POLITICS

  Dr Kofi Konadu Apraku of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says he is the next in line to be the flagbearer of the party after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In an interview with GHOne TV, Dr Apreku said that the party believes in a system of hierarchy where people …

  Dr Smart Sarpong, a Senior Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to downsize his government by scrapping some Ministries. According to him, some Ministries are playing duplicated roles and adding up to government’s expenditure which is costing the economy. Speaking on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” …

  A Visiting Scholar at the Ghana School of Law, Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, has criticised politicians for being mediocre when fighting corruption in the country. According to him, politicians tend to call each other out on corruption just to establish who perpetuated the maleficence more, than to actually curb it …

  Former Member of Parliament for the Kumbungu constituency, Ras Mubarak claims his party member and North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s life is at risk. According to him, some unidentified persons have been tailing the outspoken lawmaker after his recent exposé on government deals. “People are tailing him. They’re tracking his …

  Former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo has described as “wicked” and “disrespectful” government’s decision to include pensioners in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Speaking to journalists after she joined pensioners to picket at the Ministry of Finance in Accra on Friday, February 10, she said: “We are over 70 years now, I am …

    Former Minister for Central Region, Kwamena Duncan has endorsed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party. The date for NPP’s presidential and parliamentary primaries has not been decided, however it is expected to come off this year as the party gears up …

  The Electoral Commission (EC) is to lay before Parliament the new Constitutional Instrument (C.I), which is expected to regulate continuous voter registration in the country. The new CI titled: Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2021, is seeking to make the Ghana Card the sole form of identification for …

  Tamale Central Member of Parliament (MP), Murtala Mohammed, has expressed concern about President Nana Akufo-Addo’s new appointments to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. On February 7, President Akufo-Addo named Adansi Asokwa MP, Kobina Tahir Hammond, as the substantive minister for the industry, following the resignation of Alan Kwadwo …

  NDC CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS JUDICIAL ABUSE AND DESPICABLE EFFORTS TO GAG MPs AND STAMPEDE PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT The NDC Caucus in Parliament strongly condemns the naked and shameful abuse of the judiciary by certain undemocratic elements seeking to gag NDC Members of Parliament and prevent us from carrying out …

  President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made changes in his government. The announcement of new ministerial appointments by the President was made in Parliament by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin. President Akufo-Addo has appointed Kobina Tahiru Hammond as new Minister of Trade and Industry taking …