Parliamentary group in Ghana's National Assembly; appears in coverage of legislative debates on government business, minister vetting, and fiscal scrutiny of the Bank of Ghana.
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Majority Caucus of wasting valuable parliamentary time despite the Speaker’s emergency recall of the House for a five-day sitting. …
… Members of Parliament are expected to return for a five-day sitting beginning Monday, August 24, to deliberate on a number of issues, including the vetting of newly appointed ministers, changes in the leadership of the Majority caucus, and the reconsideration of the anti-LGBTQ+ b …
… Speaking on The Pulse on JoyNews on Friday, August 7, while discussing President John Dramani Mahama’s recent reshuffle, Dominic Nitiwul said although Mr Agalga is a capable and resilient politician, leading the Majority Caucus demands experience that can only be acquired over ti …
… Alleged GOLDBOD losses The growing confrontation has also spilled into Parliament, where the Minority has accused the Majority Caucus of blocking attempts to investigate alleged gold transaction losses involving billions of cedis. …
… The Minority had earlier accused the government and Majority Caucus of deliberately downplaying the extent of the central bank’s losses by focusing only on the operating deficit while ignoring the OCI component captured in the Bank’s audited financial statements. …
The Majority Caucus in Parliament has strongly defended the Bank of Ghana’s 2025 audited financial statements, rejecting allegations by the Minority that the central bank manipulated its accounts, concealed losses and pursued misguided monetary policies that worsened the country’ …
… However, it insists that decisions taken in 2025 materially amplified those losses.In their words, “Policy decisions did not create every shock facing the Bank, but they significantly worsened the financial outcome.” The BoG and the Majority Caucus have defended the 2025 results …
Minority caucus criticizes BoG over financial losses, transparency
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… In a statement issued on Sunday, May 3, the Majority caucus said the release was intended “to restore clarity, credibility, and truth to the public discourse” surrounding the central bank’s financial position. …
… rned,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah stated, “but to share with the Ghanaian people the numbers that the government wanted to hide and the worrying implications those numbers reveal.”Clash Over Pre-Release ‘Spin’ The Minority’s address follows an earlier press briefing by the Majority Caucus …
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Majority Caucus of wasting valuable time during an emergency five-day recall sitting, stating that about 75 percent of the period had elapsed by the third day without the House considering key government business including the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Amendment Bill and the National Petroleum Authority Bill.
The Minority in Parliament has accused the Majority Caucus of wasting valuable time during an emergency five-day recall sitting, stating that about 75 percent of the period had elapsed by the third day without the House considering key government business including the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Amendment Bill and the National Petroleum Authority Bill.
Speaker Alban Bagbin has recalled Parliament from recess for a five-day sitting beginning Monday, August 24, to consider urgent government business including the vetting of newly appointed ministers, changes in Majority caucus leadership, and reconsideration of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill. The Minority caucus has questioned the need for the recall, arguing the matters are neither urgent nor significant enough to warrant reconvening during recess.
Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul said Builsa North MP James Agalga, the leading contender for Majority Leader, is a capable and resilient politician but lacks the leadership experience that senior MPs like Afenyo-Markin, Annoh-Dompreh, Appiagyei and Iddrisu possess from years in their positions.
The First Deputy Minority Whip has called on Parliament to scrutinise government expenditure on the Black Stars' World Cup participation, citing lack of transparency from the Ministry of Sports and Recreation. He stated Parliament had not been briefed on the team's budget, camping arrangements, and preparations, and alleged the Ghana Supporters Union had been allocated 90 visa slots despite earlier assurances that no supporters would be sponsored.
The opposition NPP and governing NDC are locked in dispute over the 2025 Bank of Ghana audited financial statements, with disagreement over whether losses should be counted as GH¢15.6 billion (the operating loss, as the government maintains) or GH¢34.9 billion (combining the operating loss with GH¢19.32 billion in Other Comprehensive Income, as the Minority argues).
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Bank of Ghana's latest statement confirms the Minority Caucus' claim of a GH¢34.9 billion comprehensive loss in 2025, combining the central bank's GH¢15.63 billion operating loss with a GH¢19.32 billion Other Comprehensive Income adjustment. The Bank of Ghana disputes this, saying the figure wrongly combines operating and non-operating items.
Parliament's Majority Caucus has rejected Minority allegations that the Bank of Ghana manipulated accounts and concealed losses, arguing that the central bank's GH¢9.6 billion gain from gold sales is a legitimate and standard reserve management practice.
The Minority Caucus in Parliament released an analysis of the Bank of Ghana's 2025 audited financial statements, arguing that bad policy decisions significantly worsened the central bank's financial position, partly contributing to an estimated underlying loss of about GH¢44 billion. Although the BoG officially reported a headline loss of GH¢15.6 billion, the Minority argues this figure understates the true economic cost when additional losses in Other Comprehensive Income and one-off gains from gold sales are adjusted for.
The Minority caucus claims the Bank of Ghana's reported GH¢5.5 billion surplus is misleading because it depends on a GH¢9.6 billion one-off gain from gold sales, and argues excluding that gain would leave a GH¢4 billion deficit. The Majority caucus rejects this as a misreading of the financial statements and says the Minority is creating unnecessary public alarm.
Ghana's parliamentary Minority caucus has attacked the Bank of Ghana over its 2025 audited financial statements, declaring that the central bank's true financial condition has been deliberately obscured and accusing it of facing "policy insolvency." The Minority also criticized the Majority caucus for issuing a pre-release briefing on the anticipated losses, arguing it violated banking law.