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The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to uphold their constitutional responsibilities and prioritise the national interest above personal or political loyalties. His comment comes after the Minority MPs on Thursday staged a walkout, following the arrest and detention of Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman,[…]
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, yesterday launched the Constituency Profile Reports on Eight Constituencies and entreated Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to prioritise data collection on their operations to ensure effective policy planning for national development. He said data was important in the current digital world, and the MMDAs must[…]
The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has questioned the relevance and effectiveness of the Minority’s walkout from Parliament in protest of the continued detention of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Thursday, Dr Draman suggested[…]
Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman, has observed that the Minority in Parliament currently appears more organized and coordinated than the Majority Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an interview on Citi FM, Dr. Draman criticized persistent absenteeism among Majority Members of Parliament (MPs), warning that the[…]
Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr. Rasheed Draman, has asserted that the Minority side in Parliament currently appears more organised and coordinated than the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Majority Caucus. Speaking on the Point Blank segment on Citi Eyewitness News, Dr. Draman criticised the recurring absenteeism among Majority Members of Parliament (MPs), stressing that it[…]
The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has called for a ban on Members of Parliament (MPs) serving on boards of public institutions, arguing that the practice presents a clear conflict of interest. His remarks come in the wake of concerns raised by the Minority on Parliament’s Finance Committee over[…]
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AprAs part of ongoing efforts to promote inclusive legislatures, governance, and gender-responsive policy making, the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), in partnership with the Parliamentary Centre, continues to foster citizen engagement and parliamentary oversight through the Global Affairs Canada funded Inclusive Legislatures for Gender Responsive Policies (ILGRP) project in Ghana, Kenya, and Togo. On April 14–15,[…]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has told the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin to push for the protection of the privacy of patients instead of advocating for a new and exclusive hospital for parliamentarians on grounds that a new hospital will prevent the leakage of MPs’ health records. Dr Rasheed Draman, the Executive Director of ACEPA[…]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has stated that sanctions should be imposed on the individual responsible for making derogatory comments against Klottey Korle Member of Parliament, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, if the Speaker’s one-week ultimatum expires. Speaker Alban Bagbin, during a parliamentary session on Tuesday March 4, initiated a probe into the matter and set a[…]