Joseph Osei-Owusu (Joe Wise), the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has voiced his deep sadness over Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s retirement as Majority Leader. Although Mr. Osei-Owusu expressed his appreciation for the former Majority Leader’s leadership, he made it clear that he wishes Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu had served in that capacity till the …

An important obstacle stands in the way of the Accra Sports Stadium’s hosting of the pivotal Paris 2024 Olympic Games Qualifiers match between Zambia’s Copper Queens and Ghana’s Black Queens: electricity is still disconnected. The disconnection is the result of an unpaid debt to the Electricity Company of Ghana of …

Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Member of Parliament for Effutu, is getting ready to assume the role of Majority Leader as of today, Friday, February 23, according to the confirmation of the New Patriotic Party’s National Council. This dramatic shift in the leadership of the Majority Front Bench is in line with …

The Suame member of parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has formally announced his resignation from his position as majority leader. On Friday, February 23, he made this announcement in Parliament, reaffirming that, contrary to what some media reports had suggested, the decision was entirely his own. Members of the Majority Caucus were …

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu made the dramatic decision to resign from office effective immediately during a crucial meeting of the majority group that was called on Wednesday night. President Nana Akufo-Addo presided over the meeting, which was held at the heavily guarded banquet hall of Jubilee House in Accra. The …

According to data from the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS), of the 11.39 million Ghanaians working as of the third quarter of 2023, 6.44 million were women and 5.52 million were men. The 2023 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) from the GSS indicates that, on average, there has been …

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has employed about 282 disabled people nationwide as district and regional disability officers. In November 2022, the government abolished the toll system on public roads and bridges, resulting in the layoff of 99 former tollbooth workers. YEA CEO Kofi Agyepong briefed the media on Thursday, …

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has been urged by the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry to release a minimum of GH¢2 billion to compensate road contractors for completed projects. It was agreed that setting aside GH¢150 million to hire and pay road contractors to fix potholes across the country …

Dr. John Kumah, the Deputy Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu Constituency has revealed that the government’s E-levy revenue for 2023 amounted to GH¢1.19 billion. To address unemployment in the nation, the government used this amount to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, the Ghana Enterprise …

The Ghanaian Electoral Commission (EC) has declared that it will make the general election timetable for 2024 public available by the end of February of 2024. The announcement of the calendar comes after the Commission decided to stick with the original December 7 election date, even though there had been …