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It is wrong – Supreme Court blasts Justice Abdulai over media interviews on his review application verdict

General News of Tuesday, 26 April 2022 Law lecturer, Justice Abdulai Supreme court okays Deputy Speakers of Parliament to vote Justice Abdulai asks Supreme Court to rescind March 9 ruling Applicant tags Supreme Court ruling as miscarriage of justice The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 26, called out law lecturer, Justice Abdulai, for jumping from one media house to another ...

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Global economic crisis: Ghana, others to benefit from US$170bn financing package – World Bank

  Implement growth-focused policies to attract private investment – World Bank to Ghana Cedi struggles against US dollar in first quarter of 2022 Rating agencies downgrade Ghana’s credit worthiness President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, has announced moves to create a US$170 billion financing package for member countries to deal with the current global economic challenges. According to ...

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Voting rights of Dep. Speakers: Justice Abdulai files review against Supreme Court judgment

Private Legal practitioner Justice Abdulai has filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking a review of the court’s judgment that a Deputy Speaker of Parliament has a voting right while presiding. The Applicant contends that there is a miscarriage of justice in the judgment which warrants that it is reviewed. A seven-member panel of the apex court presided over by ...

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FULL TEXT: Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia speaks on E-Levy, fuel price increases at TESCON conference

General News of Thursday, 7 April 2022 Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia spoke at the TESCON Conference on April 7, 2022 Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has delivered an address on the state of the economy at the National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region. The much-anticipated address by the vice president saw the ...

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We’re unable to produce 48-page passport booklets for now – Foreign Affairs Ministry

Passports The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana has announced that due to a surge in demand for the 48-page passport booklets and continuing challenges with the supply chain, the Passport Office, until further notice, can only issue the now available 32-page booklets. In a release dated April 1, 2022, the Ministry said the 32-page booklets can be ...

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E-Levy Passage: Here’s how this NDC MP was ‘tricked’ into nearly absenting himself from parliament

General News of Saturday, 2 April 2022 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Bernard Ahiafor is the MP for Akatsi South E-Levy finally passed Minority stages walkout in parliament over E-Levy passage Akufo-Addo assents to E-Levy bill The Member of Parliament for Akatsi South, on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Ahiafor, has narrated how he nearly missed the proceedings in parliament on the day ...

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FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s 28th address on measures to fight COVID-19

General News of Monday, 28 March 2022 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I first came to your homes on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, five days after our nation’s 63rd Independence Day celebration, a day before we recorded our first two cases, with news of the measures government was taking to limit the importation of ...

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We won’t take a dime from our salaries – NDC MPs

Politics of Wednesday, 23 March 2022 Source: 3news.com NDC MPs say they won’t accept a pay cut National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) have rejected a suggestion by Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah that MPs should consider a pay cut as a way of contributing to the development of Ghana. Mr. Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah who is also Ofoase Ayirebi Lawmaker said he is willing to move ...

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Details of how Parliament adjourned sitting for 30 mins to prevent minority from blocking loan approval

We have never had our peace in this house ever since we had Supreme Court ruling, Minority Supreme Court ruling affecting government’s business in Parliament Parliament approves loan agreement after Supreme Court ruling On Tuesday, March 23, parliamentary proceedings were suspended for thirty minutes for leadership to meet and solve the pending issues they have had after the Supreme Court gave a ...

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