Tag Archives: Dr. Afriyie Akoto

In a move to avoid a repeat of members breaking away from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the presidential primaries, the party has asked all four aspirants to sign a stringent legal commitment. This means that Kennedy Agyapong, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Addai Nimoh, and Dr. Afriyie Akoto cannot resign …

A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says he is confident of securing the mandate of delegates to lead the party into the 2024 general elections. The NPP is expected to elect its flagbearer on Saturday, November 4, ahead of the 2024 general elections, …

Some supporters of the former Agriculture Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, say they have mobilised resources to obtain nomination forms for his candidacy in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) upcoming flagbearer race. According to the group, the former Minister has a proven record to lead the party, which is why …

Former Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has officially handed over the sector to caretaker minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson. This follows a directive from the President, Nana Akufo-Addo through his Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, on the back of the former’s resignation two weeks ago.     …

A  cabinet minister and also Minister of  Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana will soon praise the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for engaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic programs.   Dr Afriyie Akoto rather wants Ghanaians to be concerned with the conditionalities that …

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any IMF conditionality that freezes wage increment. In a Facebook post on Saturday, he stated that labour unions would be opposed to any policy, that does not …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is said to have at a cabinet meeting given ministers of his administration up until to June this year to resign from their respective positions if they chose to contest in the party’s flagbearership race. This is according to Citi FM’s presidential correspondent, Sammy Wiafe. …