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The National Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Professor Edmund Delle, has described the decision by President Akufo-Addo to involve leaders of the various political parties in certain policy decisions as “quality leadership”. Prof Delle said it is a good thing to bring all the good people of Ghana onboard to ensure the development of the nation. President Nana ...

Outspoken Ghanaian Lawyer, Maurice Ampaw has said for his forty-nine (49 years) of paying tithe, he has not experienced any unusual progress in his life. The controversial lawyer who was commenting on the refusal by a section of the public to pay the Tv licence, said he has been consistent in paying his tithe to his church. According to the ...

Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ami Mehl, has said that anti-Israeli journalists in Ghana distorted his statement he issued following Ghana’s vote in support of the UN resolution which was against US President Donald Trump’s declaration and recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ghana was part of some 128 countries of the UN General Assembly that voted in favour ...

Ghana is an interesting country; a lot of ordinary citizens engage in exploiting and scamming one another. It’s always a matter of “caveat emptor” when dealing with most Ghanaian. With the advent of cheap internet, it will be cost-effective and even convenient for anyone, especially government agencies to upload job application forms online for applicants to download at their own ...

Parliament will later today [Friday], convene an urgent sitting called at the instance of the Minority. Last week, the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, seconded by North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, with support from over 40 MPs, requesting a recall of the house. Days after the Minority’s letter to the Speaker, a memo ...

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Johnson Kwadwo Asiedu Nketia says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has now arrogated to himself the powers of Ghana’s Chief Justice giving judgments on sensitive issues in his government in the court of public opinion. According to him, the president after assuming office has drawn conclusions on almost everything ...

Prices of fuel at the pumps have shot up by 4%, according to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers – Ghana. “Fuel prices that used to trade at Ghc4.490/litre for both petrol and diesel have seen an increase to 4.670 a difference of about 18p or some 4.008% increases, price per gallon per the new increases is now Ghc21.015 from the ...

You will have to go beyond your appointees, state institutions, security and intelligence officers to get timely, adequate and quality information from ordinary citizens to assist you to govern this country, else you will continue to be naked in office smiling with fake characters, receiving cooked intelligence, cock and bull information, and responding blindly. This is my new year appeal ...

Indications are that the Ghana Immigration Service bagged GHc 4,231,850 from its recent recruitment exercise. The e-vouchers for the recruitment, which were sold in November 2017, were priced at GHc 50. A total of 84,637 persons applied to be employed by the service, across the country, of which 47,477 were shortlisted for the second phase of the selection process. Only ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) may impose taxes on sugar in order to deter people from taking the product and raise funds to support the ailing health insurance scheme. NHIA Chief Executive Officer, Dr Samuel Annor said the decision has been informed by the increasing number of reported cases of sugar-related ailments reported at health facilities. It is the ...