POLITICS

Parliament summons Transport Minister over McDan, GACL impasse

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 ...

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Mahama left ‘Asomdwee Park’ to rot though he was first beneficiary of Mills’ death – Anyidoho

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 ...

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LOYALTY IS MY HALLMARK

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 ...

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Violence has never been a legitimate tool – Oppong Nkrumah to Minority

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 ...

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Leadership missing in Parliament – MFWA

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 ...

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Republic of Ghana needs to tackle violent MPs – Oppong Nkrumah

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 ...

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E-levy fight: ‘Shivering’ Joe Wise was going to the loo, take his meds – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu

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 ...

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Job market ‘one of skills not degrees’ – Bawumia

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said “the job market, in this fourth industrial revolution, is one of skills”, adding: “It is not a world of degrees”. “With a skill, you can create your own job, employ others, or find it easier getting a job”, Dr Bawumia said when he welcomed, on Monday, 20 December 2021, the 15 gold medal winners of ...

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The House can’t be held to ransom by one person – Majority Leader to Bagbin

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has expressed disappointment in the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin over the way and manner he conducted himself in Parliament on Monday December 20. According to him, the Speaker left Parliament to his home without communicating to the Second Deputy Speaker whom he handed over to. He described this as unfortunate. ...

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Jean Mensa was not at NPP’s conference – EC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied reports on social media that the Chairperson Jean Mensa was at the delegates conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held in Kumasi last Sunday December 19. “Our attention has been drawn to a photograph making the rounds on social media purporting to be the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Jean Mensa, at ...

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