The Ghana Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (GPMON) has observed with grave concern the current disturbances within the Parliament of Ghana in the past few weeks. The contentions and disturbing incidents concern the Motion to approve the Budget and Economic Policy of Government for the year 2022, the interpretation of Article 104 and Order 109 regarding […]
I keep wondering why upon the presentation of the budget, Parliament seems to be content with restricting its arguments on the Income side of the budget, focusing on the Sovereign levies other than the Expenditure side. Are we letting Governments spend the money as they please? Taxation is used not just to raise revenue, but […]
In the last opinion piece I wrote under my Hansards of a Street Parliamentarian series, I gave five reasons why the majority group in Parliament got it all wrong with the budget process and also argued that in this 8th Legislature, “debates and victories during votes in Parliament will sometimes rely heavily on strategy rather […]
On Friday night, while in Dakar, my colleagues brought to my attention the news of the disapproval of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the year 2022. I was eager to learn more about this novel outcome, as I could not follow the proceedings in Parliament while I was […]
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, has emphasized the strategic role of the media in achieving national development in any society, noting that, “without the media no society can exist, much less develop and subsist” He stressed that a free press should not be seen as unnecessary usurpation of state power but critical […]
Most firms have set up a war room to triage their immediate response to the crisis. But the lack of visibility around future demand complicates efforts to restart stalled portfolio companies…
Le Réseau Parlementaire d’afrique (PNAfrica), le 17 août 2021, a lancé le projet Les Engagements et Réseautage du Parlement Ouvert en Afrique de l’Ouest (OPEN Afrique de l’Ouest) à Accra, au Ghana. Le projet améliorera le partage d’expériences et de meilleures pratiques entre pairs afin de promouvoir l’ouverture parlementaire au sein des organes législatifs nationaux et sous-nationaux. Le […]
Most firms have set up a war room to triage their immediate response to the crisis. But the lack of visibility around future demand complicates efforts to restart stalled portfolio companies…
The Mexican Embassy in Ghana has paid a glowing tribute to the Ghanaian culture by combining the rich Kente of the people of Ghana with the Mexican Huichol patterns to design an impressive logo to commemorate Mexico’s sixty (60) years diplomatic relationship with the Republic of Ghana. Mexico was the first Latin American country to […]
PARLIAMENTARY MONITORING REPORT Parliamentary Session First Session of the 8th Parliament Parliamentary Week 26th July – 30th July BILLS Title Date By who Sex Stage of bill Committee referred to An act to establish the national center for the coordination of early warnings and response mechanism to assist the Ecowas commission in the timely identification of […]