Tag: Parliament
Parliament adjourns sitting to January 18 without passing e-levy
Parliament has adjourned sitting sine die to January 18, 2022, without passing the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy of 1.75%.
This comes after the house reconvened...
VIDEO: Blows in Ghana’s Parliament over controversial E-Levy
Ghanaian parliamentarians late Monday night exchanged blows as the First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu vacated his seat to enable him to also cast his...
Scrap E-levy entirely, we’ll not accept it in any form –...
Opposition NDC MPs in Ghana's parliament have indicated its strong resolve to reject the government’s proposed 1.75% E-levy in its entirety.
It said it will...
Akufo-Addo bars ministers from traveling
The president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has placed a month’s traveling ban on all ministers and their deputies except travels involving serious medical emergencies,...
Budget 2022: Joint committee to resolve tussle between MPs in Ghana’s...
Ghana's parliament has set up a bipartisan committee to deal with recent tussle between legislators over the passage of the government's 2022 budget and...
Stop playing politics with my health – Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admonished Ghanaians to desist from the practice of politicising his health problems and those of other office-bearers.
This...
Ghana’s ‘half-empty’ Parliament rejects 2022 Budget over new electronic tax
Ghana’s minority lawmakers rejected next year’s budget proposal over a new levy on electronic money transfers after majority members walked out in protest.
The country’s...
Ghana’s parliament suspended ahead of 2022 budget passage
The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has suspended proceedings in the House for 30 minutes awaiting the presence of the Majority side in...
Bagbin directs reversal of ‘scrapped’ road tolls
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has directed the Minster of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta to reverse the decision to stop road...
Supporters and opponents face off over Ghana’s anti-LGBT law
Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Thursday in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that...
