*Ayariga Vows Waste Management Overhaul; Insists Polluters Must Pay* The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mahama Ayariga, has announced a major overhaul of Ghana's waste management system to tackle the country's worsening sanitation crisis. According to the Minister, the government will enforce strict payment of waste collection rates, compelling companies, factories and property owners to pay what is due to the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Mr Ayariga said the move has become necessary due to the serious environmental and public health risks posed by poor waste management. He gave the assurance on Monday when he toured key waste management facilities in Accra to assess their operations first-hand. The facilities visited were the Lavender Hill faecal treatment plant at Korle-Bu, the Achimota-Abofu Transfer Station, the Kpone Landfill Site, the Kpone Landfill Decommissioning Project Site, and Zoomlion's Accra Compost and Re

*Parliament Adjourned Abruptly Without Tangible Reason – Minority MP's Fumes Over Wasted Recall* The Member of Parliament for Walewale, Hon. Abdul Kabiru Tiah Mahama, has slammed the leadership of Parliament over what he describes as an abrupt adjournment of the House without any cogent reason. Addressing the media on behalf of the Minority after proceedings on Tuesday, the MP said the House was adjourned again "without any cogent and not any reason that anyone would attest to the fact that the purpose or the reasoning behind the adjournment is anything tenable." He recalled that pursuant to Order 58(4) of the Standing Orders of Parliament, the Speaker "rudely" recalled Members from recess while they were engaging with their constituents. According to him, MPs were recalled to transact three main businesses: 1. To consider and possibly approve the Deposit Protection Amendment Bill, 2. To consider the nominees for Ministers of State, and 3. To consider nominees appointed to the S

*Minority Complaints Baseless, We Are Working – Comfort Doyoe Defends Parliament Recall* The First Deputy Majority Whip and Member of Parliament for Ada, Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, has justified the recall of Parliament, saying it is critical for the vetting and approval of newly reassigned ministers. Addressing the press in Parliament on Wednesday, Hon. Cudjoe dismissed complaints by the Minority over the recall, insisting that Parliament was actively working. "What are they looking for? We called the House to come and sit and work and we are working. So why are they complaining?" she questioned. She explained that there was several committee meetings ongoing concerning the vetting of two ministers and judges. According to her, the recall was necessary because without it, the ministers reassigned by President John Mahama cannot be approved to return to their sector ministries to work on their budgets. "The main reason why we are here is if we don't recall this House and vet

*Minority Leader Afenyo-Markin: Parliament cannot sit this week and be silent on $1.7bn GoldBod/Bank of Ghana loss* Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has challenged Parliament to probe the reported $1.7 billion loss under the GoldBod and Bank of Ghana's Domestic Gold Purchase Programme. Delivering his welcome remarks during the emergency recall of Parliament today, Monday, August 24, 2026, the Effutu MP said while the House was recalled to consider urgent business, it cannot ignore what he described as a shock to Ghanaians this month. "This House was recalled. This House has been recalled to consider urgent business. That urgent business is not on its face the matter I am about to raise. But Mr. Speaker, no order paper drawn up before today could have anticipated the shock that met Ghanaians this month," Afenyo-Markin said. "That the government that they elected to reset the governance of this country has under the watch of Gold Board and Bank of Ghana lost 1.7 billion

Afenyo-Markin Drags Sammy Gyamfi, Multimedia and Peace FM to Court Over Extortion Claims; Dares Accusers to Report to Police, OSP Minority Leader and MP for Effutu, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has filed two separate defamation suits to clear his name over allegations that he extorted money. Addressing Parliament during its emergency recall on Monday, August 24, 2026, Afenyo-Markin said he decided to take the high moral ground and subject himself to due process. According to him, he has filed Suit No. GT 1029/2026 - Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin vrs Samuel Gyamfi and Multimedia Group Limited at the High Court, and Suit No. GR/ACH/CC/C5/02/2026 - Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin vrs Eric Agyei and Peace FM at the Circuit Court. He said he is confident the courts will vindicate him. "I have every confidence that in the fullness of time the court will make the appropriate determination on these matters," he told the House. The Minority Leader further dared his accusers to take t