Parliament of Ghana

Joined the Commonwealth: 6 March 1957

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1946

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral

Parliament website: https://www.parliament.gh/

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 16 (Communications; Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs; Defence and Interior; Education; Employment, Social Welfare and State; Enterprises; Environment, Science and Technology; Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs; Foreign Affairs
Health; Lands and Forestry; Local Government and Rural Development; Mines and Energy; Roads and Transport; Trade, Industry and Tourism; Works and Housing; Youth, Sports and Culture)

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Appointments, Business, House, Privileges, Members Holding Offices of Profit. 

Recent Articles in The Parliamentarian:

• The Parliamentarian 2025 Issue Four - 'Recent Reforms in Parliamentary Committees in Ghana' by Ernest Darfour (PhD), Head of Parliamentary Training Institute of the Parliament of Ghana
  
• The Parliamentarian 2025 Issue Two - Commonwealth Lives - Former Ghana Clerk, Mr. Samuel Ntim Darkwa
• The Parliamentarian 2015 Issue Two -  'Political, military and judicial challenges in combating cross border terrorism' by Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Ghana Defence Minister

66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

The CPA Ghana Branch hosted the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference from 30 September to 6 October 2023 in Accra, Ghana. The conference was attended by over 500 delegates and hosted CPA governance and thematic meetings. Visit the 66th CPC Hub to find out more.

The 66th CPC Ghana supplement to The Parliamentarian was published in 2023 and features articles by Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff on a diverse range of topics including the development of Ghana’s Parliament over the last 30 years, gender mainstreaming to increase women’s representation, public engagement through the Ghana’s Citizens’ Bureau and the development of its youth programmes.

• View below on ISSUU or click here to download.