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Parliamentary Debate On 2024 Budget Begins On November 21
18 Nov

Parliamentary Debate On 2024 Budget Begins On November 21

Wontumi2Business,
The Parliamentary debate on the 2024 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government will begin on Tuesday, November 21. Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, made the disclosure during his presentation of the Business Statement of the House for the week ending, Friday, November 24. He said following the presentation of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government, a two-day post-Budget workshop was scheduled for the participation of all Members of Parliament (MPs) beginning from Saturday, November 18, to Sunday, November 19, at the Chamber of Parliament House in Accra. He said though…
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Maternity, Paternity Bill Presented To Parliament
16 Oct

Maternity, Paternity Bill Presented To Parliament

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A private member’s bill proposing an amendment to extend maternity leave from three months to four months has been introduced in Parliament. The bill, which is seeking to amend the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651), is also proposing an option for an additional two weeks of maternity leave in the case of a caesarean section (CS), stillbirth(s) or multiple births. The Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2023, also known as parental leave for all, is also pushing for the introduction of paid paternity leave for men for a minimum of seven days and a maximum period of four weeks, with the option…
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Parliament Passes Contract (Amendment) Bill 2022 Into Law
17 Aug

Parliament Passes Contract (Amendment) Bill 2022 Into Law

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Parliament has passed the Contract (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law, in a bid to streamline public sector contracts and curb unwarranted interest payments that have bane on state finances. Prior its amendment, the Contracts Act 1960 (Act 25) did not make explicit provisions regarding persons authorised to enter into contracts on behalf of the state, as well as a common pathway for the calculation of interests due on government contracts, with the report of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs noting that the lack of restrictions on persons qualified to enter into contracts on behalf of the government had the…
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PNC COMMENDS PARLIAMENT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE ANTI WITCHCRAFT BILL
01 Aug

PNC COMMENDS PARLIAMENT FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE ANTI WITCHCRAFT BILL

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The PNC congratulates Ghana's Parliament on the passage of the Anti-Witchcraft Bill. The PNC, a political party that is worried about the plight of the vulnerables especially women and children, was thrilled when the Parliament of Ghana put aside their political differences and passed the Anti Witchcraft Bill to protect mostly the lives of the elderly women in the country. Although the bill came a little bit late after a lot of women have lost their lives and property, it is better late than never. The party hopes that the president would append his signature to the law as soon…
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Mid-Year Budget Presentation: Date For Activity Changed By Parliament Again
25 Jul

Mid-Year Budget Presentation: Date For Activity Changed By Parliament Again

Jackson Odom KpakpoNews, ,
The speaker of parliament, RT. Hon. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has revealed that, the minister of Finance will appear before the house to present the mid - year budget statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the year 2023 on 31st July instead of 27th July . At the commencement of government business, official communication from the speaker announced that the change. According to him, the house will not sit to perform its regular duties tomorrow. The Speaker said there is going to be a National Development Conference hosted by the Church of Pentecost which will…
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Bill to prohibit witchcraft accusations progresses to consideration stage in Parliament
14 Jul

Bill to prohibit witchcraft accusations progresses to consideration stage in Parliament

Jackson Odom KpakpoNews, ,
The Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is currently before Parliament at the consideration stage which is seeking to amend the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to prohibit the practice by any person as a witch doctor or a witchfinder; to proscribe the declaration, accusation, naming or labeling of another person as a witch; and for related matters. The Bill also makes provision for the criminalization of witchcraft activities in Ghana but the Committee, as captured in its report however, wondered about the practicability of identifying and establishing witchcraft beliefs and witchcraft activities in law. In reacting to the concerns…
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LGBTQ+: John Mahama Is Not ‘Gay’, But . . . – Dr. Okoe Boye
10 Jul

LGBTQ+: John Mahama Is Not ‘Gay’, But . . . – Dr. Okoe Boye

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Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority, (NHIA) has defended former President John Dramani Mahama against claims that he is in favor of the LGBTQ+ community. During the former President's regime, there were lots of criticisms against him, particularly, when it was reported that he was associated with a gay lobbyist named Andrew Solomon. Adding his voice to calls for the passing of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law to prohibit homosexual practices in Ghana, Dr. Okoe Boye opened up on his position on former President John Mahama's alleged allegiance to the homosexual…
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Haruna Iddrisu Will Not Go To Nsawam With You- Journalist To Gyakye Quayson (VIDEO)
28 Apr

Haruna Iddrisu Will Not Go To Nsawam With You- Journalist To Gyakye Quayson (VIDEO)

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Journalist and media practitioner, Kwaku Dawuro, has told Gyakye Quayson that Haruna Iddrisu and the other Members of Parliament (MP) who are supporting him will not go to the prisons with him if the court decides to lock him up. The Supreme Court ordered the Assin North National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP)  Hon. Gyakye Quayson from holding himself as an MP. The injunction application was filed at the Cape Coast High Court repealing Gyakye Quayson’s election on the basis that he held Canadian citizenship at the time he filed to contest the parliamentary election. But despite the…
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E-Passport: Whenever Dr. Bawumia Speaks, It Exposes NDC’s Ignorance- Simon Osei-Mensah
05 Nov

E-Passport: Whenever Dr. Bawumia Speaks, It Exposes NDC’s Ignorance- Simon Osei-Mensah

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The Ashanti regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has rated Vice President Bawumia as a deep thinker who always exposes the ignorance his political opponents whenever he speaks.   The Regional Minister in an interview on Wontumi stated that the Vice President was right to state that soon, the acquisition of Ghana cards would be used as passports.  He was therefore surprised opposition elements; mainly from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are up and exhibiting their ignorance over the matter.  Video below... https://youtu.be/Bq5hlytR3K0 Delivering a speech at a public lecture themed “Transforming an economy through digitalization: The Ghana story,” held at the Ashesi University…
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Ghana Must Have More Psychiatric Hospitals To Admit LGBT “Fools” – NPP Man
08 Oct

Ghana Must Have More Psychiatric Hospitals To Admit LGBT “Fools” – NPP Man

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There must be more psychiatric hospitals included in the 111 districts hospitals to make room for LGBT “fools” to be admitted, Paul Kwabena Yandoh has suggested.   The Asokwa Constituency Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in an interview on Wontumi TV which was monitored by Wontumionline.com, stated that the time has come for the LGBT group to know that they are powerless in Ghana where majority frown upon their sexual acts.   “We must have more hospitals to accommodate the fools springing up in our society. We must not let them feel proud they have money. They can’t fight anybody. The agenda 111 hospital must have…
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