The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has called on the government and parliamentary leadership to urgently clarify their position on the recently passed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the LGBTQ+ Bill, to avoid deepening public suspicion and uncertainty. Reacting to controversies that…
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, June 04, GNA – The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament has raised questions over the governing National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) handling of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, following 31 amendments made to the reintroduced legislation. In a statement signed by Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the…
Some aggrieved members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Constituency have called for an independent investigation into the conduct of the party’s recent polling station elections. The group has also demanded the annulment of results and processes deemed to have breached the party’s electoral guidelines. Addressing a press conference in Tarkwa, convenor…
Award-winning actor, Adjetey Anang has shared his thoughts on the newly introduced film development fund and how it could positively transform Ghana’s movie industry. Source link
It happened in Doli, near Bole. In the President’s own hometown. In the heartland of the Savannah Region. And if you were not at that event, where President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod for the construction of the Bole College of Education, you missed the most candid political signal of the post-election season. I…
A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Dr Kofi Takyi-Asante, has said public debate on LGBTQ+ issues does not reflect the main concerns consistently expressed by Ghanaian voters. Speaking at a forum organised by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra last Tuesday…
By Benjamin Akoto Banda-Ahenkro (Bono), June 4, GNA-Dr William Ahadzi, the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Social Democracy, has urged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain faithful to the ideals and principles upon which the party was founded. He emphasised that the NDC’s long-term survival and relevance in the nation’s political circle depended largely on the ideologies championed by the…
The Executive secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dr Gameli Kewuribe Hoedoafia, has called for a collective national effort to ensure the successful implementation of the new Decentralisation Policy and Strategic Framework (2026-2030). He said the policy, which reflected the aspirations and inputs of a broad range of stakeholders, would require the…
The GNFS responded to multiple fires and flood rescues across Accra after the June 3 downpour, as a building collapse at Adenta claimed one life and injured four. Source link
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directed the House to revisit the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, popularly known as the anti-LGBTQ bill, following concerns over whether the level of bipartisan support reflected in the committee report was adequately demonstrated during proceedings on the floor. The directive was…
