POLITICS

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today inaugurate a welfare fund to motivate the base of the party. The fund, which will be opened for contributions after a ceremony at the Capital View Hotel in Koforidua, is the brainchild of the NPP Constituency Officers Welfare Group. According to the Chairman …

A former Local Government Minister in the Kuffour administration has questioned the political genuineness of the conveners of the ongoing demand on the government to #FixTheCountry. Kwadwo Adjei-Darko wondered where they were during the previous administration when all economic indicators, according to him, were low but seem to have now …

      The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to move for the adoption of the Mid-Year Review Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government next week.   The Mid-Year Budget, which is the Government’s supplementary estimate for the 2021 financial year, would be proposed to the …

A conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and development professional, Emmanuel Bombande, has noted that there will be more protests in Ghana to ensure that duty bearers work in the interest of the general public. To that end, he said there needs to be changes in how the Military and other security officers …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, says he is disappointed in the Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, for dragging him before the Privileges Committee of Parliament over alleged threats he made on the life of Erastus Asare Donkor, a Broadcast Journalist with Kumasi-based Luv FM. …

  As we all wait patiently for President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to name his Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives of all the MMDAs across the country, it is important for party members, and supporters of the various aspirants, to exercise circumspection and restraint when the list comes out. …

The Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has deferred action on a motion for the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, to be hauled before the Privileges Committee.     The MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, filed a motion on the floor requesting the Speaker to …

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) would overwhelmingly lose elections should one be held today.   Dr Amakye Boateng, speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma, hinged …

  The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has cleared the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of National Security to recruit 11,840 staff to augment their existing staff strength.   In separate letters sent to the three ministries, the Finance Minister stipulated the exact number of persons to …

        Martin Amidu has stated that his only regret in life was to accept the job as Ghana’s first special prosecutor in Akufo-Addo’s government.   In another epistle to the media, Amidu claimed he was forced to be believe Nana Akufo-Addo had genuinely wanted to tackle corruption …