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Minority Begs Majority: We Can’t Pay Workers …If Mini Budget Is Not Approved

Minority Begs Majority: We Can’t Pay Workers …If Mini Budget Is Not Approved

The Minority members in Parliament are begging the Majority side to begin the process for approval of a mini budget for the first quarter of 2025. According to them, failure of the House to approve the expenditure in advance of appropriation for January to March 2025 before it dissolves could have dire consequences, including the risk of public sector workers not being paid. “And so, colleagues, I want to beg our brothers and sisters on the other side of the House. In 2016, when it happened to us that we were halved, we came and we supported them to bring…
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It’s Not My Duty To Decide Where An MP Will Sit In Parliament – Speaker Bagbin

It’s Not My Duty To Decide Where An MP Will Sit In Parliament – Speaker Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S. K. Bagbin has made it clear that deciding where a Member of Parliament sits is not his responsibility. This statement aims to establish clarity on who remains Majority or Minority in Parliament of Ghana. The Speaker, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin called the press conference on Wednesday afternoon amidst the controversy of wh ich side of the House is now the Majority, pending a Supreme Court interpretation on Article 97 on when a seat can be declared vacant. Speaker Bagbin has not confiremed NPP/NDC MPs as Majority or Minority, hence, recalled the House to reconvene…
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Breaking News: Bagbin’s ruling declaring 4 seats vacant overturned by Supreme Court

Breaking News: Bagbin’s ruling declaring 4 seats vacant overturned by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has halted the Speaker of Parliament’s decision which declared the seats of four Members of Parliament vacant on Thursday evening. In a ruling Friday afternoon (Oct 18), a five-member panel of the court presided over by Chief Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, held that declaring the seats vacant goes against the rights of their constituents. By the decision, the seats of the four Members of Parliament have been reinstated. The court has also ordered Parliament to file its statement of case and memorandum of issues within seven days. It followed an ex parte application filed by members of…
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Minority’s Claim We Were Rejected By International Banks False – COCOBOD

Minority’s Claim We Were Rejected By International Banks False – COCOBOD

COCOBOD has strongly denied allegations made by the Minority, led by Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson that it was rejected by international banks in its attempt to secure a $1.5 billion loan for the 2024/2025 cocoa crop season due to poor financial health. In a statement issued on August 22, 2024, COCOBOD refuted these claims, stating that syndicated banks had indeed submitted term sheets in response to its Request for Proposals (RFP), demonstrating confidence in its creditworthiness. COCOBOD also criticised the Minority for spreading "falsehoods and inaccuracies" about the cocoa sector and rejected the claim that its move to source funding domestically was…
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BoG Cites RTI Exemptions On Initial Decision To Situate Head Office At Marine Drive Enclave

BoG Cites RTI Exemptions On Initial Decision To Situate Head Office At Marine Drive Enclave

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it will not disclose details regarding its original decision to situate its controversial head office at the Marine Drive enclave. North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had filed a Right to Information (RTI) request on the alleged payment of $5 million to Marine Metro Development Limited as part of the central bank’s initial commitment to situate its head office at the enclave. The controversial head office is now being built at Ridge and Mr Ablakwa had asked the BoG to explain why the Marine Drive Development Limited has not refunded the $5 million it received. In…
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Government Declares War On Cocoa Smuggling Following Drop In Output

Government Declares War On Cocoa Smuggling Following Drop In Output

Government has declared a war on cocoa smuggling to neighboring countries. This follows a drop in the latest production output of about four hundred thousand metric tons which translates into almost 600 million dollars in loss to the state. Documents available to JoyNews suggest the drop was a result of the smuggling of the beans to neighboring countries, especially Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo. Subsequently, government adjusted the producer price in the hope of encouraging farmers and preventing smuggling. Speaking during an interview, the Food and Agricultural Minister, Bryan Acheampong said steps have also been taken to deal with…
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Minority MPs want to formulate their own laws and disregard the constitution of Ghana – Lawyer Fumes

Minority MPs want to formulate their own laws and disregard the constitution of Ghana – Lawyer Fumes

Lawyer Kwaku Y Painstil, A constitutional lawyer has slammed the minority group of parliament in their continuous absence from parliament over what they describe as solidarity with their Members of Parliament who are facing trials in the judicial court in recent times. The NDC Members of Parliament recently protested against the criminal trial of the embattled Assin North Member of Parliament, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson, and revealed their readiness to boycott parliamentary business to sympathize with their colleague whenever he goes to court for the hearing. He indicated that the Minority group of parliament is overacting in their quest to…
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Perform Your Duty And Leave Court To Decide Gyakye Quayson’s Fate- Hon George Obeng Takyi

Perform Your Duty And Leave Court To Decide Gyakye Quayson’s Fate- Hon George Obeng Takyi

Member of Parliament for Manso Nkwanta, Honorable George Obeng Takyi, has expressed his grief and disappointment over the minority neglecting Parliament sitting for Gyakye Quayson's court hearing. In an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Hon Takyi, bluntly shared his opinion on minority in Parliament boycotting a sitting to support MP for Assin North James Gyakye Quayson's court hearing. According to him it gives an impression of their level of impotency, in relation to the various positions taken up by them in Parliament to better their constituencies. In response to his opinion regarding…
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Minority Lament High Cost Of Housing Units Constructed By State Housing Company

Minority Lament High Cost Of Housing Units Constructed By State Housing Company

Minority members on the Works and Housing Committee of Parliament say prices of housing units constructed by the State Housing Company are too high. According to them, even the average Ghanaian and the middle class cannot afford to buy them. The prices for various developments undertaken by SHC and inspected by the committee range from GH₵800,000 to GH₵1.1 million around Adenta and Amrahia in Accra. Speaking to JoyNews, Minority Spokesperson on Works and Housing, Vincent Oppong Asamoah said even he, a privileged MP cannot afford that price and wondered where a low-level civil servant will get such an amount to purchase…
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