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We cannot approve your new ministers – Bagbin tells Akufo-Addo

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended the consideration of Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State nominated by President Akufo-Addo. Bagbin’s decision stems from an interlocutory injunction filed at the Supreme Court by MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor, rendering Parliament unable to sanction new ministers nominated by President Akufo-Addo. This action […]

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Data disruptions, caused by force majeure- Communications Minister

Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Communications Minister, Monday, attributed the multiple undersea cable disruptions, which affected mobile and fixed data services nationwide to a force majeure. A force majeure means an act of God. She said the disruptions, which occurred on March 14, might have been caused by an under sea landslide in the Ivory Coast and

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Communications Minister to brief Parliament on mobile network data disruptions

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Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitilisation, is scheduled to brief Parliament on Monday, March 18, on the disruptions in fixed mobile data services nationwide. Mr Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, made this known on Friday during the presentation of the Business Statement of the House

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Don’t sign anti-gay bill – Amnesty International Ghana to Akufo-Addo

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Amnesty International Ghana has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo not to endorse the contentious anti-gay bill. Genevieve Partington, the Country Director of Amnesty International Ghana, characterized the bill as a “flagrant violation of privacy rights” that could have severe repercussions for Ghana if enacted into law. This plea was made during a meeting involving

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Mahama Ayariga renews OSP petition on BoG complex

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Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has once more lodged a petition with the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) regarding the recent construction of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Complex. In his renewed petition, Ayariga has reiterated allegations of corruption implicating the Bank’s Governor, Deputy Governors, the Board of Directors, and

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My husband didn’t die from food poisoning; he battled a terminal disease – Lilian Kumah

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The widow of John Kumah, the late deputy Finance Minister and New Patriotic Party (NPP) member of Parliament for Ejisu in the Ashanti Region, has emphatically stated that her husband did not die from food poisoning, contrary to circulating reports in sections of mainstream media and social media. Instead, she clarified that he courageously battled

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

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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

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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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