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Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has underscored the need to protect the media because “they provide the sunlight that helps democracy. Mr Nkrumah did not accept a suggestion from a member of the Appointments Committee that the Akufo-Addo Government is harassing the media. The former broadcaster, re-nominated by President Akufo-Addo, to serve at the Minister of Information, at the beginning of his second term, stressed the need to protect the media and media practitioners,...

EBC: No increase to 15 seats until THA bill becomes law Sunday 21 February 2021 PDP political leader Watson Duke, front left, and deputy political leader Farley Augustine, right, address the media outside the Assembly legislature building after an overnight sit-in Scarborough, Tobago on February 2. The PDP on Friday sent a pre-action protocol letter to the clerk of the assembly calling for lots to be drawn to select a presiding officer. File photo - THE Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC...

Information Minister Designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has underscored the need to protect the media.

We Need To Protect The Media - Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

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The police has not closed investigation into the murder of Ahmed Hussein- Suale, a Ghanaian undercover investigative journalist and an associate of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the Interior Minister Designate Ambrose Dery has assured.

Ambrose Dery: Ahmed Suale’s Case Has Not Died

Litia Cava 16 February, 2021, 10:45 pm Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum talks to the media during the parliament session break. Picture: RAMA ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said Parliament did not have any authority over Parliamentary Standing Committees. He said the Code of Conduct Bill had not been approved by Parliament. “And if you read Section 121 of the Constitution, it says that the Accountability and Transparency Commission ...

Proxy votes are used by parties so that not every MP has to be present in the chamber for every vote. Parliament puts a limit on proxy votes however, to make sure that a minimum number of MPs actually show up for debates. The current changes mean that parties can cast votes for every member of their caucus, regardless of whether they are present in Parliament or not. This is important as party leaders have advised Auckland-based MPs to stay there. Unlimited proxies means that there’s no p...

“The Government has shown it is not open to being thoroughly scrutinised on how it is handling the response to COVID-19, despite regular claims to the contrary,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Yesterday I wrote to the Speaker as chair of the ...