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 […]
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 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 Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng is speaking at a workshop on Public Debt Management and Legislative Budgeting in Mombasa, Kenya from the 20th to the 21st of April 2023. The workshop is being organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) […]
The Executive Director of the Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng, has been awarded an Open Government Leadership Fellowship by the Open Government Partnership (OGP) for his contribution to the advancement of the Open Government Movement in Africa. The coveted Leadership Fellowship award was issued to him by the Open Government Partnership on March […]
By Susuana N. O. Quartey Parliaments and civil society convened on 8th February, 2023 to discuss working together to enhance evidence uptake in the work of parliament across Africa. The Parliamentary Knowledge Exchange Forum, which was organised in partnership with the international center for Evaluation and Development (ICED) and the Center for Learning on Evaluation […]
The Executive Director of Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Mr. Sammy Obeng, has expressed concerns about how the NDC party leadership has handled the transition of the front bench of the Minority in Parliament and its implications for Parliamentary oversight. He is of the view that things could have been done differently even if there was […]
The Executive Director of Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), Sammy Obeng, has given a thumbs up to the Parliament of Ghana for coming out with scathing colours this time round with its sterling performance over the purse. A post on his Facebook page read, “Excited about Parliament of Ghana’s work on the 2023 budget, as it […]
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