POLITICS

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 …

A call has been made to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to resign on the grounds of infirmness. The call from former CPP acting General Secretary, James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, aka Kabila, is hinged on grounds of ill-health, principle, and conscience to save Ghana’s Parliament. An earlier call from …

There is no dispute that the Ghanaian economy is in deep crisis, a crisis marked by huge budget deficits, an unsustainable public debt, rising inflation, a rapidly depreciating currency, ever rising cost of living and a loss of confidence by both domestic and international investor communities.   The effects of …

There is simmering tension in the Kwadaso Constituency of the Ashanti Region ahead of the upcoming polling station elections of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP). A group calling itself the Concerned NPP Members in the constituency is raising red flags over an alleged plot by some executives to compile an …

As you all know, over the past four months, #FixTheCountry has been the largest and most consistent opposition to the proposed plans by the Government to introduce the atrocious Electronic Transaction Levy, which seeks to enable the Government to dip its hands into the pockets of Ghanaians to take their …

The North Tongu Member of Parliament,  Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa seems to have diagnosed the reason behind the hesitation the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is showing in going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailout. The country’s debt portfolio has ballooned to the extent that urgent measures are needed …

The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday (4 February) left Ghana to attend the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.     The meeting of the heads of state will take place …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling on the Electoral Commission (EC) to organise internal elections for political parties on a pro bono basis in a bid to reduce the cost involved in the process. This comes on the back of a study by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development, …

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has declared his intention not to seek re-election after his current term expires in 2024 general elections .   The Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame constituency in the Ashanti Region, who also doubles as the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, disclosed this in an exclusive interview …

President of the Chamber of Local Government (ChaLog), Dr Richard Fiadomor says President Akufo-Addo has no power to suspend the Municipal Chief Executive of Sekondi Takoradi, Abdul Mumin Issah from his position. In an interview on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Friday, he indicated that under the current circumstances, the President only has the authority …