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Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen is urging the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to make the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) their flagbearer for the 2020 general elections. According to him, the NDC by jumping to the defense of the Mrs. Charlotte Osei on the petition asking for her removal from ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako has descended heavily on the National Chairman of the opposition NDC, Kofi Portuphy, describing him as a weak political leader who is allowing himself to be ordered around by the ‘boys in their party to engage in trivialities in the name of politics.’ Further describing the ...

The Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Brogya Genfi has warned that there will be turmoil in Ghana if the President attempts to remove the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana Madam Charlotte Osei. Some faceless staff of the EC have petitioned President Akufo-Addo calling for the removal of the EC Chairperson. They alleged ...

The Parliamentary, Constitutional and Legal Committee of Parliament has rejected a request by government for the office of the Special Prosecutor’s Bill to be passed under a certificate of urgency. The committee has therefore recommended the bill be taken through all the normal processes. The minority raised issues of constitutional breaches, stating the bill had not been gazetted when it ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) has described as unacceptable the Education Minister’s claim that teachers were not being promoted on merits. Education Minister Dr. Opoku Prempeh has recently stated that teachers in public schools ought to endeavor to live up to their responsibilities and the teaching standards in their profession. Speaking at the 5th graduation of the Jackson College ...

The announcement by the Attorney-General and cousin of President Akufo-Addo that, she may drag former President John Mahama’s brother to court, if investigations into tax underpayment by two of his companies are concluded, has stirred trouble within the government, with experts asking who miscalculated the tax paid by Ibrahim Mahama in April, this year. It has also led to revelations ...

Controversial dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has warned Ghanaians not to put pressure on President Akufo-Addo to deliver on his campaign promises. The ‘taking over’ hitmaker has, in a Facebook video, advised the President to take a vacation in the United States, if he feels pressured by Ghanaians. “You (Ghanaians) want ‘one-dam, one-district’, you think it is easy? nonsense; do you ...

Recently, Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister of the Republic of Ghana stated that a 10 billion dollar facility Ghana arranged with China could generate about 100,000 jobs. I found it both reassuring and thought provoking. Unemployment is one of the greatest challenges in our country today. The youth sit on edge and can explode anytime out of frustration. Such is the ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Mrs Charlotte Osei has been summoned to appear before Parliament next week. She will be there to respond to questions about how much the Commission raised from monies it collected from journalists during the 2016 elections. She will also be answering questions about how much the Commission expended on the replacement of lost Voters ID ...

A member of the Conventions People’s Party (CPP), Kwame Janutuah has criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for making pedestrian comments at its press conference Thursday and failing to present itself as a government in waiting. Mr. Jantuah said the NDC missed an obvious opportunity to speak to recent happenings in the Akufo-Addo government but the opposition party rather chose ...