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Nigerian Top Official To Visit Ghana Over Diplomatic Tension
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila is heading to Ghana for talks over the recent diplomatic row.
Mr Gbajabiamila is on a mission to help solve problems affecting Nigerians living in Ghana.
Officials of both countries have been in a battle of words over recent issues of alleged unfair treatment meted out to Nigerian citizens living in Ghana.
This has resulted in strained diplomatic relations between the two countries in recent months following trade conflicts and the infamous demolition of the Nigerian diplomatic building in Accra.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
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Audio: Osei Kyei Is The Majority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu Is The Minority; Stop Confusing The Public – Speaker Warns MPs
The Speaker of Parliament Alban S.K. Bagbin has urged Members of the Eighth Parliament to desist from confusing the public over the leadership of the two groups in the house.
Speaking in Parliament today, Right Honourable Bagbin stated that Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu was the Majority Leader and Haruna Iddrisu was the Minority Leader.
He said: “…The Standing Orders further provide that the Majority Group will be lead by a leader and that leader is referred to as Majority Leader and Order 160 and Order 168 demands that the Business Committee and the House Committee be chaired by the Majority Leader, that is the standing orders we have now and I am guided by that, I am bounded by it…
“So please, don’t keep confusing the public. So the Honourable Osei-Kyei-Mensah Bonsu is the Majority Leader, the Honourable Haruna Iddrisu is the Minority Leader”.
The Speaker’s latest declaration on the composition of the House comes a week after he declared that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) caucus in Parliament together with the independent Member of Parliament for Fomena, Andrew Asiamah Amoako constitute the Majority Group in Parliament.
That declaration followed an official letter from Mr Asiamah Amoako to the Speaker in which he stated that he will do business with the NPP caucus in Parliament led by Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
Listen to the audio below………
Bra Zurich · Osei-Kyei-Mensah is Majority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu is Minority Leader – Speaker
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Just In: Presidency Receives Petition To Remove EC Chair, Jean Mensah From Office
Documents sighted by this portal indicates that the office of the President has received a petition from two Ghanaian citizens calling on the President to remove the EC Chair, Madam Jean Mensah from office on the premise of article 146 of the Constitution.
The Petition, put together by Mr Prince Derek Adjei and Mr Elikem Kotoko was officially received at the office of the President yesterday, 21st January 2021.
The petition states in part that the current leadership of the EC under the chairmanship of Mrs. Jean Adukwei Mensa, knowingly created a constitutional crisis by their actions and inactions in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential elections as they ignored caution and advise from various various stakeholders of the adverse outcomes and implications of their actions and acts of omission.
According to the petitioners, the petition is grounded on stated misbehavior of the EC Chairperson not limited to gross incompetence, bias, procurement breaches and poor corporate governance practices.
See pages of the petition below…………….









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Today In History: Exactly 55 Years Ago Today, Kwame Nkrumah Inaugurated The Akosombo Dam
Exactly 55 years ago on January 22, 1996, Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the Akosombo Dam across the Volta River.
The Akosombo dam created a hydroelectric power plant, which fuelled an aluminium smelter and provided electricity to urban centers and adjacent countries like Togo and Benin.
However, the main purpose of the dam was to provide electricity solely for the aluminium industry. It is known to be “the largest single investment in the economic development plans of Ghana”
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
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