Tag Archives: Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on his compulsory retirement.       The President has also terminated the appointment of Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s deputy, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi.   The correspondence from the President …

      President Akufo-Addo has instructed the Director-General of National Lottery Authority, Kofi Osei Ameyaw to retire.   In a letter dated March 10, signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, he said the one year contract given to the former NPP MP for Asuogyaman expired …

Covid-19 Pandemic Costs Ghana GH¢ 25.3 Billion – Akufo-Add   President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said the country lost more than GH¢13.5 billion in revenue in 2020 because of the economic shocks induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In his state of the nation address to Parliament, the President said with additional …

      A former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo has revealed that President Nana Akufo-Addo was one significant person who encouraged him to take up the appointment as Auditor General when he was appointed by John Mahama in the tail end of the latter’s administration in 2016.     …

A former Central Regional chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has publicly stated that he is no longer a member of the opposition party. Jacobs has been suspended from the party since May 2020 for “persistent anti-party conduct,” according to a letter signed by NDC national …

Social Commentator Kwame Asare Obeng known popularly as Kwame A Plus has said that apart from speaking big English and fighting people who fight corruption, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done nothing better for Ghana. His comment comes on the back of incessant power outages and lack of access to potable water …

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 …

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. …

The former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo’s first public reaction since the directive from the Presidency to retire is an interesting one. He was, in a letter signed by President Akufo-Addo’s Secretary, asked to proceed on retirement based on an indication by the Audit Service Board that Mr Domelevo has exceeded the eligible …