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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged the over 3000 unemployed youth enrolled by the National Youth Authority (NYA) to equip them with digital marketing and entrepreneurship skills not to disappoint the government, saying “it is time to create our Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.” The training programme which was launched Thursday, February 8, 2018 is for persons between the ...

Mr Speaker, I am happy to be here again in this august House, a place where I have experienced some of the most memorable moments of my political career, and made some cherished friendships across the political divide. I am glad too that, in accordance with protocol and convention, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Second Lady Samira ...

Social media has been busy with comments and reactions to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation address. The President performed his constitutional duty dictated by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution to give an account of the state of the country on Thursday, February 8. The address to parliament highlighted key achievements by his government since ...

Former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama have been captured shaking hands in parliament during President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation Address which he presented on Thursday, 8 February. A smiling Mr Mahama is seen shaking a serious-faced Mr Rawlings who was seated by former First Lady Nana Konadu. A similar thing happened at the 25th anniversary ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at the members of the Minority in Parliament, saying they are “allergic to facts”. Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament Thursday, he said the inability of the opposition lawmakers to appreciate facts is a threat to smooth national debate. Walking the Minority through what he says are the ...

A High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has ruled in favour of Exton Cubic Limited in a suit it filed challenging the revocation of their mining lease by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Mr John Peter Amewu. Lawyers for the company had filed the suit against the decision by the Minister of Lands and Natural ...

Jinapor brothers, John and Abu of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patroitic Party (NPP) respectively, found themselves in a heated debate regarding the content of the message of the President, Nana Addo’s State of the Nation address Standing between them was Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GBC’s Selikem Acolatse who was interviewing the two brothers John Jinapor who is also ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed his government has saved Gh¢800 million from restricted tenders. Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, February 08, 2018, he revealed that in 2017 there were 346 Requests for Restricted Tenders, and 167 (48%) were approved, and 179 (52%) were rejected. “The savings, made over the year as ...

President Akufo-Addo today [Thursday], took a rather unusual subtle jibe at members of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] minority in Parliament, when he suggested that they no longer recognize the Founder of the party, Jerry John Rawlings. The President made the observation when he appeared before the House to deliver his second state of the nation address since he assumed ...

Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has lambasted the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Michael Oquaye, for ‘exhibiting impunity’ on the floor of the House during the debate on the cash-for-seat report. The five member committee exonerated Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen of any wrongdoing in the controversial transactions, in their report submitted before the House. The Minister was allowed ...