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.

The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has placed an injunction on the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). With the injunction, UTAG is required to suspend the strike action and return to the negotiation table. The order from the Court follows an appeal by the National Labour Commission (NLC) for an interlocutory injunction to suspend the strike by UTAG while negotiations continue.

Discussing the arrest of a leading member of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, who has been charged with treason felony.

The Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dome Kwabenya constituency is set to make a decision on the absence of the MP for the area, Sarah Adwoa Safo. Constituency Secretary, Theophilus Abu Larbi, revealed this in an interview on JoyNews Friday.