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By:brightwebtv/bananas are barimah Ranking Member on Lands and Forestry Committee, Rashid Pelpuo The minority in Parliament, has called on the government to arrest its own appointees and party officials who were cited in the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) report. This call by the minority is on the back …

  NDC CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS JUDICIAL ABUSE AND DESPICABLE EFFORTS TO GAG MPs AND STAMPEDE PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT The NDC Caucus in Parliament strongly condemns the naked and shameful abuse of the judiciary by certain undemocratic elements seeking to gag NDC Members of Parliament and prevent us from carrying out …

  Calm has been restored in the Minority Caucus in Parliament following agitations over the leadership reshuffle. This followed a closed-door meeting between the party’s Council of Elders, the National Executive Committee and both new and old parliamentary leadership. The former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak …

  The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders has urged calm among members over the Minority leadership shake-up. The Council has urged the rank and file of the party to refrain from further public pronouncements over the development which has resulted in agitations. This was contained in a statement …

  John Jinapor, former Deputy Minister of Energy The Minority in Parliament has expressed worry over the recent price hikes in utility tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). PURC on Monday increased electricity and water tariffs by 29.96% and 8.3% respectively. The increment, which takes effect from 1st …

  The Minority in Parliament has voted against the GHS80 million earmarked for the National Cathedral project in 2023 and thus may have no public funding for it. The National Cathedral has had its appropriation estimate in the 2023 budget stepped down. This was when the Parliamentary Committee on Trade, …

  By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo   Minority in Parliament have questioned the moral right of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5%. According to the Minority Leader in Parliament, they wonder why President Akufo-Addo who led Kumepreko demonstration …

  The Minority in Parliament has rejected government’s proposed debt exchange programme which seeks to reduce high public debt. The Caucus has described the programme as unacceptable and they cannot allow it to go through. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, vowed they will use every …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The Minority in Parliament has threatened not to support the approval of the 2023 budget if the sector ministers fail to appear before the House. According to them, the absence of the ministers means they do not take the work of Parliament seriously. The leader of the …

  Member of Parliament for the people of Dormaa West Constituency and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Works and Housing Committee has said the government’s decision to sell the Saglemi Housing project to a private developer is bad. To Vincent Oppong Asamoah, the NPP government can never be transparent and so …