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President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a congratulatory message to new Speaker of Parliament Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye. Prof Oquaye was elected as Speaker on Saturday during the inaugural sitting of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic. He was nominated by the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu, and, subsequently, seconded by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu. Right after the former Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament was sworn in, Nana Akufo-Addo took to Twitter to congratulate the man he calls “my good friend”. Congratulations to my good friend, Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye, on his election as the Speaker of the 7th Parliament…

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The Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic was duly inaugurated the dawn of Saturday, January 7. All 275 Members including first timers were sworn in by Prof. Mike Oquaye, who had been earlier elected and  sworn-in as the new Speaker. He was sworn in by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood. Below are some breathtaking moments during the ceremony on Saturday: Photos taken by Ayerkie Narnor|3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Ghana’s newly sworn in Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye, is rallying support of his members for a review of the country’s electoral law with the view to sanitise the system. Though the West African nation has one of the best democratic regimes and electoral system in the African region, the Speaker believes it still has a lot to learn from other nations with respect to their electoral laws. “Honourable members, I challenge [you] respectfully, to help improve our laws on elections. We have a lot to learn from others, including Kenya who learnt the hard way after brutal…

Ghana has ushered into office 275 newly elected members of parliament with a call on the legislators to control public expenditure and champion the interest of the Ghanaian people to give them hope.  The members, who were elected in the December 7, 2016 general elections, took the oath of members of parliament [oath of office] and oath of allegiance, which were administered by the country’s newly elected Speaker, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye. The 72-year-old lawyer-cum-politician reminded the legislators of the task ahead of the seventh parliament under the fourth republic, noting the Parliament is for the people of Ghana. “This…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has patched up with the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, barely 48 hours after he was snubbed on live television by the ex-president. Mr Okoe Vanderpuije was left red faced by Mr Rawlings when the former approached him to exchange pleasantries on a red carpet at the Parliament House Wednesday morning. Former President Rawlings prevented Mr Okoe Vanderpuije from walking side by side with him into the Parliament House where they were attending the last State of the Nation Address by former President John Mahama. A video of the episode immediately…

Former Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Reverend Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye has been elected as the Speaker of the Seventh Parliament of Ghana. He was proposed by Minority Leader of the immediate past Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu, at the inaugural sitting of the Seventh Parliament on Saturday, January 7. Proceedings were supervised by Clerk of Parliament Emmanuel Anyimadu as a result of the absence of a speaker. As per Standing Order 85, Mr Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu’s proposal was seconded by the Tamale South Constituency Member of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, who will be the Minority Leader. The former Minister of Communications swore the oath…

Scores of New Patriotic Party supporters in Tamale due to attend Saturday’s inauguration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the president of Ghana are stranded. About 300 of the supporters who were to travel to Accra to witness the swearing-in ceremony have been stranded at the Tamale Metro Mass terminal due to unavailability of buses. Officials of the Metro Mass Transport Company told TV3 Friday evening that 38 buses had already left the terminal for Accra with some party supporters. According to them they will need more than10 buses to transport the stranded supporters to Accra, expressed doubts over getting…

Five people have been shot dead by a gunman at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, say officials. It happened at the baggage claim area in Terminal 2, just before 1300 local time (1800 GMT), the airport confirmed. Five people were killed and one person was in custody, said police. A second man appeared to be led away handcuffed some time later. Hundreds of people were standing on the tarmac as dozens of police cars and ambulances rushed to the scene. Thirteen people have been injured and were taken to local hospitals, Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief told US media. One…

Some African heads of states have arrived in Accra for the inauguration of Ghana’s president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday. The African leaders, who started arriving at the Kotoka International Airport earlier in the day, were received by Minister designate for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah and Hackman Owusu Agyeman among others. By 5:00pm Friday, seven heads of states had arrived in the country for the special ceremony at the Independence Square. First to arrive was President of the Algerian Senate, Abdelkader Bensalah, followed by the Prime Minister of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Abdelkader Taleb Omar. Former Prime Minister…