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Mahama supports constitutional reforms to allow dual citizens into Parliament and Cabinet
President John Dramani Mahama has voiced his support for constitutional reforms that would allow dual citizens to serve as members of parliament and ministers of state, telling Ghanaians living in the United Kingdom that the country must do more to harness the potential of its overseas community. Speaking at a Diaspora...
Abronye arrest: executive and judiciary in “an unholy alliance” – Afenyo-Markin
Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has described an “unholy alliance” between the Executive arm of government and some elements within the judiciary aimed at silencing members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Addressing a press conference at the NPP headqua...
Minority challenges Wontumi’s 20-year jail sentence
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has criticised the 20-year prison sentence handed to New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, describing the conviction as a miscarriage of justice. The caucus has pledged to challenge the decision in the higher co...
Anti-LGBTQ bill still has “long way to go,” Mahama says
President John Dramani Mahama says the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ bill has not yet completed the legislative process and remains subject to constitutional and procedural review before it can become law. Speaking at Chatham House in London on Monday (1 June), Mahama said Parliament had been considering the bill...
5 MPs reintroduce Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill
Five Members of Parliament have reintroduced the Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill in a renewed effort to criminalise witchcraft accusations.
Monetisation of politics threatening democracy — Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has warned that the growing influence of money in politics is gradually shutting ordinary citizens out of governance and turning public office into a financial investment. He said the rising cost of political participation was distorting democracy, weakening pub...
Parliament approves PPP agreement for reintroduction of electronic road tolls
Parliament has approved a concession agreement between the Ministry of Roads and Highways and a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will be created by Rock Africa Limited. This agreement facilitates the reintroduction of road and bridge tolls as part of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The agreement estab...
Floods: 12 dead, 7 missing, 7,761 households affected — Interior Minister tells Parliament
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that Monday’s devastating floods have affected 7,761 households, claimed 12 lives and left seven people missing. Providing an update to Parliament on Tuesday, June 30, the Minister said 3,882 people had been directly impacted by the disaster, as eme...
EXPLAINER: What is the Public Tribunals Bill, and why is it dividing the nation?
On July 17, 2026, Ghana’s Parliament passed the Public Tribunals Bill, 2026, setting off one of the most heated legal and political debates of the year, with organised labour, the Minority in Parliament and a former Vice-President all calling on President John Dramani Mahama not to sign it into law. The Bill, if assent...
Minority MPs wear black in Parliament to protest Wontumi’s 20-year jail sentence
Minority Members of Parliament on Tuesday turned up in black attire at Parliament House in a symbolic protest against the conviction and 20-year prison sentence imposed on the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
Minority demands AG briefing over Miracles Aboagye’s arrest
The minority in Parliament has called on the Attorney General to appear before the House to explain the circumstances surrounding the arrest, detention, and bail conditions imposed on the New Patriotic Party's Director of Communications, Aboagye, describing the development as a threat to Ghana's democracy and human rig...
Cabinet gives green light for MMDCEs to be elected; amendments to be laid in Parliament before end of 2026
Cabinet has approved far-reaching reforms to Ghana’s decentralisation system, including plans to end the appointment of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs), review the Local Governance Act, and introduce stronger accountability mechanisms at the local level.