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The leader of the Minority group in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has asked the government to change aspects of the 2022 budget statement and resubmit to Parliament for approval. Until those changes are made, he said, the budget which has been thrown out would not be revisited in the same form in which it came. A statement he issued on Monday ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama is 63 years today, Monday, 29 November 2021. The 2020 flagbearer of the biggest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) was born on this day in 1958 at Damango, capital of the West Gonja District, to an affluent teacher, rice farmer and politician. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, was the first Member of Parliament for West ...

The Minority in Parliament has urged Ghanaians to disregard the barrage of accusations being levelled against the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin on the rejection of the 2022 Budget. In a statement issued on Sunday 28th November 2022, the Minority stated that Parliament is governed by the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament and not the imagination and thinking ...

Bolgatanga Central MP Isaac Adongo has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to show leadership by halting the use of offensive words by the majority caucus and rather building consensus around the points of disagreement in the 2022 budget that has been rejected by parliament. Parliament rejected the 2022 budget on Friday after the Majority side walked out in ...

Friday’s #FixTheCountry protesters went on a collision course with personnel of the Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service after they were refused entry into Parliament. The protesters were seeking to enter Parliament to present their petition to leadership of the House. But the police stopped the scores from entering the legislature by giving only a quota of 10. ...

After three days of debate on the 2022 budget statement presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, members are set to vote on the policy document on Friday, November 26. Though there have been public disagreements over some of the taxes introduced in the budget presented by Mr Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, November 17, it is set for ...

The Ashanti Region Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has commissioned the Obuasi Enterprise and Skills Development Centre. The Center, which was jointly established by Anglogold Ashanti Ghana and the AGA Community Trust Fund, is expected to be a one- stop hub to provide solutions to local businesses and to support skills development and capacity building. Speaking at a ceremony to commission ...

Head of Business Development and Origination and Acting Head of Agribusiness at Stanbic Bank Benedict Kwasi Obeng has encouraged players within Ghana’s agriculture sector to be consistent in the quantity and quality of agricultural products if the country has to benefit fully from the sector. Mr. Obeng said this at the Seventh Agricultural Industrialization Conference, organized by the Torchbearer International ...

Surfline announces the introduction of its Digital Lifestyle Bundles. With the Big Mood bundles, Surfline no longer communicates “Gb for a price” to the customer, it is fully focused on what using Surfline’s internet data means for customers in their digital life. Surfline therefore has introduced four new Digital Lifestyle bundles called the Big Mood Bundles: Binge Xtra enable the ...

The Suma traditional council in the Bono Region has honoured the Speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Kingsford Alban Sumana Bagbin and seven members of parliament for their outstanding fight against LGBTQ+. Odeneho Dr Afram Brempong III presented eight golden swords and citations to the seven MPs and the Speaker. The ruler of Suma traditional area, however, admonished them not to relent ...