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Can Parliament enforce its own laws?
Legislation and Acts of Parliament normally include an enforcement agency to ensure that citizens comply with the law. However, some Acts of Parliament primarily guide Ministers, CEOs, and other officials in carrying out their administrative duties. What happens when a Minister or the head of an institution does not co...
Parliament passes Tribunals Bill, 2026
Parliament has approved the Tribunals Bill, 2026, paving the way for the reintroduction of tribunals under a new legal framework aimed at strengthening Ghana’s justice delivery system. The Bill was passed after its third reading in accordance with Parliament’s Standing Orders and will now be forwarded to President John...
Mahama names Tony Forson, two judges for Supreme Court
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated two Court of Appeal judges and a former president of the Ghana Bar Association to serve on the Supreme Court, a move that would expand the country’s highest court from 18 to 21 justices. The nominees are Court of Appeal Justices Sophia Bernasko-Essah and Amoako Asante, as wel...
Cabinet approves Bill making MMDCEs to be elected for it 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. Under the proposed reforms, distri...
Parliament to push for compensation for GBC over land taken by GRA—Felix Ofosu
The Minister for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has disclosed that he will engage Parliament over the acquisition of portions of land belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), following what he described as informal processes and unresolved compensation issues involving the Ghana Revenue Au...
Ntim Fordjour urges NDC to back revised anti-LGBTQ+ bill, demands consistency on assent
Assin South Member of Parliament (MP) Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has challenged the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to demonstrate consistency by ensuring the revised Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill becomes law.
‘Suspending KATH CEO needless’: Ayew Afriye backs striking doctors
Member of Parliament for Effiduase/Asokore and ranking member of parliament’s health committee Nana Ayew Afriye has backed doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), after they launched a strike over the suspension of the facility’s chief executive, Dr (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo. He argues that authorities shoul...
Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: We’ve always warned about lapses in the law – Ntim Fordjour
The Assin South Member of Parliament, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, says the purpose of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill is not to “protect those promoting LGBTQ+ activities,” but to uphold Ghana’s existing moral and legal standards. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem morning show, Mr. Fordjour q...
Ghana’s real crisis is unemployment, not LGBTQ issues — UG lecturer
A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Abdul Jalilu Ateku, has called for greater focus on economic challenges and youth unemployment rather than legislation targeting LGBTQ+ persons, as debate over Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill continues. Talking to Wilberforce Asare on The Forum...
Parliament must be guarantor of press freedom – Minority Leader advocates
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged Parliament to serve as the guarantor of press freedom in the country.
Citizen sues government of Ghana over MPs’ share of District Assemblies Common Fund
A Ghanaian citizen, Dr Yaw Twerefour, has invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the allocation and disbursement of District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) monies to Members of Parliament (MPs). The suit, filed against the Attorney-General, the Administrator of the D...
We are guarding our economic achievements jealously – Deputy Finance Minister
Speaking before Parliament’s Committee on Economy and Development during a public hearing on the 2024 National Annual Progress Report, Mr. Nyarko Ampem said the Ministry of Finance is implementing deliberate measures to prevent a return to the economic challenges experienced between 2022 and 2024.