Politics

Parliament has approved the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to address challenges in the energy sector and sanitation and pollution issues. The Act, which amends the Energy Sector Levies Act, 2015 (Act 899), provides for an…

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, before the House rose on Tuesday night, justified his direction, and the setting up of a parliamentary committee to investigate the revocation of the licenses of UniBank, UTBank. He was of the view…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party leadership is in crunch meeting with Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) over the resignation of Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa from the Appointment Committee of Parliament. Mr Samuel Ofosu…

The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application, which gave the EC the go ahead to gazette John Peter Amewu, as the Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency. The seven member presided over by Justice Yaw Apau, said the "review…

Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has been appointed as a member of the Parliamentary Service Board, Chaired by Speaker Alban Kingsford Bagbin. The other members are Mr Cyril…

Parliament on Monday approved in Accra, by consensus, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the immediate past Minister of Finance, to serve again as Finance Minister. The House voted a resounding aye to approve the nominee, a financial analyst and…

The Minister-designate for Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has refuted claims that Ghanaian taxpayers are worse-off today because the Akufo-Addo-led administration has imposed so many taxes on them. Responding to questions before the…

The Leadership of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for the dissolution of the National Council of Curriculum Assessment (NACCA) Board and Secretariat, with immediate effect. The call is necessitated by a publication in the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has agreed that it would be potentially unlawful for the executive to unilaterally reduce the 2021 budget estimates for Parliament and the Judiciary. He was quoted in a letter addressed to the…

Parliament has approved a budgetary allocation of GH¢854,062,706 for the Ministry of Energy for the 2021 financial year. The breakdown for the expenditure includes Employee Compensation of GH¢4.4 million, Goods and Services GH¢6.3…