The Minority Caucus in parliament, in the view of ex-special prosecutor Martin Amidu, “has now specialised in Orwellian doublespeak deceptions” and “shamelessly compromised” itself and “sold out on the rejected 2022 budget”. In his latest article on the budget stalemate – rejection by a Minority Caucus-alone parliament and subsequent approval by a Majority Caucus-alone parliament – the former attorney general ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed he has written to the Speaker of Parliament over his modifications of portions of the controversial 2022 budget following public reaction. Below are details of the letter: “Mr. Speaker, I hereby write to confirm the details of these modifications: i. with regards to Agyapa Royalties Ltd, we shall amend paragraphs 442 and 443 to ...

The government of Ghana has apportioned GHS10 million cedis for feasibility studies on the sea defence project in coastal areas affected most by erosion, including the coastal belt of the Volta Region, where some 6,000 locals were recently displaced by tidal waves. At a press conference on Monday, 6 December 2021, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said the government is exploring ...

Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsia Asare, has justified the mandatory vaccination exercise introduced by the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Heath Service. He said the government is determined to the lives of Ghanaian against the dreaded coronavirus hence the scaling up of the vaccination exercise. Healthcare workers, security personnel, staffs of schools and all staffs of government ...

A former Senior Governance Adviser at the United Nations, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah says the ongoing impasse between the Majority and Minority in Parliament over the 2022 Budget is preventable. Speaking to Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday, Prof. Agyeman-Duah stated that the current composition of Parliament should inform the government on how to deal with issues in the House. According ...

The Inspector General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has disclosed to personnel of the Service plans to introduce a one million dollar Police emergency fund to cater for officers who sustain injuries in the line of duty. According to the IGP, the fund was triggered by his own experiences with officers who were injured in the line of duty ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has asked the Minority in Parliament not to mislead Ghanaians regarding the approval of the 2022 budget statement. He said on the floor of the House on Wednesday December 1 that “Nobody should attempt to throw dusts into the eyes of Ghanaians.” This was after the Minority had argued that the ...

Hearts of Oak coach Samuel Boadu has named 23-man for the CAF Confederation Cup second leg meeting with JS Saoura. The Phobians will travel to Algeria on Wednesday. The match is scheduled for Sunday, December 5 and will be played at the 20,000 capacity 20 August 1955 Stadium in Bechar. Hearts have the advantage in the play-offs tie following a ...

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Wusu (Joewise) has justified the approval of the 2022 budget statement. During deliberations in the House on Wednesday December, 1 he stated that a Deputy Speaker could not be described as a Speaker hence, arguments being against the number of MPs in the chamber as of the time of the approval of ...

The new variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, Omicron, has been detected in a passenger at the Kotoka International Airport. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, on Wednesday, 1 December 2021 at the lauch of the COVID-19 vaccination month. According to the GHS Director-General, the virus was detected in a Nigerian traveller ...