In a statement issued by UTAG and co-signed by its National President, Prof Charles Marfo and its National Secretary, Dr Eric K.K. Abavare, the association of university lecturers stated that the meeting was held to “express our disgust with the rush in sending the bill to Parliament without completing the agreed stakeholder engagements”. It continued: “At the meeting, the Vice-President, on behalf of the government of Ghana, upheld the directive of the Speaker of Parliament that the Parliamentary Select Committee of Education (PSCE) should carry out thorough stakeholder engagements and report to Parliament.” UTAG noted: “Therefore, all processes leading to the passage of the bill has been halted for now.”
…operations suspended in March due to corona fears
The Sri Lanka Navy has resumed operations against Indian trawlers poaching in the Sri Lankan waters to protect the country’s fishing resources. The Navy headquarters yesterday said that it and the Coast Guard had apprehended 36 poaching Indian fishers along with five fishing trawlers and accessories
Recently, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Douglas Devananda sought Indian High Commissioner Gopal Bagley’s intervention to curb poaching.
The Navy headquarters issued the following statement: “Although operations to prevent poaching by foreign fishermen in Sri Lankan waters have been restricted since March this year due to COVID-19 concerns, the Navy resumed its raids on poaching, considering the impact of this wanton act on the livelihood of local fishing community and to protect the fishing resource of the country from the surge in the arrival of foreign fishing trawlers in S
There won t be hung Parliament - Ben Abdallah
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ben Abdallah Banda, has defused the notion that the next Parliament would be a hung one.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Offinso South Constituency in the Ashanti Region said the NPP is going to win all the disputed seats in the elections and that would mean there is not going to be a hung Parliament in the next sitting.
Political watchers have argued that Ghana could have a hung Parliament in the next government which would be difficult for the Akufo-Addo government.
Most MPs become miserable barely 4 months after losing elections – Outgoing MP
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ben Abdallah Banda, has disclosed why some Members of Parliament become miserable after losing power.
The MP for Offinso South said some of his colleagues borrow so much for spending and so when they leave Parliament with nothing in their hands, they end up becoming miserable.
Mr. Abdella Banda shared this revelation in an interview on Onua TV‘s 100 Degrees hosted by Kwame Tutu on Monday, December 14 while he was speaking on the supposed hung Parliament facing the eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
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