POLITICS

The former National First Vice Chairman and an aspiring National Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has assured the party members that he will make sure the party regains its full majority control in Parliament in 2024.   He said this in the wake of …

The President of Ghana, H.E Akufo-Addo has directed that the appointment of Mr. Yaw Kwakwa as the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited should be terminated.     The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah in a letter to the Board Chairman of the Ghana Airport Company said …

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda constituency, Alexander Akwasi Acquah  is making a strong case for the passage of the 1.75% Electronic Transaction Tax, popularly known as E-levy.   Alexander Akwasi Acquah argued that the introduction of E-levy is a “homegrown” solution aimed at resuscitating Ghana’s …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North, Collins Adomako Mensah has charged the security agencies in Ghana to be on the alert to safeguard Ghanaians against the ravages of the coup d’états happening in neighbouring countries.   Hon. Collins Adomako Mensah was worried about the anarchy going on in some …

The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah has sought to clarify his comments on the use of the abandoned tollbooths in the country as places of convenience saying, the plan is among many others being considered by the government.     He says the suggestion which has been met with …

The Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has stated that the Electronic Transaction Levy (e-levy) is not the panacea for the problems facing the country. He noted that government has never given that indication.     “The rhetoric that the e-levy is a game-changer and an answer to all problems of …

The Supreme Court has for the second successive time been unable to hear a writ of summons against the contested Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson due to the inability to serve the processes on the legislator.   The Court at its last adjourned date was informed …

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Dan Kwaku Botwe, says government will not hesitate to punish any local government official whose action or inaction brings the name of the government into disrepute. The sector Minister indicated that government will ensure that District or Metropolitan Chief Executives live …

The Minister for Roads And Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah is courting the support of road contractors for the government’s controversial 1.75% Electronic transaction Levy (E-Levy). According to the Minister, their support for the levy will help in raising more revenue, part of which will be used to pay road contractors owed …

The former Deputy Information Minister under the National Democratic Congress in the John Dramani Mahama Administration, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has criticsed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s relative silence on the current state of Ghana’s economy.     “He has completely disappeared from the economics team. He has gone into hiding, and …