POLITICS

Late President John Evans Atta Mills built the opposition National Democratic Congress’ sprawling Accra headquarters, Mr Koku Anyidoho has said. The four storey-building is located at Adabraka opposite the Trust Bank and the Total fuel station in the Klottey Korle Constituency. Speaking on Accra100.5FM’s morning show Ghana Yensom on Tuesday, 1 February 2022, the former Director of Communications at the ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor, MP, on Tuesday, 1st February 2022, received the Report of an Investigative Committee put together to independently investigate the circumstances leading to the Appiatse explosion incident, and the extent to which those involved, complied or failed to comply with regulations relating to the conveyance, storage, possession, manufacture and use of ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta must convince President Nana Akufo-Addo for Ghana to go back to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for help to fix the economy, a former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah has suggested. In the view of the former Chair of the Finance Committee of Parliament, the e-levy, even ...

The Roads and Transport Committee has summoned sector Minister Ofori Asiamah over the reported snub of the management of the Ghana Airport Company by businessman MacDan. The company reportedly ignored an order to halt the inauguration of a private jet terminal over breaches of safety protocols. Speaking to the media, chairman for the Roads and Transport committee Kennedy Osei Nyarko ...

The Executive Director of the Atta Mills Institute, Mr Koku Anyidoho, has accused former President John Dramani Mahama of not showing any commitment and concern toward the building of ‘Asomdwee’ Park, the burial ground of the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills. Mr Anyidoho said Mr Mahama refused to build the park to preserve the heritage and memory of their ...

I remember five (5) years ago when I worked with Alfred at Cocoabod Tema. He was loyal to me as a friend and to the working team. I remember one day a cocoa transporting driver tried to bribe him for a shortage for a certain missing number of cocoa bags but he rejected it and had the driver arrested through ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has criticized the Minority over the disturbances that occurred in Parliament on Monday regrading the e-levy proposal. He described the chaotic scenes in Parliament on Monday December 20 as unacceptable and uncalled for. Speaking on the mid day news on TV3 Tuesday December 21, the Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker said “The first thing we need to ...

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), a Non-Governmental Organization for safeguarding media freedom has taken an exception to the lack of leadership on the part of the Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The Media Foundation maintained that the Majority Leader who is also the governing New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency in ...

The Republic of Ghana must address the situation where some lawmakers resort to violence as a way of expressing their disagreements in the House, Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said. The Information Minister said violence has never been a legitimate tool to be used when there is a disagreement. On Monday December 20 Members of ...

First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei-Owusu was excusing himself during Monday night’s sitting to take his medication and go to the washroom, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said. The house was thrown into chaos amidst fisticuffs during a vote on the controversial e-levy bill. The free-for-all brawl started after the Minority tried stopping Mr Osei-Owusu, who was presiding over the business ...