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The Parliament House of Ghana is the official seat of the Speaker of Parliament of the country and also serves as Parliament of Ghana. [1] It also has offices which serve temporal offices of certain members of parliament .
Job 600 was constructed to serve as the venue for the 1965 meeting of the Organization of African Unity.It is estimated to have cost more than £4 million. [5] Dr. Nkrumah believed that the building would showcase Ghana as a country with the potential and ability to host international events, and a demonstration of Africa's growing technical capabilities.
At the time Ghana became an independent country, there were 104 seats in parliament. This increased to 198 after 1965 when Ghana became a one party state. At the start of the Second Republic in 1969, the number of seats were increased to 140. This did not change further until the start of the Fourth republic when it was increased from 140 to 200.
U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands after delivering a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament at the Parliament House in July 2009 US Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivering a speech to the Ghanaian Parliament at the Parliament House in July 2019. Speaker - The Speaker presides over the Parliament and enforces observance of all rules that govern its ...
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is an independent governmental organization charged with safeguarding of human rights and investigating human rights abuses in Ghana. It was established in 1993 by Act 456 of the Parliament of Ghana as directed by Article 216 of the 1992 Ghana constitution. [2] [3]
The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary elections in late 1992.
Parliament on Friday approved a $150 million loan agreement between the government and the World Bank's International Development Association to improve Accra's economic resilience.
Emmanuel Charles Quist was born in 1880 in Christiansborg, Accra. [3] He was the son of the Rev. Carl Quist (1843 – 99), a Basel Mission minister from Osu, Accra. [3] [10] His Ga-Danish mother, Paulina Richter, descended from the Royal House of Anomabo.