POLITICS

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Nana Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the successful conduct of its parliamentary primaries over the weekend with a call on the victors to reach out to the defeated aspirants to unite for victory in the December …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Sammy Gyamfi The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it is “sad, cruel and reprehensible for President Akufo-Addo, who promulgated (E.I 64), which has led to the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of pastors and other Ghanaians, to turn around and supervise the flagrant violation of …

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu   The Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has described as a setback to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) the defeat of some experienced Members of Parliament (MPs) in their recent primaries. “The longer one stays in Parliament, the …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has said it is “appalled and deeply embarrassed” at the bulldozing of a property belonging to the Nigerian High Commission in Accra under the cover of darkness on 19 June 2020. The Minority said it condemns, in no …

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Seth Terkper Former Finance Minister, Seth Tekper says the government cannot continue to assume it is impossible to pay back depositors their locked-up capital after the collapse of some 347 micro-finance companies, 39 microcredit companies, 23 savings and loans and finance house companies. According to the former …

  by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah President Akufo-Addo has given the reason behind Ghana’s sudden jump in Covid-19 recovery figures. Per the Ghana Health Service’s data, as of Saturday June 20, 10,473 persons had recovered from the disease with an active cases figure of 3,596, stoking a public debate. Ghana has revised …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Franklin Cudjoe, Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, IMANI Africa Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa has served notice of an intention to petition the Supreme Court in the ongoing case between the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Electoral Commission (EC). IMANI, ASEPA and …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been three and a half months since we begun our fight to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. It has, so far, been a co-ordinated and enhanced response, with tracing, testing, isolating, treating, and the maintenance of the relevant social …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its Parliamentary primaries on Saturday ahead of the 2020 general elections. A total of 374 aspirants contested in 168 constituencies. There were 325 men and 51 women contesting. Some of the aspirants, 67, went unopposed and were acclaimed by delegates …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The Member of Parliament(MP) for Manhyia North Constituency of the Ashanti Region Collins Owusu Amankwah is among the unfortunate lawmakers who have to kiss goodbye to parliament in 2021. Hon Collins Owusu Amankwah has been defeated at the Constituency Parliamentary Primary by 5 votes. New entrant Akwasi …