The Ghana ‘beyond aid’ policy by President Akufo-Addo has gained global attraction as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has adopted it for its policy direction for the entire African continent. The adoption was manifested in the UNDP High Level Dialogue with African influencers held at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, today Thursday, the 7th of November, 2019 which was ...

President Akufo-Addo has hinted that beginning from the 2021 crop season of cocoa production in Ghana and Ivory Coast, farmers in the two respective countries will be paid a Living Income Differencial (LIB) of four hundred United States dollars ($400). The President made the disclosure when he addressed the UNDP High Level Dialogue with African Influencers at the Kempinski Gold ...

Broadcaster Godsbrain Smart, affectionately called Captain Smart, appears to be ‘sick and tired’ of constant efforts by some people linking him to one political party or the other as he has fumed with rage in that regard. The vociferous Adom FM morning show host who has been aligned with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) wondered if he had no ...

A security analyst Mustapha Gbande has urged members of Parliament to be cautious of the “women they talk to” since they can be a source of security concern for them. According to him, some women go into romantic relationship with MPs in order to spy on them. His caution comes after another attempt was made on an MP in Kumasi ...

The Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr Nsiah Asare has been reassigned to the Presidency as advisor on health matters to the president. His reassignment took effect on November 1,2019. He is to be replaced by the deputy director general of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Anthony Ofosu, a memo to staff of the GHS sighted by Starr ...

Former Spokesperson at the Presidency (2009-2012) and now Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has revealed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) betrayed him during his detention by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) last year. He argued that his detention by BNI was a “cross he carried for NDC”. According to Koku, the same ...

The Minority in Parliament has alleged that the double-track system being implemented by the Education Ministry has caused a lot of teenage pregnancies among female students nationwide. According to the Minority, over 1400 female students have been impregnated since the double-track system was implemented in September 2018. The NDC MPs are demanding measures to immediately phase out the double-track system ...

Medeama Board chairman Dr Toni Aubynn hopes of becoming the next Ghana Football Association Vice President was gatecrashed after losing yesterday’s election. The newly-elected Executive Council member performed abysmally in the election as he could not get the maximum votes to become Kurt Okraku’s deputy. In maiden ExCo meeting where they elected the new GFA Vice President, Mark Addo emerged ...

Even though he was elected as the new Ghana Football Association (GFA) President about two weeks ago, Kurt Okraku is still facing questions over the elections that saw him voted into office. Despite winning all three rounds of voting at the GFA’s Elective Congress, including the solo final round which saw him almost unanimously endorsed, there have been claims that ...

The Provision of a police escort for members of Parliament has once again come up for discussion on the floor. MPs are this time demanding the immediate provision of police escort following the failed assassination attempt on Nhyiaeso MP, Kennedy Kankam. The MP and his family were held hostage at gunpoint for more than 3 hours by unknown assailants with ...