Minority asks government to pull out of AG/Aker Energy Renegotiation Agreement

Ghana News Agency - May 5, 2019

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament is asking government to withdraw the re-negotiated petroleum agreement it is signing with AGM/Aker Energy,...

Ghana’s Parliament Passes the Governance Accountability Law

Ghana News Agency - May 5, 2019

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Parliament on Thursday evening passed the new Companies Bill, 2018, which replaces the Companies Act of 1963, to deal exclusively with company registration and...

Rt. Honourable Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye

Minister advised to attach seriousness to parliamentary emergency sitting

Ghana News Agency - May 4, 2019

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The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, on Thursday sent an apparent fatherly appeal and order to absentee ministers to report to the...

President Picks Evelyn Richardson for Bono Regional Minister

Ghana News Agency - Apr 14, 2019

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Parliament on Friday evening approved by a majority secret votes the nomination of Mrs. Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson as the Minister for Bono Region. ...

Anti-Vigilantism Law Must Be Given Full Attention

Ghana News Agency - Apr 12, 2019

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Ms Gloria Akufo, the Attorney General and Minister for Justice on Thursday morning laid before Parliament, a Legislative Instrument (LI) to deal with political...

Ghana’s Parliament Okays €58.9 Million Contract for Kumasi Airport

Ghana News Agency - Apr 12, 2019

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Parliament on Thursday approved an EPC/Turnkey contract of 58.9 million euros between the Government of Ghana and Contracta Construction UK Limited for the execution...

Anim reiterates the need for land banks

Ghana News Agency - Apr 9, 2019

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Mr Moses Anim, Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip is calling for the protection of Ghana’s agrarian lands against mortgaging for estate development. He made a...

Woyome demands details of Visa fraud investigations

Ghana News Agency - Apr 8, 2019

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Mr Kobena Mensah Woyome, the Ranking Member on Youth, Sports and Culture Committee of Parliament, is calling for the report on the investigation conducted...

Parliament Proposes the Use of French as Ghana’s Second official Language

Ghana News Agency - Apr 4, 2019

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Parliament on Monday made a case for the nation to adopt the French Language as the second official language for Ghana. ...

Muntaka wants legislation review to allow motorcycles

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2019

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Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, the Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, on Thursday called for a review of the Road Traffic Regulations...

late Emeritus Professor Joseph Hansen (JH) Kwabena Nketiah

Dr Iddi Describes Prof. Nketia’s Demise is a Big Lose

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2019

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Dr Ziblim Iddi, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, has eulogized the late Emeritus Professor Joseph Hansen (JH) Kwabena Nketiah, a renowned...

Launching of Bia Lamplighter College of Education Held

Ghana News Agency - Mar 28, 2019

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The Bia Lamplighter College of Education in Sefwi Debiso, in the Bia West District, in the newly created North Western Region, has been...

GAEC Experiment on Malaria Set backed By Non-Payment of Electricity Bills

Ghana News Agency - Mar 27, 2019

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The inability of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to pay an outstanding electricity bill debt in 2015 compelled the Electricity Company of Ghana...

International Community Support is crucial to local climate change actions

Ghana News Agency - Mar 24, 2019

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Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government, has asked the international community to make adequate contributions into the Green Climate Fund or the...

Deputy VR Minister in Waiting Reverses Taboo Claim Against NPP

Ghana News Agency - Mar 23, 2019

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Mr. Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Minister-designate for Volta Region, on Wednesday, retracted an earlier claim that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was a taboo...

Bono East Region Public Buildings to be Made disability friendly

Ghana News Agency - Mar 23, 2019

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Mr Siaka Stevens, the Deputy Minister Designate for the Bono East Region, has assured people with physical challenges that state building projects in the...

Yaw Afful to Prioritise Flight Training

Ghana News Agency - Mar 19, 2019

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Mr Yaw Afful, Deputy Minister designate for Aviation on Monday promised to team up with the Minister to ensure that there are modern airplanes,...

The Whole of Upper West Knows Me as Principled – Bin Salih

Ghana News Agency - Mar 19, 2019

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Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Minister Designate of the Upper West Region, has said the people of Wa and the Upper West Region in...

Muntaka Insists Executive Cannot Bully Us

Ghana News Agency - Mar 17, 2019

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A proposal by the Business Committee of Parliament for the House to adjourn sine die on Friday, 12 April 2019, was on Friday met...

Ghana’s Finance Minister Says the Cedi Will Bounce Back

Ghana News Agency - Mar 16, 2019

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The Government on Wednesday announced that it was adopting a number of measures, within the next two weeks, to reverse the depreciation of the...

The Church and State Must Work Hand in Hand to Fight Corruption

Ghana News Agency - Mar 8, 2019

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A group of Christian clerics and Parliamentarians on Thursday condemned the canker of corruption as a bane on national development and called on the...

Ras Mubarak Happy Over Jubilee House Cleaning

Ghana News Agency - Mar 7, 2019

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Ras Mubarak, MP for Kumbungu, has commended the swift response to the call to enhance sanitation at certain parts of Jubilee House, stressing that...

Minister Says Planting for Food and Jobs has been successful so far

Ghana News Agency - Feb 28, 2019

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Food and Agriculture Minister Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Tuesday told Parliament that the Government’s flagship agricultural programme “Planting for Food and Jobs” (PFJ)...

President Akufo-Addo delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony

It Appears Ghana is the Toast of the World

Ghana News Agency - Feb 22, 2019

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When horn blowers sounded their horns after the throbs of the giant drums, it heralded the entrance to Parliament of the First Gentleman of...

Women’s group wages war over Lydia Alhassan

Ghana News Agency - Feb 7, 2019

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The Women Caucus of the Majority in Parliament has registered its displeasure at their counterparts in the Minority for participating in innuendos at Madam...

Volta NDC Canvass for Delali Brempong Ahead of By-election

Ghana News Agency - Jan 27, 2019

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Mr Joshua Akamba, National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is calling on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from luring voters...

Speaker Oquaye rallies support for National Cathedral project

Ghana News Agency - Dec 26, 2018

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Speaker of Parliament Rev Prof Aaron Michael Oqauye is rallying support for the construction of the national cathedral for Ghana, explaining that the building...

Parliament donate GHC 50k to University of Ghana Endowment Fund