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Proceedings in Parliament on Tuesday, May 29 started with only 45 Members (MPs) in the House but by close of proceedings, 207 names were captured in the records, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu had said. He was not exactly enthused with the habitual absenteeism and has urged members to make it a point to always be present for the business of the House. The Majority Leader was confirming concerns raised by the First deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, who described as “embarrassing” the act where Members of Parliament come in to sign and go back without taking part in parliamentary duties in the chamber. According to Mr Osei Owusu, when MPs didn’t have offices, they would come early, sit at the coffee shop and wait for proceedings to begin. He observed that since they were provided offices, they come in to sign and go back to sit in their offices.‘Becoming unbecoming’The First Deputy Speaker was reacting to concerns raised MP for Lambussie Karni Constituency, Edw...

67 senior and junior staff of Central University sacked via text messages. More than 67 senior and junior staff of the Central University College have been sacked in what management claims is a general staff retrenchment. The affected were fired via text messages and given three-days to vacate their positions, a development that appears to have angered a section of them who have worked with the institution for close to nineteen years. Checks by mynewsgh.com indicate that the affected staff from various departments at Mataheko and Miotso campuses of the University belonging to the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), were given one month salary prior to their dismissal. In a whatsapp group chat, a Senior Member of the University described the treatment meted out to the staff as inhumane considering how many of them toiled to put the institution at its current state wondering who will be happy being fired via a text message and asked to vacate post within three days. Accordin...