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Adwoa Safo is holding NPP government to ransom – Kennedy Agyapong

Sarah Adwoa Safo absents herself from Parliament Adwoa Safo reportedly wants to be Deputy Majority Leader Ben Ephson tells Akufo-Addo to sack Adwoa Safo Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has reacted to the continuous absence of Dome–Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo from Parliament. According to him, the lawmaker’s conduct is tantamount to holding the governing New Patriotic Party to ransom. Speaking on Oman ...

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Ghana Card – e-passport: Foreign Minister was aware of ICAO event – Dep. Minister clarifies

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration was in the know about the event in Montreal where the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) okayed the Ghana Card as a valid travel document to over 190 countries across 44,000 airports worldwide. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kwaku Ampratwum Sarpong, who had been quoted as denying that the Ministry had any ...

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Parliament approves €350m Afram Plains road, bridge projects

Afram Plains to witness developmental projects Local contractors to be employed for Afram Plains road, bridge project Building materials to be bought from Ghanaian market An amount of €350m has been approved by Parliament to finance the construction of roads and bridges at Afram Plains in the Eastern region. This project, according to the Chairman of Roads and Transport Committee ...

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‘Problematic’ Adwoa Safo has gone AWOL – NPP MP alleges

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South constituency in the Eastern Region, Mr Michael Okyere Baafi, has accused the MP for Dome Kwabenya of sabotaging the ruling administration. Speaking during an interaction on Kumasi-based Hello FM, Hon Okyere Baafi said even though the Majority leaders in Parliament are being evasive about the issue, he knows on authority that ...

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Court issues criminal summons against Assin North MP over perjury

The High Court in Accra has issued a criminal summons against the Member of Parliament for Assin North over his alleged criminal offence. James Gyakye Quayson, who has been a subject matter of criminal charges including perjury has been invading service. In court on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the Director of Public Prosecution Mrs Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa said all efforts ...

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Ghana Card is now e-passport – ICAO declare

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given its seal of approval for Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport Thus, holders of the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents can present it as official documentation at all 197 (ICAO) compliant countries and 44,000 airports worldwide and board flights ...

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All efforts to serve Assin North MP with criminal summons have proved futile – Prosecutors tell court

Assin North MP charged with perjury, forgery of passport Minority to protest against criminal charges on Assin North MP James Quayson adduced sufficient evidence to satisfy the Electoral Commission The state prosecutor has said all efforts to serve Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson, with criminal summons have proved futile. This comes after a seven-member Supreme Court panel presided over by ...

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Gabby Otchere-Darko calls out Audit Service over silence on GH¢12 billion stolen cash

Auditor-General releases 2020 Audit Report MP for North Dayi alarmed at findings from 2020 Audit Report Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko comments on allegations of theft A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, is calling out the Ghana Audit Service to respond to claims that an amount of GH¢12 billion has been stolen by the incumbent government. In 2021, the ...

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What Ghana is likely to ‘suffer’ if E-Levy is not passed according to government

Parliament at an impasse over E-Levy Bill E-Levy rate reduced to 1.5% Minority, citizens oppose E-Levy On November 17, 2021, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, appeared before the Parliament of Ghana, per Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 21 (3) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016, (Act 921), to present the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy. Of all the ...

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Attorney-General files forgery and perjury charges against Assin North MP

MP did not show up in court for the hearing Court sets February 3, 2022, for hearing MP accused of deceiving a public officer The Attorney-General’s (A-G) Office has filed criminal charges against Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson. A report by Myjonline said that the charges filed against the member of parliament (MP) includes forgery, perjury, deceiving a public officer, ...

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