbin allowed 137 Minority MPs to vote on the budget. The MPs voted to reject the budget but many including the Majority said what the ...

A former Member of Parliament for the Tamale Central Constituency in the Northern Region has stressed the need for parliament to live above the manipulation of numbers on the floor. According to Mr. Inusah Fuseini, “Ghana’s democracy stands to suffer if the manipulation of numbers on the floor continues to play out during proceedings in the house”. The former opposition ...

A former Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has asked Ghanaians to prepare for extreme hardships following the approval of the 2022 budget by Parliament without the Minority. In a Facebook post reacting to the approval of the budget, he said “If you are a Ghanaian, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, with the help of their MPs, has given you the ...

The founder of Danquah Institute (DI), Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei-Owusu did not partake in the voting to approve the 2022 budget on Tuesday, 30 November 2021. According to Mr Otchere-Darko, Mr Osei-Owusu was only counted as present in the House in his capacity as MP for Bekwai and did not need ...

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is scheduled to hold a press conference today to explain how the concerns raised by the Minority and other Ghanaians against aspects of the 2022 budget statement are going to be addressed. The press conference will take place at the Ministry of Information auditorium at 3PM. The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta had assured the Minority that all the ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has said that his side in the House will now insist on headcount for every decision that is taken on all matters in Parliament. This comes after the 2022 budget statement was approved through a headcount in Parliament without the Minority, on Tuesday November 30. Addressing the press after the development, a disappointed ...

The former Minister of Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, has added his voice to the many calls for the rejection of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-levy) saying it will compound the several taxes on the Ghanaians. Dr. Duffuor reiterated that implementing the E-levy would affect the ordinary Ghanaian directly since it is the mode of payment widely used. The former Governor ...

Former Minister for Roads and Highways, Inusah Fuseini has charged Members of Parliament (MP) to summon the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, to the House to answer questions on his directives on the closure of tollbooths in the country. Alhaji Fuseini said the action constitutes a financial loss to the state and recklessness, and the Minister, according to ...

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