In 2023, the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), a Civil Society Organization championing Open Parliament in Africa, embarked on several projects to strengthen civil society capacity and networking for the advancement of civic participation, parliamentary transparency and accountability across national and regional legislatures. These activities were necessitated following some recommendations made in its maiden edition of […]
As part of the Gender Advocacy to Parliament (GAP) Project, the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) collaborated with the Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Ghana to deliberate on the Interstate Succession Bill on 29th May 2023. During the session, Mr. Sammy Obeng, the Executive Director of PNAfrica, addressed Members of Parliament […]
By Joana Oppong Anani In an attempt to fill the gender inequality gap in all spheres of national life including politics and governance, the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) successfully saw through the implementation of the Gender Advocacy to Parliament (GAP) project with funding support from the French Embassy in Ghana. Female MPs in Ghana face […]
In embracing a commitment to openness, transparency, accountability, and citizen participation, the Parliament of Ghana has within two years of the publication of PNAfrica’s Open Parliament Index (OPI), undergone a significant transformation. These changes have marked a crucial shift towards a more inclusive and democratic governance system. Several key initiatives, such as the establishment of […]
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 […]