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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has hinted of an impasse between Parliament and the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in relation to budgetary allocation to the legislature.

The Chief Executive for IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe has chastised the Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah for his directive for the immediate cessation of the collection of road tolls in the country.

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), is disappointed that the government did not propose any policy in the 2022 budget statement to address the continuous hikes in fuel prices.

Cycling to work may soon be, if not already, an imperative as the consistent jump in fuel prices in the country since September has secured Ghana a top spot on the list of African countries with very expensive fuel prices.

A Private Legal Practitioner, Francis Kojo Kwarteng Arthur, has sued the National Communications Authority (NCA) and telecommunications companies operating in the country over what he calls the unauthorized collection of personal data.

The Minority in Parliament has raised red flags about the absence of the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, his two deputies, and the Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Finance, Charles Adu Boahene, during the debate of the 2022 budget statement and fiscal policy of the government.

The Techiman South National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary, Suleman Twih Brempong, was allegedly attacked b y a group of men during a constituency executives’ meeting at Tanoso, a suburb of Techiman, on Tuesday, in the full gl are of almost all constituency executives.

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has sacked two female students from the school’s hostel for allegedly engaging in what it described as “acts of lesbianism.”

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, is hopeful the tussle between him and the police over his involvement in a demonstration in his constituency against deplorable roads will be settled amicably.