Walk Sefwi-Wiawso MP out of the Chamber – Speaker Bagbin directs Marshall
A comment from Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefwi-Wiawso in the Chamber of Parliament on Monday, deemed disrespectful, attracted the Speaker’s anger, who directed a Marshall to walk the MP out. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin had announced to the House the President’s nomination of two persons […]
We don’t need military officers at voting centres – Bagbin warns
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has called on the military to keep their officers from stationing at the various polling stations during and after the December 7, general election. The Speaker reveals that his outfit would engage the President, flagbearers of the various political parties, security services, among […]
Speaker Bagbin to meet President Akufo-Addo on Criminal Offences Amendment Bill
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin is set to engage President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today, November 28, 2023, over matters relating to the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2023. The Speaker of Parliament on Monday, 27, November 2023 expressed his dissatisfaction with the President for failing to communicate […]
Do not turn NSS personnel into errand boys and girls – Speaker Bagbin
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has cautioned Institutions against reducing the work of National Service Personnel, NSS, to running errands. Instead the National Service is expected to open them up to the world of work, that would mold them into the professional personalities society expects. Speaking at the 50th Anniversary of the National Service Scheme in […]
Eschew partisan sentiments in decision making at Assemblies – Speaker tells Presiding Members
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has urged Presiding Members and District Assemblies against making partisan decisions at the local level to the detriment of the country’s security. He said, as the country approaches an election year, they must strive to avoid decisions that favour one political party against the other. He stated that partisanship threatened […]
Parliamentary contests in Ghana, “not elections but auctions” – Speaker Alban Bagbin
By: Murtala Issah Management of the University for Development Studies, UDS is seeking the support of Parliament to review the law that established the school some thirty years ago. The Vice Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Seidu Al-hassan made an appeal when the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin paid a courtesy call on […]
Withdrawal of investments threats will not deter Africa – Speaker Alban Bagbin
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has told Members of the British House of Lords and the House of Commons at Westminster in London that Africa is not deterred by the veiled threats of withdrawal of investments and international aid. He said threats and other stringent economic measures will not affect the continent’s effort at protecting […]
