Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman, has urged Members of Parliament to exercise caution and responsibility in their comments while performing their duties on the floor of the House. His remarks follow the recent apology by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin to the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, over […]
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MarSenator Crystal Asige’s story starts in her childhood home in Mombasa, Kenya, where, only in her twenties, she gradually lost her sight to Glaucoma. In its place, she found her voice. For more than a decade, Crystal used her talents as a singer, songwriter, and music producer to champion the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) see redemption song.[…]
The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the parliament of Ghana, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has launched the Political Inclusion and Consensus Building Project an initiative by the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs. A crucial initiative aimed to make cooperation a normal part of political life not an emergency measure during crisis. He noted that the launch responds to[…]
The Speaker made these remarks at the official launch of the “Political Inclusion and Consensus Building Project,” organised by the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) in partnership with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). While acknowledging Ghana’s status as a beacon of democracy on the continent—having conducted successive peaceful transfers of power and successfully[…]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has called for conscious consensus-building in Ghana’s politics to help do away with the winner-takes-all practice, which he said delays national progress. He said that in history, the most durable national reforms, such as economic recovery programmes, constitutional reforms and peace agreements, had emerged not from one party imposing[…]
The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has expressed strong support for the Political Inclusion and Consensus Building Project launched by the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), describing it as a strategic step towards deepening Ghana’s democratic culture. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, February 18, the legislator said he was honoured to attend[…]
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FebThe November 2025 Inclusive Legislatures for Gender-Responsive Policies (ILGRP) Regional Forum in Accra was held to realize a simple but powerful vision: the most effective legislation emerges when diverse voices converge around shared values. From the moment it began, the forum created a space for sharing experience, testing innovation, and strengthening inclusive parliamentary practice. The opening ceremony, attended[…]
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JanBy Freeman Dagadu, Project Officer, ACEPA Introduction The first session of Ghana’s 9th Parliament convened at a time of strained public trust and high expectations for parliamentary relevance. Economic recovery pressures, environmental concerns, and growing demands for accountability placed Parliament at the centre of Ghana’s democratic and development discourse. Beyond formalities and symbolism, first sessions are tone-setting,[…]