Tag: Parliament
Another Ghanaian MP arrested for traffic offence
The Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem, George Mireku Duker is the second legislator to be caught driving in the middle of the road...
Ibrahim Mahama: The artist building a parliament from recycled train seats
Dozens of worn plastic train seats and dilapidated wooden lockers that were destined for the dump in Ghana have ended up in a Manchester...
Ghana’s Parliament drops $200m new chamber after public protest
Ghana's Parliament has succumbed to public pressure to drop a plan to construct a new $200m 450-seat chamber.
“Before projects are completed, feasibility studies are...
Military officer in trouble over #DropThatChamber campaign
A military officer
has reportedly been locked up for speaking against the controversial new
parliamentary complex.
In a viral video,
the officer is heard appealing to President Akufo-Addo...
#DropThatChamber: Ghanaian MPs are inconsiderate – OccupyGhana
A pressure group, OccupyGhana, has questioned the basis for a new 450-seat Chamber of Parliament in Ghana considering the level of hardship in the...
#DropThatChamber: Misplaced priority – CDD kicks against 450-seater Ghana Parliament
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has said "it is a misplaced priority" to construct a new 450-seat chamber of Parliament in Ghana....
#DropThatChamber: Ghanaians upset as MPs cry for 450-seater Parliament
Ghanaians have launched a viral social media campaign against
Members of Parliament (MPs) who are bent on having a 450-seater Chamber.
Ghana’s parliament is considering building...
Ghana’s Parliament to pass law on sperm donation business
The Parliament of Ghana has commenced processes to pass a law that will regulate the use of modern technologies to aid childbirth.
The practice, referred...
15 Ghanaian MPs found to abandon work after ‘clocking in’
At least 15 MPs have been found to repeatedly abandon parliamentary duties after coming to check their names on the attendance list.
First Deputy Speaker...
VIDEO: Suicide in Ghana’s parliament foiled
Fear gripped persons in the public gallery of Ghana's lawmaking chamber as a man attempted suicide by jumping off to the main floor Thursday.
The...
