POLITICS

Nana Yaw Agyenim-Boateng, PhD, an activist of the ruling party, New Patriotic Party {NPP}  in the Central Region, has opined that the decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin,  to act on a petition submitted by the owners of the defunct UT and Unibank is a slap in the …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Adubia in the Ashanti region Yaw Frimpong Addo has expressed disappointment in the failure of successive governments to champion the course of making housing affordable in Ghana. He is livid at the lackadaisical approach and the lesser attention paid as a country towards the …

A group calling itself Friends of Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie is pressing on the Food and Agriculture Minister to step up and contest the presidential flagbearship of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) when the time is due for the primaries. According to the group, Dr. Afriyie Akoto has exhibited a …

The North Tongu MP says he is resigning with immediate effect from the committee based on principle National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has resigned from Parliament’s Appointments Committee. “This was after days of careful reflection and thoughtful considerations,” the former deputy Education Minister said …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to put the country’s economy on a sound footing despite the challenges posed by COVID-19. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony of Ofori-Atta at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday, Akufo-Addo said the ravages of COVID-19 on …

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has explained the reason why the Minority in Parliament agreed to approve Ken Ofori-Atta as the Minister of Finance. The decision by the Minority members on the Appointments Committee to approve Mr Ofori-Atta “by consensus” on Monday, March 29 came as a …

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an application for a review of its decision on the injunction granted by a High Court in Ho stopping the gazetting of John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament for Hohoe in the Volta Region. A 7-member panel of the Supreme Court on …

Suspended member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Koku Anyidoho says he wishes late presidents Jerry Rawlings and Atta Mills resurrected. Mr Anyidoho said he prays and hopes the two former leaders of the NDC will come back to life on Resurrection Sunday with the Lord amid the Easter …

Popular youth activist of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Yaw Brogya Genfi has issued a public apology to Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta. It is unclear what triggered the public apology but writing on his Facebook wall on Monday, Mr Brogya Genfi said he may have either been chasing “non-existent …

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has been named as part of four persons to constitute the new Parliamentary Service Board. This was announced on Monday, March 29, 2021, by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. Mr. Bagbin announced the names as part …