Politics

Parliament has approved the 2021 budget by a majority decision Friday afternoon. This follows the rejection of the decision by 1st deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu who was presiding to rule in favor of the majority in the voice vote by ...

The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has denied reports that he’s held a meeting to announce his bid for the “flagbearership” position of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). There have been reports in both traditional and social ...

The Convention People’s Party(CPP) has accused the Akufo-Addo government of slapping heavy taxes on Ghanaians so as to recoup the resources expended on the freebies during the Lockdown last year. When the pandemic heightened, the government stepped in to implement ...

President Akufo-Addo has charged all sixteen (16) regional ministers of his second term administration to ensure that they maintain total security, peace and order in their respective regions where they are to serve. The President gave the regional ministers the ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has indicated that as part of the post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, government is considering rolling out creative revenue mobilization measures to fund its projects. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 ...

Let me use this opportunity to congratulate, once again, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, on becoming Speaker of the 8th Parliament. His has been a distinguished career, having entered the 1st Parliament of the 4th ...

President Akufo-Addo has stated that his government is not averse to public scrutiny, adding that, that is not the way of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP). According to him, serving as Attorney-General to President John Agyekum Kufour in 2001, the ...

The 2021 Budget statement is expected to be laid in Parliament on Friday, March 12, 2021, for consideration and approval. As required by the Public Financial Management Regulation, 2019, the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta in October last year ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in twenty-eight of the twenty-nine ministerial nominees who were vetted and approved by Parliament. They were sworn into office on Friday March 5. The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Ebenezer Kojo Kum, could not ...

Parliament has approved 16 other ministerial nominees recommended by the Appointments Committee. The conclusion was reached via voice vote on the floor March 4. Prior to this, Parliament had approved some 13 ministerial nominees during a sitting which dragged through ...