Author: Political Desk

Parliament has passed the Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025, during its sitting on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. The bill, which seeks to repeal the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2020 (Act 1030), aims to modernise Ghana’s national security and intelligence framework in line with current government policy. Key provisions include clarifying the mandates of intelligence agencies, establishing Regional and District Security Councils under the National Security Council, and situating national security coordination directly at the Presidency. The legislation also abolishes the standalone Minister for National Security position, allowing the President to designate an existing Minister such as the Interior…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has boldly declared that no parliamentary seat held by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be safe in the 2028 general elections, as the party intensifies preparations to reclaim political dominance. Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, made the assertion on Wednesday, March 18, while addressing executives of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) at the Parliament House. He expressed confidence that if elections were held today, the NPP would command a parliamentary majority, but stressed that achieving and sustaining such a position would demand relentless hard work, discipline, loyalty, and deep voter engagement. “If elections…

Ghana has pledged to collaborate with Women in Global Health (WGH) to strengthen women’s leadership in the global health sector and accelerate efforts to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat. The commitment was made during a bilateral meeting between Ghana’s Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, and Dr. Magda Robalo, Interim Executive Director of Women in Global Health (WGH). The engagement took place on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York. Dr. Robalo drew attention to the severe…

The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) has warned that any country choosing to abstain or vote against Ghana’s proposed UN resolution on the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of Africans risks being judged harshly by history. The resolution, championed by John Dramani Mahama, seeks to formally recognise the atrocity as the gravest crime against humanity. In a strongly worded statement dated March 18, 2026, PALU argued that the transatlantic slave trade was not an isolated historical event but a “foundational rupture” that reshaped global systems. According to the organisation, the scale, duration, and systemic nature of racialised chattel enslavement set it…

Ghana’s Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has charged African countries to vigorously enforce affirmative action policies aimed at significantly increasing women’s representation in public and political office. The call was made on the margins of the ongoing 70th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York. Dr Lartey delivered the closing remarks at a high-level side event organised by the Pan-African Parliament, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN). The event, held at the Nelson Mandela Hall of the African…

The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) has thrown its full support behind Ghana’s proposed United Nations resolution seeking to declare the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. The initiative, announced by John Dramani Mahama during the General Debate of the 80th UN General Assembly in September 2025, is set to be debated on March 25, 2026, coinciding with the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Transatlantic Trafficking of Africans. In a solidarity statement issued from Arusha on March 18, 2026, PALU described the resolution as a historic opportunity to reshape…

The Gbese District Court in Accra has fixed Wednesday, March 25, 2026, to deliver its ruling on a preliminary legal objection filed in the extradition proceedings involving Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica. The ruling will determine whether the extradition request from the United States authorities can proceed or be halted on legal grounds. United States prosecutors are seeking Abu Trica’s extradition to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Abu Trica’s legal team, led by lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor, raised a preliminary objection challenging the validity of the extradition proceedings. Counsel argued…

The Minority Caucus has urged the government to immediately repeal the GH¢1 per litre levy on petroleum products, arguing that its original justification has collapsed amid rising global crude oil prices and resolved energy sector debts. In a press conference on March 18, 2026, Deputy Ranking Member on the Energy Committee of Parliament, Collins Adomako Mensah recalled that Parliament passed the Energy Sector Levies (Amendment) Act in June 2025 under certificate of urgency, adding the levy to fund liquid fuel procurement and address legacy debts. He emphasised that the Minority opposed it from the start, staging a walkout and warning…

The Minority Caucus has demanded the immediate release of a report into complaints of rapid depletion of prepaid electricity credits, accusing the government of institutional unaccountability after weeks of silence from the Energy Minister. Speaking at a press conference on March 18, 2026, Deputy Ranking Member on the Energy Committee of Parliament, Collins Adomako Mensah highlighted that on February 25, 2026, Energy Minister Dr. John Jinapor directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to investigate the issue and submit a report within seven days, a deadline that expired on March 4, 2026. Despite the passage of over three weeks, no…

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has described the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s (PURC) recently announced 4.81% reduction in electricity tariffs as grossly inadequate, insisting that Ghanaian consumers were shortchanged through over-projections in inflation and exchange rate assumptions throughout 2025. In a press conference addressed by Deputy Ranking Member on the Energy Committee, Collins Adomako Mensah, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the Minority accused the PURC of systematically setting tariffs based on inflated economic forecasts that did not materialise, leading to excessive charges on households and businesses. The PURC announced on March 13, 2026, that electricity tariffs would fall by an…