Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin has lifted the suspension of four MPs. The MPs were punished after a chaotic meeting on January 30, 2025.
The decision caused a lot of arguments. The Minority party protested and said the Speaker went too far.
Both the Majority and Minority Leaders asked Bagbin to reconsider. He agreed and let the MPs return to Parliament.
Bagbin said the MPs followed his orders during the suspension, but he will still investigate what happened at the chaotic meeting.
Parliament will make an official choice about the issue later. The Speaker wants to be sure they handle it the right way.
Student leaders threatened mass protests if Ghana's exam body failed to release withheld test scores.
The National Union of Ghana Students gave the West African Examinations Council a week to free up pending 2024 WASSCE results. NUGS President Daniel Korley said they first wrote to WAEC on January 2 about the delays.
"Whatever investigation they are doing, they should conclude within the week," Korley said at a press event. "We are going to commence protests, occupying their offices nationwide."
The union plans to make matters "uncomfortable" for WAEC through demonstrations if the council ignores their demand. Korley called for an end to result holds without clear appeal paths.
"This should be the last time we have withheld...
The head of Ghana's main loan agency stepped down Thursday.
Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah left her post as CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre. She sent her resignation letter to the President's Chief of Staff on January 31, 2025.
She led MASLOC for eight years under President Nana Akufo-Addo, first as Deputy CEO, then as chief executive. In her letter, she said it was time for fresh leadership.
"It has been a privilege to serve and contribute to the growth and success of MASLOC," Zakariah wrote. She promised to help with the change in command.
The outgoing CEO thanked MASLOC's board, managers, and staff for their help during her tenure in office. In a later interview, she praised former President Akufo-Addo for...
Ghana's identity card agency set higher fees Tuesday for its services.
The National Identification Authority shared its new price list on Facebook. The changes affect both new cards and updates to old ones.
First-time Ghana Card registration costs GHC310.00. People who need a replacement card must pay GHC420.00. Updating records without a new card runs GHC310.00. Those who want record changes plus a fresh card will pay GHC355.00. Changes to nationality status cost GHC365.00.
The public has voiced mixed views about these price changes. The announcement came from the NIA's social media page on February 4, 2025.
A top legal expert has urged Ghana's Parliament Speaker Alban Bagbin to lift his ban on four lawmakers.
Constitutional lawyer Kwame Adofo said Tuesday the suspensions must end. "He has to rescind, he has to redraw," Adofo told ABC Midday News. He claimed the Speaker failed to give the MPs a fair hearing.
Opposition members rallied at Parliament today against the two-week ban. They wore red and black clothes and sang protest songs. The group said they will not join a probe into recent chaos unless Bagbin ends the suspensions.
The Speaker punished the lawmakers after a fight broke out at ministerial vetting on January 30. The banned MPs include Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, Jerry Ahmed Shaib from the NPP, and Majority...
Ghana's opposition lawmakers staged a protest at Parliament today, rejecting Speaker Alban Bagbin's decision to suspend four members.
The protesters wore red and black clothing and sang patriotic songs in the legislative halls. They declared a boycott of the Speaker's probe into recent chaos until he lifted the suspensions.
NPP National Chairman Stephen Ayensu Ntim joined other party leaders at the demonstration outside the main chamber. The protest was in response to Bagbin's 14-day suspension of both Minority and Majority chief whips.
The suspended members include Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, and Jerry Ahmed Shaib. Their removal stems from disruptions during ministerial vetting on...
Ghana's Parliament faces new tension over accusations against a key committee clerk.
Minority Leader Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has blamed Appointments Committee Clerk Gifty Jiagge Gobah for chaos during the January 30 ministerial vetting. His caucus claims she collaborated with Majority members to include unscheduled minister nominees.
Afenyo-Markin launched a public attack on Gobah on January 31, labeling her a National Democratic Congress partisan intent on harming Parliament. The criticism came after vetting started without Minority members present.
Parliament's Standing Orders outline specific roles for committee clerks. Under Order 269, the Parliament Clerk must assign an officer to each committee. Order 270 establishes...
Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has backed away from his pledge to leave Ghana after John Dramani Mahama's election victory.
Speaking on GTV on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Ampaw said his promise was mere campaign rhetoric. He had supported New Patriotic Party candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia against the National Democratic Congress's Mahama.
"I made political statements. 'If Mahama wins, I will leave for Togo.' I would not go because Ghana is far better than Togo," Ampaw said. "I don't even have a passport. I've never traveled before."
The lawyer revealed he has lived in Ghana all his 57 years. He called his Togo threat a "political gimmick" meant to rally support against Mahama's candidacy.
His original comments came during a September 2023...
Students from two Kumasi schools clashed in violent confrontations, leaving damaged cars and property in their wake.
The conflict between Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School (KASS) led to burned tires, stone-throwing, and widespread vandalism. Four private vehicles on the KASS campus were damaged. The violence also destroyed a school gate, billboard, and noticeboard at KTI.
KTI Principal Gabriel Kingsford Osei said KASS students started the incident. He claims they arrived with stones and machetes, targeting KTI's billboard on Thursday night.
"I asked my students to go back to their dormitories to avoid trouble," Osei said. "A security officer with a catapult joined the KASS students in causing...
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