On 29th December 2020, our President assented to the first Private Members Bill (PMB) which is now known as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2020 (Act 1054). That piece of legislation, sponsored by the following MPs: Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Haruna Iddrisu, Ras Mubarak and Ben Abdallah Banda, has its long title as “AN ACT to amend […]
The Sierra Leone Country Office of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has held a validation meeting with members of Parliament from Various legislative committees to discuss and critically analyze a draft legislative compendium of the fifth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone which it commissioned at the beginning of the second half of […]
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, presented to Parliament on Wednesday, November, 15, 2023, the last major Budget proposal for the second term of the President Akufo Addo led Government. The 2024 Budget touched on various sectors of the economy and the various policies and interventions outlined for the final lap of his tenure, including […]
The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mary Addah, and the Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Sammy Obeng have been elected Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to steer the affairs of the Right to Information Coalition for the next two years. They will lead a newly elected 15-member Steering Committee which […]
The Member of Parliament for Nsawan Adoagyiri and Majority Chief Whip, Hon Frank Annor Dompreh, has rubbished allegations by the Minority in Parliament that, there are sinister moves by the Government to sell off the National Investment Bank (ADB) to the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Hon. Isaac Adongo, alleged at […]
The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has reiterated his personal commitment and the Commitment of the Parliament of Ghana to the Principles of Open Parliament which encourages constant engagement of the institution of Parliament with Civil Society organizations and the public at large. The Speaker made this known […]
On September 6 2023, our Country Programme Officer for Ghana @Joana Oppong represented @PNAfrica at the Launch of the Political Accountability Activity(POLA). The event was organized by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and its CEPPS partners – the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) with funding from USIAD/Ghana. POLA […]
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A Political Accountability (POLA) project has been launched in the country to advance the course of democracy and political accountability. The Launch sought to create awareness of the broad and specific objectives of the POLA project to its stakeholders, highlight the roles of its partners and beneficiaries in the implementation of the project, and emphasize […]