Asante Akim North representative in parliament, Andy Appiah-Kubi has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to keep his vow to oust Ken Ofori-Atta, the troubled Minister of Finance, from last year. Appiah-Kubi, the head of the controversial “Ken Must Go” coalition of governing party lawmakers, vowed to stop supporting government …
Read More »“In fact, it shook me, it took me by surprise” -Ato Forson on Minority reshuffle
For the first time, Cassiel Ato Forson has recounted how he learned that he would serve as the National Democratic Congress’ leader in parliament. On February 7, 2023, when Parliament began its regular session following the Christmas recess, Ato Forson, the representative for Ajumako Enyan Essiam, officially assumed his duties …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu rejects Collins Dauda’s seat after minority reshuffle
After being removed as the leader of the caucus, former Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu declined a seat given to him by the minority in parliament. He claims that Collins Dauda is older than he is and has been in office longer than he has, thus as a well-educated guy, he …
Read More »Publishing Auditor-General’s report before Parliament unconstitutional – Attorney General
The release of the Auditor- General’s report before Parliament has finished debating it, according to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, is unconstitutional. Mr. Dame claims that a report’s earlier release would seriously impair the Auditor- General’s constitutional requirement to present his reports to Parliament and the …
Read More »Police arrest NDC Youth Organizer in viral video inciting political violence ahead of elections
The National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) youth organizer Razak Avoliya has been detained by the police in the Ashanti Region’s Suame Constituency as a result of an inquiry into a widely circulated video in which he called for political violence ahead of the 2024 general elections. The culprit is being held …
Read More »Majority Leader condemns Suame NDC Youth Organizer’s ‘kill to win power’ comment
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Member of Parliament for the Suame Constituency and the Majority Leader, referred to some inflammatory remarks made by a local executive of the opposing National Democratic Congress as terrible. The New Patriotic Party MP claims that the youth organizer’s remarks were made as a result of the …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo swears in 20 High Court judges
Following their elevation, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has swore in 20 new High Court justices. Following the Judicial Council’s recommendations, all 16 Circuit Court judges were elevated to the bench’s third-highest court. The freshly sworn-in justices are: Gwendolyn Millicent Owusu, Alexander Oworae, William Appiah Twumasi, Baah Forson Agyapong, Marian …
Read More »“We pledge to offer fair and unbiased, balanced, consultative, and principled leadership”- Ato Forson
Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the new minority leader, has stated that the NDC caucus would not tolerate any poor governance from the Akufo-Addo-led administration. Dr. Ato Forson pledged that the minority will provide fair and unbiased, impartial, consultative, and principled leadership to ensure that Presidents Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia’s governments …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta to appear before Parliament over domestic debt exchange programme
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been called in response to demands for various exclusions from the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Tuesday, February 7 saw the Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin, support a request from both parties in the legislature for the minister to inform the House on …
Read More »COVID-19 expenditure: Parliament to begin probe from February 15
According to the opposition leader in the parliament, the house’s investigation into COVID-19 spending is anticipated to begin on February 15, 2023. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson claims that the COVID-19 investigation will be made public. When the leadership from both sides of the house met with the press today, Wednesday, …
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