POLITICS

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has approved by consensus Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister, Asaase News can confirm. However, the committee wants the nominee to provide further clarification on some four issues it raised during the vetting. The minister-designate appeared before the committee on Thursday 25 March 2021 for four …

    The Ministry of Education (MoE) is expected to make a determination on the case involving the two Rastafarians students and management of the Achimota School today.   The Achimota School denied admission to two Rastafarian students, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea and Tyrone Iras Marhguy over their dreadlocks on their …

President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo has released a list of Deputy Ministers who will serve in his second government. This was after the Appointments Committee of Parliament approved the list submitted to them for vetting as Ministers. Below are the nominees who if approved, will serve in the Akufo-Addo …

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has refuted media report linking him to a statement that suggests he had blamed drivers for the significant increase in road accidents in the country. “The attention of the Ministry of Roads and Highways has been drawn to a media report …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has again outlined what he views as achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration. In a Facebook post, he said these achievements came despite inheriting an economy in crisis. The Vice President has made similar claims in the past court support for his government. In May 2020, …

  Dr. Gideon Boako, Economic advisor and Spokesperson for the Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated that, President Nana Akufo- Addo is borrowing positively to develop the Country. According to him, if the NDC Party are saying Nana Addo has borrowed a lot then any other president in …

National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Freddie Blay has justified the introduction of the COVID-19 levy and other taxes in the budget statement for the 2021 fiscal year. According to him, all over the world people are paying more to enable their authorities procure vaccines to restore …

National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay has disclosed that the party wanted more than only one seat from the Volta Region in the December 7, 2020 elections. He said winning only the Hohoe Constituency was not a feat they were absolutely satisfied with.  “We were not …

Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South Constituency Haruna Iddrisu has urged the public to disregard posters making rounds about his intention to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next presidential elections.   “These acts are calculated and intended to disorganise the rank and file of …

Appearing before Parliament’s appointments committee on Thursday, Ken Ofori-Atta said the assessment report on the Agyapa deal was leaked to the press before he made any input Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the leaking of a report on the Agyapa deal after its assessment by the former special prosecutor Martin Amidu did a …