Tag Archives: Parliament

Parliament has officially approved the Electronic Transfer Levy Repeal Bill 2025, effectively abolishing the controversial E-Levy, which previously taxed electronic financial transactions in Ghana. The E-Levy, which was initially introduced at 1.75% before being revised to 1%, imposed taxes on electronic transactions, including mobile money payments, bank transfers, and inward remittances. The levy, introduced in 2022, faced significant opposition from ...

The Finance Minister has announced the government’s plan to abolish several taxes, including the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy), the COVID-19 Levy, and the 10% tax on lottery winnings (betting tax). According to Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, these five bills are expected to be laid before Parliament on Wednesday, March 13. “I will be going to Parliament to submit the bills, ...

The Anlo Dukor Council has formally petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to identify the Member of Parliament who allegedly made defamatory remarks against Hon. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings during a heated parliamentary session on February 4, 2025. In a letter signed by Togbi Agbesi Awusu III, the Awadada of Anlo Dukor, the Council expressed outrage over the alleged incident, in which ...

The outgoing Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has mocked the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for their heavy defeat in the just-ended 2024 general elections. He states that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had transformed the NPP into a micro minority by claiming over 50 seats. Dr Ato Forson however assured that the incoming Mahama administration would not engage in ...

Parliament is set to reconvene today, Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), marking its first sitting since the landmark December 7 general elections. This session follows an official circular from the Speaker’s Office on December 11, confirming the location for the meeting. The December 7 elections have reshaped Ghana’s political landscape, ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has announced the recall of Parliament to convene on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 10 am. The session will be held at a venue to be announced by the Speaker in due course. “Pursuant to Order 58 of the Standing Orders of the Parliament Of Ghana, I, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker Of Parliament, ...

The Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has said that a request to recall the House is ill-timed and will constitute a needless drain on the Ghanaian taxpayer. He has suggested that the leadership in Parliament should meet immediately after the elections on December 7 to resolve the stalemate in the House. He has therefore pleaded with the Speaker of ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed says his constituents have asked him not to return to parliament if the House is called back. Speaking recently during a campaign tour in the Ellembelle constituency of the Western Region, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, instructed the party’s Members of Parliament ...

Private legal practitioner and a United States-based Ghanaian professor, Kwaku Asare has stated that a person’s current status in Parliament does not restrict their status in a future Parliament. To that end, he has asked pundits not to advance questions about how a Member of Parliament’s seat could be vacated in a future Parliament following the Supreme Court ruling on ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has emphasised that the Legislature is a vital institution in governance. According to him, the House should not be taken for granted, as it serves as the mirror of Ghana’s democracy. He said this at the commissioning of the Job 600 building in Accra on Tuesday, October 29. Speaking at the event, Mr Bagbin ...