Minority in parliament has accused the Nana Addo administration of attempts to use the courts to tilt the balance of power in parliament. Addressing the media, minority leader Haruna Iddrisu argued the Attorney General(AG) and the Police Administration are acting in concert to unjustly prosecute the Assin North lawmaker just to fulfill the tainted motives of the government.

The Minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has described the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) stance on the Electronic Transaction, E-Levy as misplaced. The Minority in Parliament on Friday(28 January) rejected a reduction of the Electronic Transaction Levy to 1.5% from 1.75% after further consultation.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 1, ordered the registrar of the court to personally serve the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament-elect for Assin North, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, with a notice of a court action which has been instituted against him. This follows failed attempts to have the Assin North MP-elect served with the court notice through parliament.

Discussing Burkina Faso Military Coup: Ghana moves to secure northern borders.

Discussing the abuse of sirens by government officials; the Presidential directive and the crackdown.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has donated an amount of one hundred thousand cedis (GHc 100,000) to the Apiate explosion support fund set up by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to assist the affected persons in the community. President Akufo-Addo made the donation to the fund after interacting with the five-member committee constituted by the Land and Natural Resources Minister to steer the affairs of the Fund when they paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House.

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Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has indicated that discussions on the controversial E-levy Bill, has been slated for next week. Prior to this announcement, all 275 Members of Parliament were hoping to conclude deliberations on the Bill, when Parliament resumed on Tuesday, January 25.

The sector minister for Lands a Natural Resources, Abu Jinapor has ordered the CEO of the Minerals Commission to interdict the Chief Inspector of Mining of Maxam and suspends its license pending a thorough investigation into the Apiate blast that killed scores of people. The minister in a press release said the company should be held liable for the accident.