Ghana politics and election news

The Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has described as hypocritical the minority’s decision to boycott sittings of Parliament’s Appointments Committee.
According to him, the minority members still participate in other meetings of the House and therefore he finds it strange why it has decided to stay out of the Appointments Committee’s sittings.

Former Minister of Defence in the erstwhile Mahama-led government, Dr Benjamin Kunbour has become the latest leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to share his thoughts on why the party lost in the 2016 elections.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi and Deputy Minister designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah will face the Appointments Committee of Parliament for his turn at vetting.

The cries of members of the ruling New Patriotic Party's (NPP) communications team in the Ashanti Region have been heard by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwa who has swiftly responded.

Predictions by political analysts in the run up to last year’s election that a defeat for either of the two dominant political parties could spell doom as a result of shock and the storm the defeat was likely to generate is beginning to manifest in the National Democratic Congress.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong disclosed that there is a young man at the Flagstaff House who is covering the nakedness of corrupt acts of certain business people and politicians who have engaged in corruption and are likely to be prosecuted for their acts.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's choice for the position of Director of the Ghana Standards Authority has turned down the appointment.

The former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekow Spio Garbrah, has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is committed to identifying and addressing challenges that led to its colossal defeat in the 2016 general elections.

A video in which Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, Education minister and Manhyia South MP, could be heard calling Alhassan Suhyini, the MP for Tamale North, mad is trending on social media.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has stated that the verdict by Speaker of Parliament Prof Mike Oquaye will inform his next move in relation to the Bribery allegation.

Anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely Hayford has condemned the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga for his rudeness towards the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Mike Ocquaye during proceedings in the House on Thursday.

Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga has stated that he cannot retract the bribery claims he made over the work of the Appointments Committee which got him charged with contempt of Parliament.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga is asking for second opportunity to render an unqualified apology to the House for allegations he made against Chairman of the Appointment Committee, Joseph Osei-Owusu and Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak.

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, P.C. Appiah-Ofori has called for the expulsion of Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga from Parliament for the 'false' allegations of bribery he leveled against Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko.