POLITICS

A former deputy general secretary of the main opposition National Democratic (NDC) has wondered how the party will win the 2024 general elections when it has been “antagonising all the small political parties”. “Today, all the small political parties are your enemies”, Mr Koku Anyidoho told Kwame Appiah Kubi on Accra100.5FM’s Ghana Yensom on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 in an ...

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has called on the government to shift its focus onto the extractive sector to generate revenue for the country. According to the former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, the sector has been ignored but he believes this area will generate adequate revenue to improve the country’s economy. Dr Duffuor made this suggestion on ...

They are the two major political parties in the country and their social media teams have engaged in vicious battles over the years. Some of their battles on social media have engaged the nation’s attention while some have been met with disdain. But it is not all about politics, or competition of ideas and ideological differences as the social media ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not come to power again until after the next 40 to 50 years because the majority of Ghanaians agree that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a better manager of the economy, a former flag bearer aspirant of the NPP, Mr Nkrabeah Effah Dartey, has said. The NDC, at a press ...

The Ministry of Education has come down heavily on the University of Ghana (UG) lecturer, Dr. Sampson Obed Appiah, for allegedly trying to run down the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy. The lecturer in a television interview had described the double-track system under the FSHS as the “most unfortunate policy” in the history of the country’s educational system. According ...

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has launched a scathing attack on the Presidency, saying it has become a breeding ground for “sophisticated thieves”. He said all manner of stealing appears to be going on at the seat of government, the Jubilee House. “They steal fertilizer, they steal excavators, they steal oil, they steal ...

A survey conducted by the Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that nonperformance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers in the 7th parliament led to a drastic reduction in their number after the December 7 elections. The survey revealed that the NPP MPs engaged in a bad campaign leading to the reduction in their number. “Our respondents attribute the loss of seats ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Bawumia of seeking another term in government for the NPP beyond their current 8-year tenure to cover up their misdeeds. According to the NDC, the NPP intends to establish what would be a record consecutive 3 terms in office in order to have a free hand ...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has said that one major initiative introduced by the central bank is the Online Regulatory Analytics Surveillance Systems (ORASS). He said this was introduced to help streamline data collection, maintain dynamic corporate profiles on regulated financial institutions, and move licensing and related authorisation onto an electronic platform without the need ...

Ghana has received the equivalent of US$1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), being its share of the new Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocation to boost the post-COVID economic recovery of member countries. On August 2, 2021, the IMF Board of Governors approved a general allocation of SDR456.5 billion, equivalent to US$650 billion out of which about US$33.7 billion ...