The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has challenged government’s ability to construct adequate roads to meet the massive demand for roads across the country. Addressing the media on the highlights of the State of the Nation Address delivered by President Akufo-Addo last week, director of research at the IEA, Dr John Kwarkye said the ‘year of roads’ declaration by the ...

The Prestea Huni Valley Communication director for the National Democratic Congress, Mr. Kwame Acheampong Bonful Junior a.k.a Humble Lion has alleged that Operation Vanguard was set by the president to protect foreign nationals to engage in illegal mining. He said the Operation vanguard has gone contrary to the task given to them to protect our forest and our water bodies ...

Some Polling Station Executives and supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Assin Central Constituency have cautioned their Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong to stop disrespecting them or pay dearly for such an attitude. They claim the maverick politician cum businessman is fond of insulting them at will just because he’s wealthy and untouchable. The polling station ...

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday began a three-day working visit of the Ahafo Region. The tour, which started from the Western North Region, has been dubbed #SpeakOut. The Ahafo Region tour started from Ntotroso in the Asutifi North Constituency, where President Mahama and his delegation was received by the Ntotrosohene, Nana Kyireku ...

The funeral of Tommy Amematekpor, one of the biggest names in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as far as the Volta region was concerned, recorded a sorry spectacle over the weekend, as senior party members, failed to attend and accord him the expected burial that the NPP is known for. Many of the known faces, including President Akufo-Addo, National Chairman, ...

The minority in parliament has stayed away from debating the content of President Akufo-Addo’s state of the nation address delivered last week. The NDC MPs walked out on the president just before his presentation citing abuse of power, attack on democracy, a compilation of a new voters’ register, targeting of businesses perceived to be affiliated to the party among other ...

Angry customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Ashanti regional capital Kumasi are demanding a timetable for power rationing that has been ongoing in the region for some weeks. Residents in communities in the region continue to complain about unannounced power cuts which last between 6 and 8 hours daily without announcement. The ECG has explained that the ...

Energy analyst and Chief Executive Officer of African Energy Consortium Limited, Kwame Jantuah, says the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was engaging in propaganda when he stated that his government had completely eradicated power outages popularly known as dumsor. President Akufo-Addo during his 4th State of the Nation Address to Parliament Thursday announced an end to the erratic power supply ...

Former Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described the decision of the GETfund scholarship secretariat to award scholarships to sitting members of parliament and other high ranking officials as a national disgrace. According to him, the revelation and the uproar that has welcomed it should be a turning point for the scholarship managers and its processes. “Those seeking to ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has commissioned Ghana’s rented Diplomatic Mission in Oslo, Norway to serve some three thousand (3,000) Ghanaians who are domiciled in that country. The commissioning ceremony of the five-year lease rented facility was held on Monday the 24th of February 2020, on the sidelines of President Akufo-Addo’s official State visit ...