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Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu (left), Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu (right) Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says recent conducts by the Minority in the 8th Parliament indicate that some NDC legislators are not informed on some Parliamentary practices. His concerns stem from various opposition the incumbent government has encountered during the approval of some ministers-designate appointed by President Akufo-Addo, the debate on the 2021 budget statement, and the ...

In the current NDC internal melee, where supporters and some in leadership are accusing the party 39;s Members of Parliament of having betrayed the supporters and executives of the party by approving many or some of President Akufo Addo 39;s ministerial nominees, Lawyer Eric Delanyo Alifo sides with the base of the party and advises the MPs to apologize to them and let the party move on.

  Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (NDC MP), Samuel Nartey George, is demanding that compensation is paid to victims of the violence that characterised the January 31, 2019, Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. In a statement on the floor of Parliament, in Accra, on Tuesday, the MP said two years on, the eight victims recommended by the Emil Short Commission to be compensated have still not been attended to. The victims are Theophilus Sedofu, Seidu Zaneh, James Moore, Mohammed Alhassan, Mr Isha...

THE 8TH PARLIAMENT: The Prophecy, The Twists By ALSWEL ANNAN JAN 27, 2021 In my previous article titled The 8th Parliament: A True Test of Ghana’s Democratic Fabric (take a quick read here – https://citinewsroom.com/2021/01/the-8th-parliament-a-true-test-of-ghanas-democratic-fabric-article/ ); although not an Elijah, Jeremiah nor Isaiah of Ghana politics, I laid emphasis on the fact that the political composition of the 8th Parliament will bring to bare a lot of novel practices especially ...

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Ablakwa: We shall not be reckless obstructionists The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu and a Member of the Appointment Committee in Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said his fellow members on the committee from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) side shall not be a group of reckless obstructionists. However, “but we do not also intend to serve as mere conveyor belts or jinxed accomplices either,” Mr Ablakwa indicated. He has, therefore, sent a word of caution to the min...

  The Speaker of Parliament Alban S.K. Bagbin has urged Members of the Eighth Parliament to desist from confusing the public over the leadership of the two groups in the house. Speaking in Parliament today, Right Honourable Bagbin stated that Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu was the Majority Leader and Haruna Iddrisu was the Minority Leader. He said: "...The Standing Orders further provide that the Majority Group will be lead by a leader and that leader is referred to as Majority Leader and Order 160 an...

705 The Speaker of Parliament Alban S.K. Bagbin has urged Members of the Eighth Parliament to desist from confusing the public over the leadership of the two groups in the house. Speaking in Parliament today, Right Honourable Bagbin stated that Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu was the Majority Leader and Haruna Iddrisu was the Minority Leader. He said: "...The Standing Orders further provide that the Majority Group will be lead by a leader and that leader is referred to as Majority Leader and Order 160 a...

Graphic Online BY: Nana Konadu-Agyeman & Emmanuel Bruce Category: Politics Parliament has unanimously approved the membership of the Business and the Appointments committees. The committees were composed based on the approved ratio of 138:137 for the Majority and the Minority caucuses, respectively. Per the approval, the Business Committee, which will comprise 20 members, will have 10 members for each caucus, while the 26-member Appointments Committee will also have 13 members for each caucus....

Parliament To Nominate Members Of 11 Standing C’tees