POLITICS

Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has rejected the proposed E-levy in the 2022 budget statement. Apart from this levy destroying the digitalization agenda, he said, it will also be characterized by serious implementation challenges. Delivering a public lectyuer in Accra on Monday November 29, he said “It is now well known that Ghana is facing a large infrastructure deficit ...

The Dean of the Law School at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), Professor Kofi Abotsi, has said Parliament is facing identity crisis at the moment. In a tweet reacting to the rejection of the 2022 budget, he said “What does the squabbling between the 2 sides say about parliament? The crisis of identity runs deep. Is it the ...

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwbane Duffuor is delivering a lecture dubbed ‘The Ghanaian Dream’ today Monday November 29. The theme of his lecture is “Transforming the economy through job creation and opportunities for all.” The founder of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Dr Kwabena Duffuor’s is expected to highlight how jobs can be created to support the youth of this ...

Should the National Democratic Congress (NDC) come back to power, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, will answer for causing financial loss to the state by his directive to road toll collectors to stop collecting tolls across the country just a day after the 2022 budget was read, even though it had not been approved by parliament, ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has said that parliament has duly rejected the 2022 Budget presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta. Until and unless the government removes the draconian taxes in the rejected budget, he said, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament remain unable to support the document. In a statement, he said, the Minority ...

The Kaneshie District Court in Accra has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Francis-Xavier Sosu. The legislator who has been a subject matter of criminal charges was absent in court for the third consecutive time. In court on Monday, November 29, when the case was called his lawyer Victor Kwadjoga Adawudu said, ...

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has outlined five demands they want considered before they give support for the 2022 budget. It comes after they rejected the budget last Friday following long hours of disagreement between them and the Majority. Among others, the Minority is asking the government to suspend the controversial E-levy and also withdraw the Agyapa deal from the ...

The African Foundation for Educational Development (AFFED), a non-governmental organization (NGO) has asked the government to cancel the payment of trainee allowances. According to AFFED, the government is struggling to pay the allowance after accumulating arrears for six months. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017 restored the teacher trainee allowances after his processor, John Dramani Mahama cancelled the arrangement. ...

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that his timely presence in Parliament during the crucial debate on the 2022 budget on the floor of the house inspired the 137 Minority Members of Parliament. Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia made this revelation in an interview with Kwame Appiah Kubi, host of the ‘Ghana Yensom’ morning ...

An Accra-based constitutional lawyer has chided the Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu for some of his belligerent actions on the floor and outside of the floor of Parliament. According to the constitutional lawyer, the Majority leader since the beginning of the eighth Parliament under the leadership of Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has been misbehaving towards the authority of the Speaker. The ...