POLITICS

Three former ministers commonly referred to as the ‘3 wise men’ appointed to oversee critical projects under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration are back in full swing in service to the country though in different capacities. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, former Minister of Health; Enoch Teye Mensah, former Minister …

The Appointments Committee of Parliament will later today, February 15, 2021, resume hearings for the nominees of the President for various ministerial roles. The Minister of Communications and Digitalization nominee, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Dan Botwe are expected to be vetted today. The …

Ministers-Designate Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Dr Emmanuel Adutwum clashed over a vetting question as to who authorized the sole-sourced procurement of more than 853,000 pieces of mathematical sets at Gh¢75 per one and why it had not been fully delivered when it was tagged “urgent” at the time it …

The Electoral Commission Chairperson, Jean Mensa, is urging the Supreme Court not to allow 2020 NDC flagbearer, John Mahama to reopen his election petition case. The former President who petitioned the apex court over the results of last December’s polls on Thursday lost a bid to compel the EC boss …

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Minister-designate for Parliamentary Affairs, has bemoaned the high attrition rate of experienced legislators from the House and called for measures to help retain them Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, attributed the loss of experienced MPs to the …

Chilling details have been provided by the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC  about how former President John Mahama hired assassins from Burkina Faso to come and assassinate him. It is public knowledge that former President Mahama has backed down after …

  The Member of Parliament for Builsa South,Dr. Clement Abas Apaak, has taken Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko to the cleaners for asking if the cross-examination of Mrs. Jean Mensa will add votes to that of former President John Dramani Mahama.   The legislator is quizzing why the lawyer would be bothered …

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Bernard Antwi Boasiako has asked for an amendment to the 1992 constitution. The Party Chairman is worried that it takes 3 months for a new government to put together its structures together before it can begin with its activities. …

Members of Parliament’s Appointment Committee were alarmed when National Security Minister-designate, Albert Kan-Dapaah, confessed before the committee that the invasion of the chamber of parliament by some military men on the night of the election of the Speaker of the eighth Parliament was not sanctioned by government officials.   Kan-Dapaah …

A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has listed some corrupt activities under the late Jerry John Rawlings, who hitherto was hailed for preaching, “probity, accountability, transparency and social justice”.   In her latest article titled “Jerry John Rawlings in perspective”, she wrote that a retrospective assessment …