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Ghana: Minority boycott leaves mid-year budget in limbo

By Kent Mensah

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Posted on July 25, 2023 14:09

Parliamentarians and members of the public listen as Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivers his annual state of the nation address to the parliament in Accra, Ghana, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko
Ghana’s parliament in more functional days. (REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko)

Opposition lawmakers are protesting in solidarity with their member, who is being tried over an alleged criminal offence.

Opposition MPs from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana have been boycotting parliamentary debates in “solidarity” with their colleague James Gyakye Quayson. 

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