The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, says an opposition leader does not need to fight the one in power to portray his party as a credible alternative government. According to him, some people have the mindset that the noble art of opposition is to fight the ruling government for electoral advantage, saying an opposing leader does not “oppose ...

Government spokesperson on infrastructure, Richard Asante Yeboah, has stated that President Akufo-Addo’s Agenda 111 initiative seeks to provide equality when it comes to health care delivery to Ghanaians across the length and breadth of the country. He pointed out that government have realized that due to the creation of new regions in the country, there have been constituencies and districts ...

The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for July 2021 was 8.4 per cent, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. This rate indicates that between July 2020 and July 2021 (year-on-year), the PPI increased by 8.4 per cent. This rate represents a 1.7 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in June 2021 (10.1%). The month-on-month change ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has described the current state of the E-blocks his government was constructing nationwide under a community day school project before he lost power in 2016 as “a disgrace” to Ghana’s reputation. He told eminent traditional chiefs in a meeting held on Tuesday in the Upper East Region that the unfinished buildings had been abandoned by ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that his attempt to get President Nana Akufo-Addo to organise a stakeholder dialogue where suggestions will be taken from him (John Mahama) and other stakeholders to salvage the economy, has proven futile because Akufo-Addo does not seem interested. According to Mr Mahama, the economy is in a crisis but the president is not ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 swore into office an 11-member Ministerial Advisory Board for the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources with a call on the members to provide a strategic plan and clear policy direction to support the Ministry and its agencies to execute their mandate. Section 39 of ...

Some aggrieved caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have made a fierce demand on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to sack the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, for being “too incompetent”. The caterers accused the Minister of not only sleeping on the job, but also demonstrating early signs of incompetence in the ...

Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan says ‘it’s quite frustrating’ the Black Stars haven’t won the Africa Cup of Nations in almost four decades. Since 1982 when they won their fourth trophy in Libya, the Black Stars have failed to emerge winners of the continent’s flagship competition. The Black Stars have lost three finals since 1982 with Gyan featuring in two. He ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his disappointment with the Electoral Commission’s refusal to receive the post-2020 electoral reform proposals submitted by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Speaking in an interview on URA Radio in Bolgatanga, Mr Mahama said the Commission, in refusing to receive the proposals, asked the NDC to rather send the document to the ...

Ghana has recorded 15 more covid-19 related deaths, bringing he total number of fatalities to 945 as of August 14. According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the country currently has 6,265 active cases nationwide, with the Greater Accra Region reporting 3,415 of the total cases. One hundred and twenty-eight active cases are severe while 51 others are said to ...