POLITICS

Former President John Mahama’s recent ‘do or die’ comment with reference to the 2024 general elections should not be a cause for worry, the Chief Executive Officer of the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah has said. “As for former President Mahama’s statement, that shouldn’t worry us”, Prof Agyeman-Duah told Accra-based Citi TV, explaining: “After all, the current President ...

Former President John Mahama’s recent claims during his Thank You tour that the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme is a failure, is a desperate attempt by him to distract attention from the bashing he has attracted in the past few days, for making his “reckless” ‘do or die’ comment, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has said. A ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has sworn in 6 new board members of the Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL). At a brief ceremony in Accra on Thursday 9th September 2021, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah tasked the new board members to consolidate the gains the company has made in the last four years to strategically position it as the spearhead of the ...

Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has described as “desperate scaremongering” claims by former President John Mahama that Ghana faces imminent food shortage. In an interview with Moonlite FM on Wednesday, September 8, the 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claimed that the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) was started by his government but has failed under the current administration. However, ...

Former President John Mahama has made an appeal to the government to urgently attend to the challenges confronting the poultry industry to save it from collapse. According to Mr. Mahama, many poultry farmers are being forced to shut down due to the high cost of maize, the main food input that poultry farmers use to feed their birds. Speaking in ...

President Akufo-Addo says the seizing of power by the Guinean military on Sunday 5th of September 2021, is a violation of the common charter of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The President made the assertion in his opening remarks to his colleague ECOWAS Heads of State at their virtual summit to discuss and take concrete decisions on ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has denied reports that the Republic of Ghana has signed a partnership agreement with the United Kingdom on third-country asylum, as part of a cooperation deal between the two countries on security and migration. A statement issued by the ministry said categorically that “Ghana has no interest or intention to consider any ...

Former President John Mahama has said he will not retract his ‘do or die’ comment in reference to the 2024 general elections. On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, the 2020 flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) said during his ‘Thank You’ tour that: “We were clearly robbed but we accepted the verdict for the sake of peace.” ...

The Jubilee House says Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s Information on the President’s recent trip is not factual. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin on Tuesday insisted President Akufo-Addo didn’t use a Luxembourg-based aircraft registered LX-DIO as alleged by the NDC lawmaker. “Let me put it on record that the Member of Parliament for North Tongu who made this disclosure ...

Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has stated that former President John Mahama is a thinker, that when he listens to some of his utterances and deeds, he is tempted to think that he is ahead of his generation. Suhuyini said this in his attempt to justify the former President’s “do or die” comments about the 2024 polls. ...