POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, is advocating for the extension of the compulsory retirement age for public servants and judicial officers from 60 to 65 years. Mr. Ayariga announced that he is sponsoring a private member’s bill to amend the constitution to achieve this objective.   …

The General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he intends to retire from party work after his third term as General Secretary. Grapevine information suggested that John Boadu was lacing his boots to contest in the party’s national elections for the chairmanship position. But speaking in an interview with Accra-based Asempa FM, John …

The minister-designate for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has wondered what the term ‘protocol’ is within the employment sector of the country. He said that it comes to him as a surprise that there is any such thing in the processes involved in employments into particularly public institutions in the …

Tamale North Member of Parliament, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, had cause to tell a fellow lawmaker that she (Ursula Owusu-Ekuful) had to deal with him, whether she liked him or not. He passed the remark today at Parliament’s Appointments Committee sitting during the vetting of Employment and Labour relations Minister-designate Ignatius …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho has called the bluff of the party following its decision to suspend him indefinitely. The NDC in a letter signed by the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia addressed to Mr. Anyidoho, dated 8 February …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will not permit the testing of waters now by party bigwigs who have ambitions of leading the party as flagbgearer in the 2024 Presidential election. Internal jolting in the quest to seek a replacement for Akufo-Addo whose tenure as President expires in …

The Akufo-Addo administration created about three million jobs in its first term, according to the Employment and Labour Relations Minister-nominee, Ignatius Baffour Awuah. “The last time we reported was in September 2020 and the figure was around three million jobs,” the nominee said during his vetting on Wednesday, February 17, …

The lead counsel for John Mahama in the election petition case, Tsatsu Tsikata has filed two new applications at the Supreme Court following the dismissal of a leave seeking to reopen the case. The petitioner, John Mahama wanted the request granted so the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa …

Embattled member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho says there is nothing wrong with the military invasion of Parliament on January 7.   According to him, the President should be focused and not hoodwinked to investigate the invasion of the Military into the Chamber of Parliament on January …

The Supreme Court has yet again dismissed another application of John Dramani Mahama, the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing.   According to the Court, the petitioner, inter alia, has not adduced enough evidence, or an inkling of that, to convince the bench for the case to be re-opened. …