The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has led mediation talks between the leadership of the Majority and Minority Caucuses in Parliament to resolve the prevailing differences. The meeting which also involved leading members of the Council of State was aimed to prevent any further violence in the Chamber as the E-levy Bill is set to be re-submitted to the House for debate and approval.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has petitioned the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat over what it describes as a gross violation of the human rights of its leading members by the Akufo-Addo government. The party contends that the use of the judiciary by the current administration to intimidate and harass its members sharply contradicts the tenets of good governance.

The Speaker of Parliament made some stark projections for which public sector workers may have to brace themselves. According to Alban Bagbin, the government may struggle to honor some financial obligations including remuneration of employees in the next three months if critical steps are not taken.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Bagbin, has denied reports that he gave permission to the Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo, to absent herself from the House, on health grounds. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, he stated that such reports are false, and urged the public to dismiss them.

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The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership has admitted that the Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo’s absence is affecting the party and government business. Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story, the party’s General Secretary, John Boadu, noted that with Ghana’s hung Parliament, the Gender Minister’s absence is adversely affecting government’s business in Parliament.

The Students’ Representative Council of second-cycle institutions in the Ashanti region is appealing to the government for the timely release of food and funds under the free SHS policy. They observed recent delays in deliveries to most schools have resulted in a shortage of food items, hampering academic activities.

Discussing Motion to probe Mills’ death: 2 MPs dissociate themselves.

Four members of the Majority in Parliament led by Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, have filed a Private Member’s motion calling for a bi-partisan investigation into the death of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills.

Minority calls for dismissal of Health Minister over botched Sputnik V contract. The Minority is calling for the head of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, for undertaking an international transaction without prior approval from Parliament.