Sentences with phrase «minority in parliament»

They therefore called on the «general public to disregard the call by Minority in Parliament for the interdiction of the MD of BOST... and support the MD's quest to ensuring that all who have aided in looting the nation through BOST are duly punished.

Northern youth groups such as the Dagbon Youth Association, the Democratic Youth Alliance and Minority in Parliament want President Akufo - Addo to sack the minister threatening that the group will be compelled to stop Mr. Quaitoo from extending his deputy ministerial duties to the northern sector if he continuous at post.

The NDC minority in Parliament described as unimpressive the first 100 days of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION INTO BLATANT CORRUPTION AT BOST LTD..

The Office of the Former President has noted a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information put out by the Chief Executive of COCOBOD intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.

Apart from President Mahama's humiliating defeat, the NDC also lost about 49 parliamentary seats to the NPP and are now going into the next dispensation as minority in parliament with only 104 seats against the opposition NPP's 171.

President Akufo - Addo today [Thursday], took a rather unusual subtle jibe at members of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] minority in Parliament, when he suggested that they no longer recognize the Founder of their party, Jerry John Rawlings.

The National Democratic Congress Minority in Parliament will challenge the School Feeding Programme's 30 percent allocation of the schools in each district as protocol for the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, «I want to serve notice that the Minority will challenge it because we think that it should not be allowed to go and this is not a charge...

But speaking to Citi News, the Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said «they [Minority in Parliament] have evidence that government in collaboration with the Bank of Ghana unlawfully withdrew $ 177 million of the stabilization fund without recourse to parliament.

Notwithstanding the Iraqi government's «efforts to increase security for religious sites and worshippers, provide a stronger voice for Iraq's smallest minorities in parliament, and revise secondary school textbooks to portray minorities in a more positive light,» the report states, the government «continues to tolerate systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, including violent religiously - motivated attacks.»

Today, almost 100 years on from her election, women still form a lonely minority in Parliament and largely remain in the pioneer stages of power.

[13] The Tories were, therefore, an effectively null factor in practical politics, a permanent minority in Parliament and entirely excluded from government.

However, the NPP minority in Parliament doubted the amount saying it was bloated.

The NDC Minority in Parliament expresses our deepest commiserations with the relations and loved ones of Sunday's tragedy that occurred at the Kintampo Waterfalls in the Brong Ahafo Region.

He said he is convinced that «Mr. Adjaho consulted both the Majority and Minority in Parliament before taking his decision.»

But secular liberals — who didn't even make it to the presidential runoff and who are a distinct minority in the Parliament — fear that the Islamist - dominated government will put God above human rights.

Mr. Mahama's office, described such claims as only «intended to slander the former President as a way of covering up bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector.»

The National Democratic Congress Minority in Parliament will challenge the School Feeding Programme's 30 percent allocation of the schools in each district as protocol for the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection,

To this end, The Office of the Former President, charged Boahene Aidoo's management to address the bad management practices and decisions identified and highlighted by the NDC Minority in Parliament about the country's cocoa sector, instead of covering up.

The Minority in Parliament says the President has demonstrated double standards after he appeared to be cozying up with a businessman Joseph Siaw Agyepong whose companies have been linked to several corruption scandals.

However, after the 2008 elections, the party went into opposition with a minority in Parliament.

The Minority in Parliament on Tuesday (August 1, 2017) walked out of the house over the Speaker's decision to forward the motion to withdraw the 2015 AMERI deal to the House's Energy Committee.

Meanwhile, the minority in Parliament has called on the government to immediately withdraw the agreement from Parliament.

The Minority in Parliament, however, urged restraint on the part of the Ghana Armed Forces as they probe the matter.

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Speaker Prof Mike Ocquaye of being bias.

On Tuesday, this week, the Minority in Parliament had pointed out that McDan had secured the sweetheart deal as a crony of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

Minority in Parliament has called on government to use the opportunity presented by the lynching of Captain Maxwell Mahama to urgently «put an end to the culture of impunity and lawlessness which is pervasive across the country».

Minority in Parliament has passed a scathingly damning verdict on President Akufo - Addo's maiden State of the Nation Address, describing it as «high on platitudes and short of substance.»

But the Minority in Parliament has threatened to begin an impeachment process if the allegation turns out true.

Communication Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has dared Minority Leader, Osei Kyei - Mensa - Bonsu, to prove with facts that a $ 98 million rural electrification contract allegedly being fronted by Mrs Selassie Ibrahim, for a Chinese firm, is fraught with malfeasance by mere dint of Mrs Ibrahim's affiliation to the deal, for which reason the Minority in Parliament wants the contract halted.

The refund directive followed a review of the contract by the Attorney General, on the orders of Mr Debrah, after the Minority in Parliament, led by Mr Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu, raised red flags about the cost for the embossment of the portraits of three former presidents of the fourth republic, as well as that of the current President, on 116 intra-city Metro Mass Transit buses which are meant for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) purposes.

The Minority in Parliament have also waded in and described the suggestions as an incompetent way of redeeming a campaign promise and a clear show of a lack of ideas by government.

The Minority in Parliament is asking for the whereabouts of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, ranting his absence from Ghana without prior notification to Parliament is «disrespectful».

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the stance of the minority in parliament over the issuance of a $ 2.25 billion 15 - year domestic bond as «ignorant».

Prof Mike Ocquaye on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, constituted the five - member committee to investigate the corruption allegation made by some members of the minority in parliament.

Commenting on plans by the minority in parliament to impeach the president, he disclosed on the Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko that it is needless for such an exercise, insisting the president has not flouted any law.

As the Minority in Parliament, we are in strong solidarity with the labour front in pressurising the NPP government to ensuring that the liberties of the Ghanaian worker is not infringed upon, while cooperating with all efforts targeted at improved cost of living and the dignity of the Ghanaian workforce.

Ken Ofori - Attah, in responding to the issue in Parliament, stated that the issuance was transparent and was done in accordance with the laid down procedures governing the issuance of bond and government securities in the country, adding that there was no conflict of interest, as he «had no direct dealings with the investors» as alleged by the minority in Parliament.

The Minority in Parliament, has already hinted of a possible impeachment process against President Mahama, for accepting the Ford Expedition gift from the Burkinabe Contractor, Djibril Kanazoe.

The New Patriotic Party government has created fear and panic among workers in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority in Parliament has said.

One of the most telling development was when the minority in parliament blamed the president for embarking on various trips without the consent of the House — a development which is yet to receive any comment from the presidency.

Though the Minority in Parliament is fully aware of the achievements and developments from various presentations by the Health and Finance Ministers, they equally joined the diabolic agenda.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has accused the government of causing financial loss to the state with the recent issuance of the Energy Sector Bond.

When the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, after four months of work, had delivered its bill to Parliament, the minority in Parliament used unprecedented filibuster against the bill for months.

We the minority in Parliament in line with the May Day Celebration, join other stakeholders to salute the Ghanaian worker on this day and to urge them to continue to make Ghana work as never before.

Government is returning to the financial market to raise GH cents 2billion to clear debts owed by collapsed UT and Capital banks, the Minority in Parliament has alleged.

The Minority in Parliament will on Wednesday join some Ghanaians in Accra to demonstrate against the recently ratified Ghana - US Defence Cooperation agreement.

The Minority in Parliament has dared President Akufo - Addo to disclose details of all non-existent and inflated contracts approved under the Mahama administration.

The Minority in Parliament have staged a walkout from Parliament over the Ghana - US defence cooperation agreement currently before the House for consideration.

The Minority in Parliament has explained that, contrary to suggestions that officials of the former administration are scared of the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, they are rather supportive of his work, for which reason they reached a decision to pass him before Tuesday's vetting.