President Akufo-Addo is urging students to adhere strictly to the Covid-19 preventive measures as they return to school. In his 22nd update on measures taken to fight the coronavirus on Sunday, the President acknowledged the challenges that surfaced when children were directed to study from home at the peak of the pandemic in the country. According to him,...
Speaker of the 8th Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin says it was a majority vote that propelled him into his current position. In his maiden address to the 275 members on Friday, the 63-year-old immediate past Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament declared his legitimacy to the nation’s third-highest office. He said, “The message in the votes of 136...
The final sitting of the 7th Parliament has started. Among other things, the House is expected to approve new standing orders, and the construction of some 7 district hospitals before it is dissolved at midnight. Again, the House will also discuss gratuity for executives, and the securities industry bill. Meanwhile the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic will...
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has revealed that the NPP side of Parliament has proposed that Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye be maintained as Speaker in the 8th Parliament of Ghana. According to Mr Boadu, this decision assented to by President-elect Akufo-Addo and the Party’s Council, is out of the need to maintain consistency...
President Akufo-Addo is expected to deliver his last State of the Nation address for his first term in office come Tuesday, January 5, 2021. The event is expected to come off at 10:00am on the said date. Parliament in a statement from its Public Affairs Directorate said attendance is strictly by invitation due to Covid-19. The presentation is...
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has hinted that it will maintain MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu as the Majority Leader in Parliament. The party has also named MP for Effutu, Alex Afenyo-Markin as the new Deputy Majority Leader in place of MP for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo. This comes after Ghana’s 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections....
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially announced its intention to legally challenge the results of the December 7 Presidential election, as declared by the Electoral Commission (EC). In a statement released by the party Tuesday, the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asideu-Nketiah said the decision was taken after a meeting by the National Executive Committee....
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it will start its legal challenge of the results of the December 7, election on Wednesday, December 30. The date is the last day of the mandated 21-days given under electoral laws for any aggrieved party in the election to file a legal challenge of the process. A member of the opposition...
Some members of the Minority in Parliament have been sued for breaching the Public Order Act for unlawful assembly. This follows the NDC MPs breaching a security barricade to present a petition at the Electoral Commission headquarters on Tuesday morning. The petition, among other things, demanded that the EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa “cause to be collated the Techiman...
Dr. Moses deGraft-Johnson was indicted on several counts of fraudUS-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr. Moses deGraft-Johnson who was indicted earlier this year for his alleged involvement in fraud has pleaded guilty to 56 counts of health-care fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and aggravated identity theft. deGraft Johnson who is said to be a relative to former Vice President under...