POLITICS

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, says President Akufo-Addo did not categorically say he will dismiss Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, after the IMF negotiations and 2023 Budget reading and appropriation. “The President did not say that. To quote his words, he …

Amid the calls for his resignation, Finance Minister’s predicament has courted him sympathisers in certain quarters of the business community. Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed that one of Ghana’s wealthy businessmen had attempted to intervene to prevent the Minister from being axed. In an interview with JoyNews, the Majority …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not ignore calls for a reduction in the size of his government. The President, on Sunday, October 30, 2022, addressed the nation on the state of Ghana’s economy. Speaking to Ghanaians, the President assured Ghanaians …

A Presidential Staffer, Mr Dennis Miracles Aboagye has said all Ghanaians should support President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in implementing his strategies to deal with the economic challenges. He said President Akufo-Addo was quite assuring in his address on the economy on Sunday October 30. President Akufo-Addo in his address warned …

The Member of Parliament for Buem, Kofi Adams, has said that the former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, should also be blamed for the country’s current economic downturns. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP explained that the problems being faced in the country today started in the era of the former …

Financial Analyst, Dr. Michael Dawson has refuted the claims made by former President John Mahama that the Minister for Finance Ken Ofori-Atta and the ruling New Patriotic Party government proposed and introduced the idea of reforms in the banking sector.   According to him, “Let me state that the decision …

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko has expressed shock about utterances from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The president, speaking on Otec FM during his tour to the Ashanti Region earlier this month said he is unfazed by threats against him by some residents of Kwabire who insist that they …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lashed out at President Akufo-Addo for taking away his military protection. He said government led by Mr Akufo-Addo engaged in hypocrisy and double standards in the withdrawal of his military detail. “When I was second deputy Speaker, the Office of the same President …

The Deputy Protocol Director at the office of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Frimpong, has responded to the party’s former Deputy General Secretary, Obiri Boahen for describing the National Chairman as a timid soul. Obiri Boahen (Esq) has criticised the approach deployed by the National Chairman, Stephen Ntim …

The Ministry of Finance has debunked claims that the Minister of State at the Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, has tendered in his resignation letter. Following a press conference by some NPP MPs demanding the dismissal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and the Minister of State, Charles Adu Boahen, …