Tag: Parliament
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...
Ghanaian incumbent MPs to lose seat over poor performance – Survey
About 49.5% of Ghanaians will vote out their Members of Parliament (MPs) over poor performance if elections were held today, a new survey report...
Ghana’s first Clerk of Parliament presents books to Rawlings
A former clerk of Parliament, Samuel Ntim Darkwa, has presented copies of two books he has co-authored on Parliament, to former President JJ Rawlings.
The...
