POLITICS

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Wusu (Joewise) has justified the approval of the 2022 budget statement. During deliberations in the House on Wednesday December, 1 he stated that a Deputy Speaker could not be described as a Speaker hence, arguments being against the number of MPs in the chamber as of the time of the approval of ...

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 ...

Pressure group Fixing The Country Movement has begun agitations to have the Speaker of Parliament investigated and possibly removed from office from his action on Friday, November 26. The Speaker, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, despite a walkout by the Majority on that day, ruled on the motion to have the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of government approved or ...

An independent presidential candidate for the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections has berated the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the empty names it has propounded for the budget and policy statement delivered to parliament over the years. Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah (JOY) said the various names that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his cohorts in parliament have been giving ...

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has defended the introduction of the E-levy in the 2022 budget statement. He said this is the proposal is the most sustainable way for boosting public finances because the government cannot afford to borrow more at this time to fund projects. Addressing a press conference in Koforidua on Monday November ...