Politics

The expenditure amounts to about GH¢25,300 for each person evacuated, but the Minority says passenger, ticket, invoice and payment records are needed to verify the government’s account.

The Deputy Minority Leader of Ghana's Parliament says she does not want to receive any financial benefit connected to parliamentary vetting and has asked for the money to be returned because its source was not disclosed to her.

The Minority in Parliament says the vetting of three Supreme Court nominees should be deferred because, in its view, there is no immediate vacancy requiring an urgent appointment.

Speaker Alban Bagbin says President John Dramani Mahama does not have the authority to formally notify Parliament of a change in the governing party's leadership in the House.

Incoming Majority Leader James Agalga says Parliament should allow the courts and state investigative agencies to establish the facts as extortion allegations involving Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin escalate.

Parliament returns today for a five-day special sitting after Speaker Alban Bagbin recalled MPs less than a month after the House adjourned.