POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has charged President Akufo-Addo to show leadership in the midst of the Economic uncertainties occasioned by the rejection of the 2022 budget statement and economic policy of government. The minority MPs voted to reject the budget after the majority boycotted proceedings last Friday. The NDC MPs have been demanding the suspension ...

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 ...

Members of the Majority Caucus were absent on Friday, November 26 at the time the Speaker of Parliament walked in to steer affairs leading to the approval the 2022 budget statement or otherwise. It was unclear what was keeping the Majority out of the main chamber but some rumoured that they were waiting for all their members to have the ...

General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu is convinced the Electronic Transactions Levy, popularly known as e-levy, has come to stay. He said just like the Communications Service Tax, popularly known as Talk Tax, innovative ways will be found in making deductions for the e-levy without unduly disadvantaging Ghanaians. Addressing a news conference in the Ashanti Region ...

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 National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced the first of a series of town hall meetings to discuss the 2022 budget statement presented by Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta. According to a press release by the National Communications Bureau of the party, the first edition will be held on Tuesday, November 30 at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah ...

The fate of the 2022 Budget and Economic Policy of the government will be determined through voting by secret ballot today Friday 26th November 20221 in Parliament. Speaking in the House on Thursday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu served notice his side will reject the budget as a result of the 1.75% Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). He disclosed he will ...