The Program Manager of Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Gilbert Boyefio has called on parliamentary engagement and monitoring organizations (PEMOs) to network among themselves to strengthen parliamentary openness. Boyefio made the call during a workshop on Open Parliament Engagement and Monitoring in West Africa (OPEN West Africa) organized by the PNAfrica which took place recently at the Hawthorn Suites, Abuja. […]
In Togo, it is difficult to see civil society organizations working with parliament. Added to this is the lack of a forum that encourages collaboration between the two entities to identify common challenges in the work they do. To help solve these problems, Parliamentary Network Africa ( PNAfrica ) and the Coalition of Associations against Impunity in […]
On Thursday, November 25, 2021, the Social Watch Benin, a civil society organization that holds government accountable for fulfilling national commitments to eradicate poverty and also ensure gender justice in Benin, met with the leadership of the National Assembly of Benin to seek their support for the Open Parliament Engagements and Networking in Africa (OPEN […]
Every decision taken today by policymakers affects a youth today and tomorrow. It is therefore important to ensure that the people that will bear the blunt repercussions of today’s decisions tomorrow are given the opportunity to have a say in that decision-making process. It is a basic requirement that all functioning democracies need to be […]
Le Réseau de presse parlementaire africaine (APPN) salue l’intervention du Conseil exécutif de l’Union africaine (UA), le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, S.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, et les autres organes politiques de l’UA qui travaillent assidûment et harmonieusement pour assurer que l’incompréhension qui a conduit à la perturbation des travaux de la quatrième […]
The African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) commends the intervention of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the other policy organs of the AU in working assiduously and harmoniously to ensure that the misunderstanding that led to disruption of proceedings at the […]
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 […]