POLITICS

The immediate past Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has questioned the decision of the President to delegate the reading of the 2021 budget to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, has not been vetted yet due to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as excellent and well-reasoned, the Supreme Court’s judgment in the 2020 Election Petition case brought before it by former President John Dramani Mahama. “I am particularly delighted as this message is the first of my second term, the validity of which was unanimously …

Former Upper East regional Minister Prof. Avea Nsoh is calling for the resignation of the Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka. According to him, his failure to whip Members of Parliament for the NDC in line with the position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).       “Hon Muntaka Mohammed …

The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, believes there are capable women who can equally occupy the highest office of the land just as their male counterparts Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, believes it is highly possible for Ghana to have a female president in …

Head of Public Affairs at the Electoral Commission, Sylvia Naa Adaawa Annoh, has been appointed by Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Denmark. Sylvia Annoh’s name is among the first list of Akufo-Addo’s ambassadorial appointments under his second administrations. Before her appointment, she served as the spokesperson for Ghana’s Electoral Commission from 1993 to …

The Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini, says the attacks on the National Democratic Congress caucus following the controversial approval of some of President Akufo-Addo’s minister-nominees are unfair and unjustified. Defending the NDC MPs on the appointments committee he said they were all firmly in favour of the rejection of the …

Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has denied allegations the leadership of the Minority and National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs were influenced to approve some of President Akufo-Addo’s nominees.         Some members of the NDC and the general public expressed disappointment with the approval …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the government’s commitment to revamping the economy after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic, which is still raging across the globe, has crippled most economies and has tasked governments to find means of staying afloat while alleviating the plight of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 64th Independence Day address promised a number of changes that Ghanaians will benefit from by the time the 65th independence day is marked.       The 2021 edition of the national celebration took place today at the forecourt of the presidency in Accra. …

Six Members of Parliament have served notice to sponsor a bi-partisan Private Members Bill to proscribe and criminalise the advocacy and practice of homosexuality.         They said the Bill would seek to further strengthen Ghana’s legal jurisprudence and existing legislation on unnatural carnal knowledge to reflect the …