Tag: Parliament reports
Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill passed by Parliament
The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been passed into law by Parliament to support his wife and children. The Bill seeks to cater...
Parliament considers two Loan Agreements for water and sanitation project
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has charged the Committees on Finance, Water Resources, Works and House, to consider two loan agreements between...
Lack of investors’ confidence in the economy led to failure of...
The Minority in Parliament says the energy sector bond failed because investors lacked confidence in Ghana’s economy. Addressing a press conference in Accra, a ranking...
Bill on conversion of UDS into three autonomous universities to be...
The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says a fresh policy approval of the conversion of the University for Development Studies (UDS) into...
African Union Import Levy Bill laid before Parliament
The African Union Import Levy Bill, 2017, has been laid before Ghana’s Parliament. The Bill seeks to impose an African Union Import Levy of 0.2%...
Two Factories to be set up in Kumbungu under the ‘One...
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng says two investors have expressed interest in establishing two factories in the Kumbungu District, under...
Government to revive Komenda Sugar Factory with $24.5 million
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyeremanteng, says the government is putting in place measures to revive the Komenda Sugar factory with...
Fire Safety Audit in high rise buildings not enough to prevent...
The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, says conducting fire safety audit in high rise buildings in the country is not enough to...
Zongo Development Fund Bill passes 2nd reading in Parliament
The Zongo Development Fund Bill, 2017, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish a Zongo Development...
SADA BEGS PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER MEMO ON DEDICATED FINANCER
Mr. Danse Sam, the Director of Corporate Affairs for the Savannah Acceleration Development Association (SADA) has expressed worry about the omission of a dedicated...
Ghana’s Passport and Travel Certificates Law to be amended
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, says it has initiated a process to review the Passport and Travel Certificates Law, NLCD 155...
Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill passes second reading in Parliament
The Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017, has passed second reading on the floor of Parliament. This was after the Attorney-General and Minister for...
Parliament to probe alleged Embassies that maltreat Ghanaian visa applicants
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye, has tasked the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, to investigate alleged maltreatment meted out to Ghanaian...
Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill laid in Parliament to support his...
The Major Mahama Trust Fund Bill, 2017, has been laid in Parliament by the Minister for Defence, Hon. Dominic Nitiwul. The Bill seeks to cater...
Agric. Ministry used Single Source Procurement method to procure insecticides for...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, says the Procurement Authority granted the request of the Ministry, to use Single Source Procurement Method, to procure...
Ghana to develop satellite to monitor illegal mining
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says plans are afoot to develop a GhanaSat-2 that could monitor illegal mining...
Middle Belt Development Authority Bill considered by Parliament
The Middle Belt Development Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, is being considered by Parliament. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment...
3 Bills set to be passed by Parliament
Three Bills, which have been taken through second readings, are set to be passed by Parliament. They are the Northern Development Authority Bill, the Middle...
National Security Minister summoned by Parliament over terrorism threat
Parliament has summoned the Minister for National Security, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah, to respond to a question on plans of the government on procurement of...
Government to resume supply of outboard motors to Fishermen – Minister
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hon. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, says her Ministry is making arrangements to resume supply of outboard motors to fishermen...
Applaud NCA for applying the Law on Radio Stations – Minister
The Minister for Communications, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said Ghanaians must acknowledge and applaud the National Communications Authority (NCA) for sanctioning 131 radio stations,...
Government is frustrating the work of Parliament – Minority
The Minority side of the House has accused the government of frustrating the work of Parliament, by not allowing its Ministers to appear before...
KT Hammond pushes Parliament to cancel ‘fraudulent’ AMERI deal
New Patriotic Party (NPP)Â Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa, K.T Hammond, has moved that Parliament withdraws the AMERI agreement due to what he calls...
Parliament summons Minister over fire safety in public high rise buildings
Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on whether fire safety checks have been undertaken in...
Government to roll out 200 million dollars project to fight galamsey
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, has hinted that a five-year project, estimated at a cost of US$200 million,...
Cabinet to approve a Bill to regulate High Rise Buildings in...
The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says Cabinet is expected to approve a final Bill on Condominium properties, to regulate...
Coastal Development Authority Bill read a second time in Parliament
The Coastal Development Authority Bill, 2017, comprising 32 clauses, has been read a second time on the floor of Parliament. The Bill seeks to establish...
React to alleged recruitment of Ghanaians by ISIS – Minority tells...
The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the government to publicly react to the alleged report of a special inquiry commissioned by the...
Parliament’s Focus misplaced – Dr Raymond Atuguba
Dr. Raymond A. Atuguba, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s School of Law, has said that Parliament has focused on corruption as...
Employment and Labour Relations Minister summoned by Parliament over termination of...
Parliament has summoned the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, to answer a question on the termination of appointments of some...
Owners of Prayer Camps who put mentally ill persons in chains...
The Mental Health Authority has banned chaining of mentally ill patients at the various prayer and traditional healing camps across the country, effective October...
Allowances of Nurses and Midwives to be restored as Minister briefs...
The Minister for Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has informed Parliament that his Ministry will launch the restoration of the Nurses and Midwives Trainees’ Allowances,...
New Rent Law to protect rights of Tenants as Minister urges...
The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, has called on Members of Parliament to support the amendment of the Rent Act,...
Northern Development Authority Bill to speed up development in the Three...
The Northern Development Authority Bill, 2017, is being considered by Members of Parliament on the floor of the House. The Bill seeks to establish the...
Efficient running of state, not a trial and error endeavour –...
Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, has said that legislative functions are not trial and error experiments mainly...
Do not appoint ministers from parliament – Clara Kasser Tee
Mrs. Clara Beeri Kasser-Tee, a lecturer at the GIMPA Law School has argued that Ministers appointed from Parliament by the President as mandated by...
Government to provide affordable housing for Low and Middle-income Ghanaians
The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, says government is determined to address the housing deficit through partnerships with the private...
Parliament summons Minister for the Interior and Four Others
Parliament has summoned the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, to answer a question on what his Ministry is doing to curb the...
Speaker urges Finance Minister to submit Draft Budget Estimates of MDAs...
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye, has entreated the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, to ensure timely certification or approval of...
Truck Pusher remanded for robbery
A Circuit Court in Accra has remanded a Truck Pusher for allegedly robbing a Trader of her Nokia mobile phone and an amount of...
Court remands Police Officers for robbing a Student of 11,000 Cedis
Two Police Officers and their Accomplice have been remanded by an Accra Circuit for allegedly robbing a Student of 11,000 Cedis. The police officers, Lance...
Parliament approves 48.85 million dollars Loan for Government to improve Sanitation...
Parliament has approved a Loan Agreement between Ghana and the African Development Fund for an amount of 48.85 million US dollars, to finance the...
Parliament approves 1.3 billion dollar Loan for COCOBOD to buy Cocoa
Parliament has approved a Loan Agreement between Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and a Syndicate of Banks and Financial Institutions for an amount of 1,300,000.00...
Investigate Finance Minister for breaking the Law – Minority
The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has called on the Auditor-General and Parliament to investigate the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, for violating the...
Former Guantanamo Bay Detainees to continue their stay in Ghana as...
Ghana’s Parliament has ratified the Agreement between Ghana and the United States of American on the resettlement in Ghana of the two former detainees,...
Speaker to speak at Ghana@60 Anniversary Lecture on August 4
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, will be the main Speaker at the Ghana@60 anniversary lecture on the 4th of August, 2017,...
