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Mahama Ayariga Leaves Parliament for Local Government Role
The former Majority Leader said his move to the executive was a personal decision aimed at improving local governance.
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Patricia Appiagyei Will Honour OSP Invitation Over GH¢70,000 Probe
The Deputy Minority Leader said she has not been formally contacted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor but will cooperate if summoned to discuss alleged payments linked to Parliament’s vetting process.
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TI‑Ghana and GACC Demand Full Disclosure Over Alleged GH¢70,000 Appointments Committee Payment
The anti‑corruption groups urge Parliament to reveal the source, purpose and handling of the disputed funds linked to ministerial and Supreme Court vetting.
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Parliament’s Hidden Battle: How Weak Committees Undermine Democracy
In many nations, the real test of democracy happens not on the grand parliamentary floor but in the small, often overlooked committee rooms where oversight is carried out or ignored.
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Minority Caucus Urges Immediate Recruitment of Disabled Graduates
The caucus in Parliament has demanded that qualified unemployed graduates with disabilities be hired at once, citing constitutional guarantees and a petition from the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities.
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Ghana Places All Indigenous Languages Under English to Preserve Equality
The Bureau of Ghana Languages has urged Parliament to keep English as the sole national language, arguing that choosing one local tongue would marginalise others.
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Speaker: Africa needs "interconnected" health regulators, not a single continental body, to keep pace with cross-border risks
Closing the 28th AMCOA conference in Accra, Speaker Alban Bagbin pressed medical regulators across the continent to share credentials and intelligence under a sound legal framework, even as he pushed Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh to fast-track long-stalled amendments to Ghana's own regulatory law before year's end.
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Parliament approves three Supreme Court justices as Minority walks out over vetting objection
Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko-Essah and private legal practitioner Anthony Forson Jr. were confirmed by majority vote after Minority members withdrew from the Appointments Committee process, with Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin insisting the objection targeted the rushed procedure, not the nominees themselves.
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Minority boycotts Supreme Court vetting, says four days isn't enough for three lifetime appointments
Walking out of Thursday's Appointments Committee sitting, the Minority Caucus argued that rushing Justice Sophia Bernasko-Essah, Justice Amoako Asante and former GBA President Tony Forson through vetting before Parliament's recess ends breaches multiple Standing Orders, while offering to proceed on the two ministerial nominees, Mahama Ayariga and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on a normal timetable.
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Young MPs debate free speech, university funding as NYA holds maiden Youth Parliament sitting
Held at Parliament House as part of National Youth Month, the mock sitting saw NYA CEO Osman Ayariga and Ketu North MP Edem Agbana challenge young parliamentarians to put country before party, with debates covering digital rights, affirmative action and university funding.
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Sammy Gyamfi: GoldBod raised over $450m without Bank of Ghana funding since March
Responding to the Minority's allegations of a $1.7 billion loss under the old Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, the GoldBod CEO detailed a mix of offtaker advances, a piloted FX forward scheme with banks, and the board's own capital, insisting the new trading model no longer depends on BoG money.
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"Women Are Not Sex Objects": Advocate Slams MP Over Viral Comments to Minor in Parliament
Human rights advocate Rev. Hornam Adzraku-Kevi has condemned remarks made by Ahafo Ano South East MP Yakubu Mohammed to a young girl visiting Parliament, warning that such statements objectify young girls and reinforce harmful stereotypes.
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Government Accepts Key Constitutional Reforms: 5-Year Presidential Term, 300 MPs, and Dual Citizenship Clearance Announced
In a landmark overhaul of Ghana's governance framework, the government has accepted major recommendations from the Constitutional Review Committee extending presidential and parliamentary terms to five years, expanding Parliament to 300 seats with affirmative action quotas, ending dual citizenship restrictions for high office, and abolishing the death penalty.
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Eunice Delali Alomatu Builds Banking Career Around Business Growth
The Ghanaian banker has moved from branch operations to structuring multi‑million‑dollar agribusiness loans, blending credit risk with deep industry insight.
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GSA Seeks to Position Scouting as Platform for Skills, Resilience and Responsible Citizenship
The Ghana Scout Association is partnering with the Ministry of Youth Development to equip young Ghanaians with practical skills, teamwork and civic engagement.
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Jobberman Ghana Launches Sales Academy to Build Stronger Talent for Growing Market
The platform’s new six‑week accelerator aims to equip 50 participants with practical sales skills and career support, with tuition fully waived for the 2026 cohort.
Energy
Jinapor Sets Energy Reforms as Ghana Prepares New World Bank Framework
Energy and Green Transition Minister Dr John Jinapor outlined plans to modernise power distribution, transmission and battery storage at a national consultation on Ghana’s 2027‑2032 Country Partnership Framework with the World Bank Group.
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Government Deploys Solar Power Systems Across Public Universities
Dr. John Jinapor announced plans to install solar panels and streetlights at Ghanaian campuses to cut reliance on conventional electricity.
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Jinapor Meets Bulk Oil Distributors to Discuss Energy Reforms
Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, held a productive session with the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, underscoring the government’s commitment to continuous dialogue on sector reforms.