Parliament has refuted claims circulating on social media that the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, met with President Nana Akufo-Addo to negotiate a resolution over the recent declaration of four parliamentary seats as vacant. The rumours follow a video suggesting that such a meeting took place after the Speaker’s ruling on October 17, […]
Hundreds of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters have gathered at Parliament House, arriving in buses to back their party as tensions mount over parliamentary leadership. This development comes amid an ongoing standoff between the NPP and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), both of whom are now occupying the majority side of Parliament following Speaker Alban […]
Ghana’s Parliament is bracing for a showdown on Tuesday, October 22, as Members of Parliament (MPs) from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) gear up to challenge the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over which party holds the majority in the House. This comes after the Supreme Court’s directive to reinstate four NPP MPs whose seats had […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) risks losing its slim majority in Parliament as the Minority pushes to have the seats of four Members of Parliament, including three from the Majority, declared vacant. This move, spearheaded by former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, aims to invoke Article 97 (1)(g) of the Constitution, which mandates that MPs who […]
