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The Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, called on Ghanaians to fast and pray against the Majority in Parliament having all its numbers to approve the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) bill. According to him, the only way the bill will be approved is for the NPP to Marshall its 137-MPs, plus the Independent MP for Fomena, to ...

The University of Ghana (UG) Branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declined the decision by the University’s Business Executive Committee and its National Association to call off the strike action and resume lectures on 28th February 2022. The University of Ghana’s Business and Executive Committee in a circular called on the University students and lecturers that ...

Former Chief Justice and Chairperson for the Covid-19 National Trust Fund, Sophia Akuffo, says, the fund judiciously used contributions received to fight the pandemic. The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu; the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak; and the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, filed the motion which sought to constitute a bi-partisan parliamentary committee chaired ...

There is no need for the e-levy which the government earnestly wants to be approved by parliament, Mrs Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Aide to former President John Mahama has said. The initially proposed 1.75 per cent levy is meant to affect some electronic transactions. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Minority Caucus as well as some civil society ...

Some members of the governing New Patriotic Party and their electoral area coordinators in the Bantama Constituency of the Ashanti region have accused the party executives of issuing party cards to National Democratic Congress members to participate in the upcoming polling station election. Addressing the media after they staged a protest at the Constituency office of the party today, Friday, ...

While in opposition, Nana Akufo-Addo travelled business class as a presidential candidate, former President John Mahama’s special aide, Mrs Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has said, contrasting the past with the present where the President now charters private jets for his international trips. “Now, the president’s private travels and lavish accommodations alone, during his last trip to some European countries, cost about ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has urged the government to call the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to order on its outrageous increase in electricity charges. The lawmaker described the new charges from PURC as ridiculous and alleged that the move is meant to collapse businesses in the country. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government must never beg Dome Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo to work, former Chief of Staff Kojo Mpiani has said, adding she must be sacked for holding the government and the majority caucus to ransom over the e-levy bill. The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has been absent from parliament for several weeks ...

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has asked Ghanaians to brace themselves as life is going to get tougher and rougher as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to Mr Otchere-Darko, “Markets are whacked, as global stocks and futures tumble, while commodities surge”. In a Facebook post, President Akufo-Addo’s cousin said ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin has expressed fears that government may not be able to pay salaries within the next three months. According to him, there is the need to take urgent steps to prevent that from happening. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below;   “This is not to discourage the committee ...