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The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has disclosed that in the next three months government will be unable to pay salaries of its workers. The Speaker made this revelation in the house on 24th February 2024. "This is not to discourage the committee. In three months, the government may not be able to pay its own workers", the Speaker told Mps. Although the speaker made this revelation he didn't elaborate on it. The Speaker makes this revelation at a time when the country is battling on whether to pay the…

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has stated without mincing words that he will get the Marshals to arrest any member of Parliament who misbehave in Parliament. He noted that the happenings in Parliament in recent times are unacceptable. "I will be compelled to get the Marshal to get people arrested and sent out". What is happening in Parliament is completely unacceptable and I am not sure you have an appreciation of the temperature of the country neither am I sure you know the auduous nature of the responsibility…

The Speaker of Ghana's 8th Parliament, Hon. Alban Bagbin has got many Ghanaians talking following his dressing code which he stormed Parliament with on Tuesday 25th January. The Speaker made waves in the news for deciding to dress looking like a chief to Parliament and some Ghanaians are wondering what might have informed his dressing style. After Parliament resumed on Tuesday 25th January 2021, the Speaker trashed his usual outfit for a traditional wear which gave him the look of a Ghanaian chief. Photos…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs walked out of Parliament on 26th November 2021 after a debate on the 2022 budget heated up making the Minority in Parliament to reject the budget. The Speaker of Parliament after that asked non MPs to vacate the chamber. The Majority in Parliament had earlier demanded that the General Secretary of the NDC leaves the chamber before they continue with the business of the House. Mr. Asiedu did not grant their request and this made the majority furious leading to they staging a…

Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw believes the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin interpret the country's constitution wrongly. He says the constitution isn't an 'English Book' to be interpreted anyhow. Apart from the Speaker wrongfully interppreting the constitution he says he is not in the position to be interpreting Ghana's constitution. "I was surprised at Speaker of Parliament conduct and attitude towards articles 117 and 118. He has no constitutional mandate to do so,” he stated while…

Member of Parliament for South Dayi in the Volta Region of Ghana, Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor has said that the second most powerful man in Ghana is not the Vice President of Ghana but the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin. According to the member of Parliament, Alban Bagbin was voted into office through the Parliamentarians in Ghana's 8th Parliament therefore constitutionally he is more powerful than Vice Dr. Bawumia. The lawmaker went on to say that the Vice President wasn't voted into office by…

The General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) John Boadu has said that the Speaker of Parliament Alban Kingsford Bagbin is benefiting from a position he didn't work for hence accounting for his recent utterances. He says the Speaker's recent comment comment where he said he (Alban Bagbin) has the power to remove the President but the President can't do same is an unfortunate comment. “The Speaker, as we all know, is only benefiting from what he didn’t work for and, as a result, he has been passing…

The Speaker of Ghana's 8th Parliament, Alban Kingsford Bagbin has said that he can remove President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo from office. According to him the law of Ghana gives Parliament power to remove the President from office but doesn't give the President same power to remove a Speaker of Parliament from office. Alban Bagbin speaking at the post-budget forum held in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana was more concerned about the fact that Parliament always approves budgets that benefits the executive and not the…

STC boss, Nana Akomea has said that the NDC would have been better off it they elected someone such as Alban Bagbin to be flagbearer of the party. According to him the John Mahama is the biggest problem for the party because he has a track record which means that when he speaks about the current government being corrupt, people go back to the drawing board to check his track record on that. He noted that the former President has been a Vice President and a President for four and a half years and Ghanaian already know…

The Karneshie District Court in Accra has adjourned the case involving the member of Parliament for Madina lawyer Fancis Xavier Sosu. This comes after the prosecution told the court on 8th November that a letter has been sent too them from Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin indicating that the MP is on Parliamentary duties out of Ghana. Sosu's colleague, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor had earlier disclosed that as of Saturday 6th November, the lawmaker was not in the country. He debunked police claim that the…