http://elections.peacefmonline.com/rss/parliament.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-18T04:09:44+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40335.php Mr Cletus Apul Avoka, Majority Leader on Wednesday appealed to the media to assist him succeed in his new appointment as the Leader of Government Business in Parliament. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40335.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40252.php The proposed formula for the distribution of the GETFund for 2010 is expected to be laid before Parliament today for the consideration of the Committee of the Whole of the House. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40252.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40025.php Alhaji Muntaka Mohamed-Mubarak, Member of Parliament for ASAWASE on Friday scolded the leadership of Parliament for delaying important businesses of the House that should have been tackled with dispatch. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40025.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40021.php The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Friday concluded its public hearing with the Electoral Commission behind closed doors. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40021.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40020.php Mr Ousmane Mahamane, Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, on Friday appealed leaders in the sub- region to show more political commitment towards the introduction of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in educational systems. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/40020.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39866.php The Minister for Education, Hon. Alex Tettey-Enyo, has disclosed that the government has decided to equip the youth who drop out of the primary and Junior High Schools with apprenticeship training in the formal and informal Sectors. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39866.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39508.php A major crude oil-induced border dispute could break out between Ghana and neighbouring Ivory Coast, if immediate steps are not taken to enter into appropriate negotiations to redefine the international boundary between the two West African nations. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39508.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39450.php Pandemonium broke out within the premises of Ghana’s parliament on Tuesday February 2, after some laborers working on the famous Job 600 building which is to serve as offices for Ghanaian legislators and some drivers of Members of Parliament clashed over an alleged stone throwing incident at the project site. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201003/39450.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38990.php The Member of Parliament for Jirapa, Hon. Dr. Francis Dakura, has described the inability of the country’s health planning and delivery system to tackle the Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) disease as a blight on the country’s health delivery system and a serious obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38990.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38989.php The Minority Caucus in Parliament has completely disassociated itself from the Petroleum Agreement which was passed by Parliament last Friday, February 19th, 2010, when the Minority staged a walk-out from the House in protest against the arrest and detention of Nana Darkwa, who was said to have made a derogatory remark about former President Rawlings on Top Radio, a private radio station based in Accra. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38989.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38902.php Ghana’s Parliament appears to have approved a major international oil agreement in spite of the fact that the number of Members present did not form a quorum. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38902.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38602.php Impeccable sources in parliament have hinted that the Majority caucus has finally agreed to stick to the president’s choices for the Majority Leader and Deputy positions respectively. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38602.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38563.php Four government institutions yesterday appeared before the Public Accounts Committee to answer questions on the Auditor General's reports on their financial performance for the 2004 and 2005 financial years. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38563.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38330.php Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader of Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, has appealed to Ghanaians to support the review of the country's Constitution. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38330.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38239.php One of the latter day New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarians, Dr Mattew Opoku Prempeh, member of parliament for Manhyia and popularly known as Napo, had his wings clipped by the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament last Wednesday when he described the Ishmael Yamson report as bogus. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38239.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38173.php The vetting of Minister designates ended on Thursday with profound cross examination of Mr Mahama Ayariga, on his acquisition of five tractors to set up a farm mechanization centre at Bawku. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38173.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38124.php The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South and a member of the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Hon. Atta Akyea, has described as “very embarrassing and shameful”, the conduct of the committee during the vetting of Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, and two other former Leaders of the House, nominated for ministerial positions. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38124.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38014.php One of the toughest interrogators in the Ghanaian legislature, Alban Sumana Bagbin, will today take his chair on the other side of the exchanges when the Appointments Committee of Parliament vets him and two others of their own who have been nominated for ministerial positions. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/38014.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/37990.php The Ministers of Health and Education appeared in Parliament on Tuesday to answer questions from members. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/37990.php http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/37664.php The Member of Parliament for Evalue-Gwira in the Western Region, Hon Catherine Afeku, is alleging that some of the ladies who were part of the over 400-support group sent by the Government to Angola, were actually used for other purposes aside cheering the Senior National Team, the Black Stars, to victory. http://elections.peacefmonline.com/parliament/201002/37664.php