POLITICS

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has bemoaned the rate at which the African continent has to depend on the Western world for vaccines to protect its citizens against the deadly coronavirus pandemic. According to the minister, the reliance on other countries for vaccines to treat its people despite having a galaxy of the best scientists at its ...

The Ranking Member of the Health Committee of Parliament Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has described decisions of the Finance Minister prior to the purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine as inimical to the interest of the state. He said the approval of GHC16 million for the purchase of the vaccine by the minister without parliamentary approval is shocking. The assertion was ...

Former High Commissioner to India Dr Michael Aaron Oquaye Jnr has been appointed as the new Chief Executive officer of the Ghana Free zones Authority. President Nana Addo Dnkwa Akufo-Addo’s new appointee will replace the former CEO Michael Okyere Baafi who is currently the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South in the Eastern Region. The ...

The anti-gay bill titled: “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family values”, which seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ activities in Ghana, has been laid and read for the first time in parliament on Monday, 2 August 2021. The bill has been referred to the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee of Parliament. The private members’ bill is being championed ...

Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the Member of Parliament for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, has donated Three Hundred (300) bags of cement to three communities in Anyinase North in Ellembelle district. The charity according to the MP, will assist to renovate 3 Basic Schools namely; Wereko D/A primary school, Santasu D/A primary school and Amanokrom D/A primary school ...

The Volta regional Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors has bemoaned the poor state of its members which they blame on the refusal of government to pay them for works they have done for the state. Speaking to journalists during a meeting in Hohoe, the Association’s Volta regional Chairman, Mr. Emmanuel Afetorgbor lamented that several of their members have ...

Kwasi Afrifa, the lawyer who has accused the Chief Justice of bribery has been hit with nine charges ofr misconduct by the General Legal Council. The GLC in a statement said the lawyer failed to provide evidence to back his claims against the Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah when offered the opportunity to. “That you, having been informed of an ...

The provisional Trade Balance for first half of the year (January to June) recorded a surplus of US$837.5 million (1.2% of GDP), lower than the surplus of US$1,005.5 million (1.5% of GDP) recorded in the corresponding period of last year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said. The lower trade balance was attributed to higher imports demand which outweighed export earnings, ...

A High Court in Cape Coast in the Central Region has canceled the parliamentary elections in the Assin North constituency in the 2020 parliamentary elections. The court, presided over by Justice Kwasi Boakye, ordered a fresh poll to be conducted in the constituency. Background The Petitioner, Mr Michael Ankomah-Nimfa, prayed the court to order a rerun. On Wednesday, 12 May ...

Secretary to President Akufo-Addo, Nana Asante Bediatuo has denied reports that he has purchased the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra, Airport City, for his wife. A statement from his lawyers, Marfo and Associates noted that the deliberate circulation of these rumours are intended to paint their client in a negative light in view of the very senior position he holds ...