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Speaker directs Business Committee to reschedule 2024 Budget to Thursday, December 7

Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Thursday directed the Business Committee of the House to reschedule the 2024 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government to Thursday, December 7, for the House to finally take a decision on it.

‘Th…

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NPP Primaries: ‘My vision is to be a good servant for development- Aspirant

Mr Courage Hope Goldberg-Grimm Lekettey, New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary aspirant for Keta in the Volta Region, has pledged to exhibit good servant leadership skills if he gets the nod of the delegates in the upcoming contest.

He sai…

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Majority walks out of Chamber during 2024 Budget approval

Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Wednesday led his Caucus to walk out of the Chamber of Parliament during the approval stages of the 2024 Budget Statement and Ec…

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Women call for reform in local governance

Speakers at a virtual forum for women traditional leaders and women activists have called for the reform of the country’s local governance system which they say is not inclusive.

They observed that certain groups of people, including chiefs, women, …

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APC ‘birthed’ 24-hour economy idea – Hassan Ayariga

Dr Hassan Ayariga, Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), says his Party is the originator of 24-hour economy policy and not the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He explained that the policy proposal was captured in the APC’s 2020…

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NPP Orphan Parliamentary Primaries: Greater Accra in focus

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will on Saturday, December 3, 2023, go to the polls to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies that the Party does not have sitting Members of Parliament.

Christened ‘Orphan Constituencies’, the ex…

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Over 600 file nominations for District and Unit Committee Elections in BER

A total of 653 people have filed nominations to contest in this year’s District Assembly and Unit Committee member elections in the Techiman South and North areas of the Bono East Region.

Nominations filed in the District Assemblymember positions st…

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Ghana needs independent, neutral government to take ‘tough’ national decisions

Mr Kweku Duodu Essuman, an entrepreneur, has urged Ghanaians to rally behind an independent presidential candidate who will form a ‘normalisation’ government to pull Ghana from despair.

A normalisation government, he said, would be a neutral and ind…

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Kumawu MP gets closer to constituents

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumawu constituency, Mr Ernest Yaw Anim, has opened his office at Oyoko in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti region.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, he said th…

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Greater Accra NDC Ga Dangme Caucus elect officers

The Greater Accra Ga Dangme Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected a five-member executive committee to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years.

They are Mr Andrew Nii Okaikoi, a Lawyer, Chairman, Mr Sam Attukwei…