The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumani Bagbin has reiterated the need for Parliament to exercise its oversight responsibility over government expenditure. He said this function of parliament is a crucial one that cannot be taken lightly. Speaking at the post-budget forum held at Ho in the Volta Region over the weekend, Mr. Bagbin said it not enough for Parliament to ...

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko, has said Ghanaians want the challenges facing the country to be addressed but are against the government’s decision to raise revenue through levies to undertake the development projects. “Ghana’s development paradox. You say you want the country fixed. Yet, you are against raising revenue to get it ...

Professor Ransford Gyampo of the Department of Political Science, University of Ghana, has decribed as “baffling” what he says are attempts by some parliamentarians, particularly from the majority group, to undermine attempts by the Speaker to restore the lost glory of Parliament as countervailing authority to the powers of the executive. He said since 1993, Parliament has been toothless and ...

Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is under pressure to vaccinate students and pupils who are below fifteen years against COVID-19. The service says the vaccination for those above 15-years started in some regions and this brought pressure from parents to vaccinate children below 15-years. The GHS began the vaccination of students aged 15 years and above in various schools ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has said he can remove the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office. He said the law gives Parliament to powers to remove a president but does not give the same powers to a president to be able to remove a Speaker of Parliament. Speaking at the post-budget forum held at Ho ...

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu yesterday, Thursday, 18 November 2021 handed over 49 VW vehicles under the vehicle hire purchase scheme to the Ghana Health Service. The vehicles were received by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. In total, 1000 units of vehicles will be procured under the hire purchase arrangement, which will cover the ...

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo says Hasaacas Ladies FC have promised her the team will be returning to Ghana with CAF Women’s Champions League trophy. The team will be playing Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa later today, Friday, 19 November 2021 in the finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League ongoing in Egypt. The South Africans have not conceded ...

A Deputy Energy Minister, Andrew Egyapa Mercer has reiterated the NPP government’s commitment to local content and participation in Ghana’s oil and gas industry. This, according to Mr Mercer would ensure that Ghanaians have the opportunity to maximise fully from the country’s hydrocarbon resource. He made this assertion when he represented Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh at the commissioning ...

President of the Ghana Association of Bankers, Madam Patricia Sappor, has revealed that the value of mobile money transactions for the first four months of this year totaled ¢301.1billion whiles that of cheque transactions over the same period amounted to ¢68.3bn. Madam Sappor said this when she was speaking during the 25th National Banking conference in Accra on the theme ...

Justin Bieber has announced the new dates for his Justice World Tour. The tour is set to take place May 2022 through March 2023 and Bieber will touch five continents, 20 countries, and over 90 dates. The new dates come on the heels of his recently announced 52-date 2022 North American tour, kicking off in San Diego on February 18. The international ...