President Akufo-Addo assents to RTI Act which comes into effect January 2020 – May 22, 2019
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made history Tuesday when he assented to the Right to Information (RTI) Act to guarantee Ghanaians the right to access public information.
It took two decades to see the birth of the law, after the bill had been drafted in 1999.
Before picking up his green ink pen to sign the act, which he described as “a significant piece of legislation”, the President declared that the law must enhance the quality of governance in the country and provide a critical tool in the fight against corruption in public life.
Charlotte Osei gets UN Elections Commission job in Afghanistan – May 27, 2019
The United Nations (UN) has appointed Mrs Charlotte Osei as one of its international advisors to support the work of Afghanistan’s electoral management bodies. The South Asian country held its presidential elections in September 2019.
Mrs Osei’s appointment was reportedly confirmed by a Presidential Decree issued by the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani.
NDC Chairman Ofosu-Ampofo picked up by police – June 11, 2019
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, was picked up by the police.
He was arrested in Accra and was sent to his house for a search as part of police investigations.
The arrest followed Ofosu-Ampofo’s refusal to honour an invitation to report to the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to assist in investigations into the recent spate of kidnappings and arson in Ghana.
EC must expunge names of dormant political parties— Council of State – July 1, 2019
The Council of State has urged the Electoral Commission to find ways to expunge the names of defunct political parties from its records. According to the council, that would ensure that only vibrant political parties were allowed to operate within the country’s political space.
In the view of the council, there were rules and regulations that governed the operations of political parties and, therefore, their non-conformance to those rules should lead to the revocation of their licences.
Parliament passes Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill – July 23, 2019
Political vigilantism has been outlawed in the country following the passage of the Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 into law by Parliament. Parliament voted unanimously in favour of the passage of the bill when the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, put the question to a voice vote.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Akuffo, laid the bill in Parliament on April 11, 2019 under a certificate of urgency and the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which deliberated on it, unanimously agreed that it was of an urgent nature.
NDC will win 70% of parliamentary seats in 2020 polls – Haruna Iddrisu – July 20, 2019
The Minority Leader and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South in the Northern Region, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, has predicted that the NDC will win 70 per cent of parliamentary seats in the 2020 general election.
Mr Iddrisu said this when he submitted his nomination forms to contest the Tamale South parliamentary primary at the constituency office in Tamale last Thursday.
US Speaker Pelosi and delegation in Ghana – July 28, 2019
The Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States, Ms Nancy Pelosi and a Congressional delegation arrived in Accra to hold high-level discussions with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, and other senior government officials.
They were met at the Kotoka International Airport by Prof. Oquaye, the U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, Ghana’s Ambassador to the U.S., Dr Baffour Adjei-Bawuah, and some Members of Parliament, as well as other dignitaries.
