Two legislators – Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, North Tongu MP and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah of Ellembelle, have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) asking that it investigates the deaths that occurred during the 2020 polls.

Former President John Mahama has expressed his disappointment with the Electoral Commission (EC)’s refusal to receive the post-2020 electoral reform proposals submitted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an interview on URA Radio in Bolgatanga, he said the Commission, in refusing to receive the proposals, asked the NDC to rather send the proposals to the IPAC.

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The Minority in Parliament wants the Acting Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu, to cause an audit of some GHȻ600m the Akufo-Addo-led government has purportedly expended on the Agenda 111 project. Failure to do so, the minority threatens, will see the commencement of a process to recall Parliament from recess, to have a parliamentary committee investigate “the missing GHȻ600 million from the consolidated fund”.

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Top Story: Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has described the government’s ambitious agenda 111 hospital projects as an afterthought.

Top story: President Akufo-Addo has envisioned that Agenda 111 will play a critical role in making Ghana the centre of excellence for medical care in West Africa by 2030. Breaking grounds for the construction of the hospitals at Trede, in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, the President noted that the project is expected to also increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $2 billion and create direct and indirect jobs in the sector.

Top Story: An Accra Labour Court 1 has slapped the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) with GHC3,000.00 fine over what the court describes as a waste of its time.

Top Story: The Minority in Parliament is raising red flags about the alleged payment of GHS109 million by the government for the procurement of Johnson and Johnson vaccines.

Top Story: Deputy Majority Leader is fighting off claims that the Health Minister lied to the parliamentary committee that probed the botched Covid-19 vaccine procurement.