Delocalized Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament

From August 12th to 15th, 2024, a Delocalized Meeting of the Joint Committee on Administration, Finance and Budget; Public Accounts; and Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research of the ECOWAS Parliament took place in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The meeting’s theme was “The Role of ECOWAS Parliament in Community Budget Formulation and Monitoring”. Dr. Rasheed Draman, our Executive Director, […]

TOR- Kenya Consultant for ILGRP Project

The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) is looking for a consultant in Kenya to enhance the capacity of legislatures to initiate, debate, amend and pass inclusive and gender responsive laws, including gender responsive budgets and legislation through conducting an economic and gender analysis and present results to parliamentary committees and caucuses to initiate draft laws and[…]

Bagbin’s spat with Sefwi-Wiawso MP unfortunate – ACEPA

The African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has described as unfortunate the spat between the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr Kwaku Afriyie. On July 22, Alban Bagbin asked the Marshal to walk the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, out of the house over a comment deemed disrespectful. This action followed[…]

Introduce strict sanctions to curb absenteeism – ACEPA to Parliament

The Executive Director of the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Rasheed Draman has called on Parliament to initiate strict sanctions to address the issue of absenteeism in the House. Dr. Rasheed’s concern follows complaints by the Minority that most members of the Majority have abandoned parliamentary business for campaign tours with the flagbearer of the New[…]

ACEPA Hosts a Delegation from The Parliament of Uganda

A group picture of the Delegation. We are happy to have hosted a delegation from the Parliament of Uganda from the 13th to the 18th of May 2024. Led by the Leader of Opposition, Hon. Joel Senyonyi, the delegation took part in a course on Strengthening the Role of the Opposition in Parliament for Effective Governance and[…]