POLITICS

A Communication team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Kwadwo Agyei Yeboah (Nana Kay) says he would have ‘sacked’ Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan Kyerematen, Trade and Industry Minister from the party following a clash between their supporters at the funeral of the late father of Gabby Otchere-Darko in Koforidua. Over one hundred fans wearing the ...

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said a few factors have made the threat of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana “real”. “Currently, there is non-adherence to Covid-19 safety protocols. Other threats include outbreaks of cases in neighbouring countries, surges in Ashanti and Greater Accra [regions], which is the main hotspot in ...

A public interest organisation, Social Democracy and Development Dialogue Forum – Africa (SDDDF-Africa), has petitioned the Privileges Committee of Parliament over the “unparliamentary” conduct of Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong. The organisation said the MP has gained exceeding notoriety for conducts that infringe parliamentary privileges and, so, must not be treated as a first-time offender appearing before the privileges committee ...

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has admitted that he erred by not seeking parliamentary approval before contracting a private individual for procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines from Russia to vaccinate Ghanaians against the coronavirus. Mr Agyeman-Manu said this before the nine-member parliamentary committee probing the government’s contract to purchase Sputnik V vaccines at its second public hearing today, Monday, 19 July 2021. ...

A Private Legal practitioner and former Member of Parliament(MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Abdulai Bistav Fuseini says a recommendation by the Professor Yaa Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee to pay salaries to the First and Second Ladies would be a big mistake if it is true. Debunking the claim that the 7th Parliament had approved the recommendation of the Ntiamoah-Baidu Committee to legitimize ...

Director of Business Operations at Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson has warned that the third wave of Coivd-19 will be devastating to Ghana’s economy particularly, the service’s sector. According to Mr. Jackson, a third wave will also have a negative effect on the country’s economic recovery. His caution comes at a time Ghana is recording a high number of active cases ...

The Member of Parliament for the Damongo Samuel Abu Jinapor has opened an office complex for the member of Parliament with recitations of the Quran by Islamic Clerics from Laribanga Muslim community. The office, made of 40-foot containers according to the MP should be an avenue to enhance his contact and interactions with constituents regardless of their political affiliation. Mr ...

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has charged Ghanaians to jealously guard Ghana’s peace and refrain from acts that threaten the stability of the country. Speaking at the Millennium Excellence Awards over the weekend, Otumfuo noted that the current politically polarized nature of the country is a worrying situation that can ignite unrest at the least provocation. He, thus, urged all ...

The National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Sammy Awuku has urged Constituency Chairmen of the party to stop what he says are subtle campaign activities at funerals for Presidential candidate hopefuls. He said the move is a recipe for disunity which would affect efforts and the agenda of the party to break the 8-year ruling cycle. According ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party has inaugurated the “Constituency Officers Welfare fund” to mobilize resources to improve welfare of the constituency executives of the party. The constituency officers’ welfare was birthed by the Constituency chairmen of the party across the country and has been co-opted by national executives. The interim National Chairman of the NPP Constituency Officers Welfare Dr. Akyea ...