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07 Jul

‘Narcotics Bill’: We’re Not Reviewing Supreme Court Ruling, We’re Only Correcting An Error – Bagbin

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The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has said that a decision by the Supreme Court that the Clause in the bill that is seeking to amend the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020 (Act 1019) to empower the Minister for the Interior to grant a license for the cultivation of cannabis for industrial use or for medicinal purposes, was unconstitutional. He said Parliament is only correcting an error. Speaker Bagbin said these after the presentation and the first reading of the Narcotics Regulation Commission Amendment Bill, 2023, by the Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery on the floor of Parliament on…

06 Jun

Speaker Bagbin Calls For Reliable And Sustainable Funding For Ghana’s Nuclear Energy Programme

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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S. K. Bagbin has called for reliable and sustainable funding for Ghana’s Nuclear Energy Programme. He said for a viable programme such as the Nuclear Energy Programme to achieve the intended purpose, serious attention must be given to financial challenges. The Speaker made the call at a meeting with the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Power Ghana led by its chairman, Prof. Benjamin J. B. Nyarko when they called on him in parliament on last week. The Board was in parliament to brief the Speaker on the progress made on the programme as well…

30 Apr

Anti-LGBT Bill: Withdrawal Of Investment Threats Will Not Deter Africa – Speaker Bagbin

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Africa is not deterred by the veiled threats of withdrawal of investments and international aid, Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. He noted that those threats and other stringent economic measures had not affected the continent’s effort at protecting its culture, values, and societal norms and to safeguard the future of its youth. A statement issued by the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament, copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the Speaker made the remarks at a meeting with Members of the British House of Lords and the House of Commons at Westminster in London. It said of concern…

21 Apr

Speaker Recalls Parliament On May 2

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Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagban has asked the House to reconvene on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Mr Bagbin, in a notice dated April 20, explained that the recall is for the consideration of “urgent parliamentary business” in the House. The MPs, however, are expected to shorten their Easter recess and return at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. “In exercise of the power conferred on the Speaker by order 42(3) of the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Ghana, I, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, do hereby direct that Parliament shall notwithstanding anything to the contrary, be recalled from recess…

07 Mar

Akufo-Addo Delivers State Of The Nation Address Tomorrow

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President Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday, March 8, deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament. The presentation is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. According to the said Article, the President shall deliver a message on the State of the Nation to Parliament at the start of each session and before the dissolution of Parliament. It was earlier scheduled to be delivered in February but was postponed to tomorrow. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, explained the reason why the meeting was rescheduled. “After extensive discussions, the address has been shifted to the 8th of…