POLITICS

The Church of Pentecost has made a strong statement of support towards the legislation of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill when it presented six memos along with 15,000 signatories to parliament today. The presentation, which was made along with other Christian groups and church denominations, took place at the office of the committee ...

The Minority in parliament has served notice to the government that “we shall, in the coming weeks, trigger the appropriate rules and processes for a full-scale parliamentary inquiry” into the “broad daylight thievery and embarrassing spectacle” at the Tema Oil Refinery, which has resulted in financial loss to the company. Read the Minority’s full statement below: MINORITY CAUCUS TO LAUNCH ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that the Aburi Gardens will soon be redeveloped, as part of the government’s plan to boost the country’s tourism potential. President Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, 6 October 2021, when he paid a courtesy call on Nana Otuobour Djan Kwasi II, the Chief of Aburi, at the commencement of day 2 of ...

NDC Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Sam Nartey-George has described as hollow, a memo by a group kicking against the anti-gay bill before Parliament. The anti-gay bill seeks to criminalise and impose jail terms on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders and queers (LGBTQ+) and people who promote such activities in the country. But a group made up of academics, lawyers, researchers, ...

The Chief Director of the Presidency (Jubilee House), H.M. Wood, has debunked claims that the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, is involved in the unlawful auctioning of state property, particularly, some nine vehicles belonging to the Kumasi Technical University (KTU). The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has reportedly sued the state over the alleged ...

A meeting has been scheduled between the government and leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Wednesday, October 6 over the recent notice by the latter to resume members’ strike action. The Association had complained that the one-month moratorium placed on its suspended strike elapsed last month without any significant progress. “Unfortunately, within the one-month moratorium, the ...

The proponents of the anti-gay bill which is currently before Ghana’s parliament are adopting old tricks by making baseless accusations against person who have raised concerns against that bill, private legal practitioner and one of the influential persons who are against the bill, Mr Akoto Ampaw has said. He said claims that those against the bill are receiving funding from ...

The Member of Parliament for Madina constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu has petitioned parliament over the mass failure in the Law School Entrance Exams. The petition addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Bagbin stated that “the 28 per cent pass in this year’s admissions into the Ghana School of Law represents a systemic problem that must be of ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has described the report of the committee that probed the chaos in Ejura in the Ashanti region as a coverup. The party at a press conference said the findings of the committee are faulty and flawed. “After an objective and painstaking examination of the report, we take the view that the committee’s report is a ...

President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 5th October 2021, inspected ongoing work on the retooling and re-equipping of the Kwahu-Atibie Hospital, and also on work on the $$77 million 47-kilometre Mpraeso-Hweehwee- Oyimso. At the commencement of his 3-day tour of the Eastern Region, President Akufo-Addo visited the Atibie Hospital, which is part of a €40 million contract award to Messrs Contracta Construzion ...