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Amnesty International calls for Presidential assent to the Anti-witchcraft Bill

Amnesty International, a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) has called for a swift Presidential assent to the Anti-Witchcraft Bill, to protect especially vulnerable women, who are unjustly accused of witchcraft and subjected to inhumane treatment. Miss Genevieve Partington, the Country Director of Amnesty International, who made the call said, “By enacting this Bill into law, we send […]

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Passage of anti-gay bill: It’s a sad day for Ghana’s democracy – Audrey Gadzekpo

Audrey Gadzekpo, the Board Chair of the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has expressed her disappointment regarding the parliamentary approval of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 popularly known as the anti-gay bill. The legislation imposes a ban on LGBT activities and makes their promotion, advocacy, and funding

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Parliament passes anti-LGBTQ Bill

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Parliament has passed the bill on Human Sexual Rights and Family Values also known as the anti-LGBTQ bill. The bill proscribes LGBT activities and criminalizes its promotion, advocacy and funding. Persons caught in the act would be subjected to a 6 months to 3 year jail term with promoters and sponsors of the act bearing

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Revised Standing Orders: Committee meetings of Parliament open to the public — Speaker Bagbin

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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has stated that the January 2024 Standing Orders of Parliament make the various Committee meetings of the legislature open and accessible to the public. That, he explained, formed part of Parliament’s effort to deepen transparency and accountability in its activities. It would be recalled that Ghana’s

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President presents SONA today

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will present a message on the state of the nation to Parliament today, in which he is expected to enumerate some achievements over the last 12 months and spell out the roadmap for a stronger economy under an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-backed economic stabilisation programme. The exercise, which has become

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Parliament passes Environmental Protection Bill

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Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2023, which seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and coordination over all matters relating to the environment and climate change. The Bill seeks to re-enact the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and introduce a Pesticide Management Fund.

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Majority Leader resigns from role with immediate effect

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Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has reportedly resigned from his role with immediate effect. Sources close to the Ghana News Agency on said the Majority Leader’s decision came up at a crunch meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Majority Caucus on Wednesday at the Jubilee House in Accra. Reports

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Majority Caucus cannot appoint leaders without political party – Speaker Bagbin

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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, says the Majority Caucus in Parliament does not have the power to freely appoint its leaders without the consent of the political party overseeing the process. He said the political party had the crucial role in guiding and influencing the selection of leadership within the Majority Caucus. This

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JB Danquah’s Trial: Lawyer for accused accuse Police of withholding critical information

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Lawyer for Daniel Aseidu, the man accused of masterminding the murder of a former MP for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah, has accused the investigative team of deliberately withholding critical information from the Court to cover up its poor investigations into the case. The lawyer Yaw Dankwah, during cross examination of the eighth prosecution

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New Standing Orders to address Ghana’s dynamic and hybrid parliamentary democracy – Speaker Bagbin

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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has stated that, the January, 2024 Standing Orders of Parliament offers an opportunity to address the evolving needs of Ghana’s dynamic and hybrid parliamentary democracy. According the Speaker, the processes and procedures in the House is challenged, with time and practice exposing the gaps and deficiencies in

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