By: Bervelyn Longdon The Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has cautioned that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, could face legal challenges in court amid ongoing debates over parliamentary procedures and questions surrounding quorum during its passage. The controversial legislation, popularly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ bill, was passed by Parliament on May […]
By: Samuel Duodu The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has called on the government and parliamentary leadership to urgently clarify their position on the recently passed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the LGBTQ+ Bill, to avoid deepening public suspicion and uncertainty. Reacting to controversies[…]
By: Juliana Odame Asare The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has warned that Parliament and the government risk failing Ghanaians if the upcoming sitting fails to produce concrete action to tackle illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. Speaking ahead of the reconvening of the Ninth Parliament on Channel One Newsroom,[…]
The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), Dr Rasheed Draman, has called for stricter alignment between Ghana’s national budget and its long-term development plan. He described the proposed Public Financial Management (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as a critical step toward improving fiscal discipline and ensuring continuity in national development. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement[…]
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[…]
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[…]
The Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, Patricia Appiagyei, has underscored the crucial role of inclusive governance and gender-responsive lawmaking in fortifying democracy. She stressed that open and inclusive parliaments were essential for a stronger democracy, not only in Ghana but also across Africa. She, therefore, urged African legislatures to prioritise legislative decisions that positively impacted citizens’ lives,[…]
An oversight visit to the Ayensuano District by Members of Parliament and officials from UNICEF Ghana and ACEPA has revealed that poverty and parental neglect are the main causes of child labour and trafficking in the area. The District Chief Executive, Joseph Tawiah Lartey, explained that many children are forced into menial jobs such as selling, farming,[…]