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I am not ‘Speaker’ – Under pressure Joe Osei Owusu justifies his ‘137 plus me’ quorum declaration

By:brightwebtv /nana asare barimah In a bid to justify ‘plus me’ decision, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei Owusu has left heads itching for a scratch with his claim that he is not ‘The Speaker’. The comment was his justification for counting himself as one of the 138 members …

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I had an obligation to protect lives – Health Minister justifies Sputnik-V deal

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Minister for Health, The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has justified government’s procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines despite concerns about the cost involved. Government has come under intense pressure following its decision to use intermediaries to secure over five million doses of Sputnik-V vaccines at a cost of …

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Hawa Koomson justifies firing gun at registration centre

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Member of Parliament(MP) for Awutu Senya East Constituency, Mavis Hawa Koomson has confirmed that she fired a warning shot at one of the registration centres And justified same in her Constituency to disperse people she describes as hoodlums brought to the centre by her opponent from …

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Ursula justifies decision to shut down 3 GBC Channels

by;brightwebtv/nanaasarebarimah The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekufful, has justified the decision to shutdown three channels belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC. The minister in a letter to the Director-General for the state broadcaster explained the move is to free up space on the DTT platform which she argues …

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Audio: Finance Minister justifies incessant borrowing

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister “We won’t borrow if we don’t need it.” This was a response by Finance Minister to the Minority on incessant borrowing. He explained that, if revenues are not moving as fast as it should, government will continue to supplement. The opposition National Democratic …

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Government justifies expenditure on Free SHS

By:brightwebtv.com /nana asare barimah   Debates over the use of oil money to fund the government’s flagship programme, Free Senior High School (SHS), have surfaced once more, with the government insisting it was a good decision to use oil money to fund it. According to the government, there was no …

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Commander put his hand in my panty: Woman justifies why she poured soup on policeman

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Doris Mawutor Kashiku, the woman at Assin Dansame in the Assin North Municipality in the Central region, who allegedly poured hot palm nut soup on the Praso Police Commander, Supt. Isaac Tetteh during a feud in the area, has explained why she poured the soup. “The …

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NCA justifies shutdown of radio stations

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah The National Communications Authority (NCA) has, with immediate effect, begun a shutdown operation of radio stations operating without valid authorisations as determined by the 2017 FM Broadcasting Audit. In a statement issued by the NCA on Thursday, May 9, 2019, the Authority revealed that the shutdown is …

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Audio: Sam George justifies ‘bloody widow placard’

     The decision by the Minority in Parliament to wield placards that read “bloody widow” has been justified by Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament, Samuel George Nettey. Sam George as he is known to many has described his side’s action as “normal parliamentary practice”. National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs Tuesday …

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Government justifies support for 7 local banks

The government has justified its decision to back financial support arrangements that would raise the minimum capital requirement levels of seven local banks. Last year, the Bank of Ghana raised the minimum capital requirement of commercial banks from GH¢120 million to GH¢400 million and set a December 31, 2018 deadline. …

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