"Abuse of Rules": Afenyo-Markin Leads Minority Walkout Over SIM Questions Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has accused the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament of frustrating the Minority's oversight role after members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) staged a walkout from the parliamentary chamber over a dispute regarding questions on the government's SIM card re-registration exercise. Addressing the media after the walkout, Afenyo-Markin said the Minority's concern centered on the financial implications of the nationwide SIM card re-registration programme. According to him, the Minority had sought to question the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation on the total cost of implementing the exercise and the justification for the expenditure. He explained that the Minority also wanted the minister to disclose how many individuals had previously used stolen identities to register SIM cards, arguing that such information was necessary to assess whether the polic

Efforts to limit transparency': Oppong Nkrumah slams NDC over BoG media blackout The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Majority in Parliament of attempting to prevent the media from covering discussions relating to the Bank of Ghana. Addressing journalists at a press conference, Hon. Oppong Nkrumah criticized what he described as efforts by the Majority to limit transparency and public scrutiny of parliamentary proceedings concerning the Central Bank. According to him, the Minority has consistently raised concerns over the Bank of Ghana's foreign exchange management strategy and the financial implications of interventions aimed at stabilizing the Ghana Cedi. He argued that Parliament has a constitutional responsibility to scrutinize the Bank of Ghana's operations, including questions surrounding foreign exchange injections into the market, the country's reserve build-up strategy, and the financial

Majority Leader Accuses Minority of Chasing 'Media Optics' in Bank of Ghana Probe The Majority Leader Hon. Mahama Ayariga has criticized the Minority in Parliament for walking out of a committee meeting on the Bank of Ghana, accusing them of prioritizing media attention over meaningful parliamentary oversight. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Hon. Ayariga said the Minority insisted that the committee's proceedings with the Governor of the Bank of Ghana be conducted in public and broadcast by the media. He argued, however, that parliamentary rules require such a decision to be approved by the committee itself. Citing Standing Order 266 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, the Majority Leader explained that committee proceedings are generally held in public unless the committee determines otherwise. He stressed that the Committee of the Whole operates under the same principle, meaning no individual group can unilaterally impose a public hearing. According to Hon. Ayariga,

Gov’t to Launch Fresh Biometric SIM Registration to Plug Gaps in Old System- MINISTER The Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations is preparing to roll out a brand new biometric SIM registration exercise aimed at fixing loopholes that weakened the last process. The announcement was made by the Minister, Sam Nartey George, when he appeared before Parliament on Wednesday to explain why a fresh registration is needed. According to the Minister, while the previous exercise required SIMs to be linked to verified identities, the biometric data collected was not checked in real time against the National Identification Authority database. “As a result, some individuals were able to register SIM cards using false, stolen or unverifiable identities,” Mr. George told MPs. He added that because of this gap, the old exercise did not fully achieve its goal and systemic weaknesses are still undermining the national SIM register. He said subscriber records were not ve

*Gov’t Contains Monkeypox Outbreak - No New Cases Recorded Since June 2, Health Minister Tells Parliament* Government has successfully contained the monkeypox outbreak in the country, with no new cases recorded since June 2, 2025, the Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has said. Hon. Akandoh disclosed this when he appeared before Parliament’s Government Assurance Committee to account for commitments made by the Ministry of Health. The Minister said the Ministry secured and administered about 33,000 doses of monkeypox vaccines in targeted regions to halt the spread of the disease. “Communication and we have been able to I mean contain monkeypox and I'm happy to tell the committee that for the past one month we've not recorded any case. We secured about thirty-three thousand and then they were administered in the targeted regions including Ashanti region, Western region and then the Central region,” he stated. Hon. Akandoh assured the Committee that the outbreak