The Majority Leader of Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, has said parliament, as an institution, will take the views of critics into account in deciding whether or not to okay a new 450-seat chamber proposed to be built by the Parliamentary Service Board. Social media – Facebook and Twitter – have been awash with harsh criticism against the Ghanaian parliament …

One of the organisers for the planned protest against the construction of new Parliament building, Rasheeda Adams, says a demonstration will come off if Parliament fails to back down. Rasheeda Adams, one of the people behind the #DropThatChamber protest. In an interview with Citi News, Rasheeda Adams said Parliament was not putting the needs of the people first. “Some of …

The Majority Leader and MP for Suame, Honourable Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu says, pragmatic measures have been put in place towards the establishment of Suame District Government Hospital. The construction, he said, will commence next year, since the land has already been acquired in the Suame Municipality. According to him, due to scarcity of land at the area, authorities will make it …

More than 1.7 billion tonnes of iron ore has been discovered in an ongoing exploration exercise at Sheini in the Yendi municipality of the Northern Region. The Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who made this known in Accra yesterday, said the volume of the mineral deposit was estimated to hit three billion by …