POLITICS

The Leadership of Parliament is incensed with the chairperson of the Electoral Commission Mrs. Jean Mensah for what it terms continuous disrespect to the House since her appointment. The EC boss who was billed to brief MPs on the level of preparedness for the impending elections failed to show up forcing the Speaker of Parliament Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye to ...

Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, a member of the incumbent NPP has called out the persons masquerading as “angels with dirty faces” who were set to rob the country with the Agyapa Royalties deal. “Angels with dirty faces who set out to rob #sikaman on a wing and a prayer,” a post on his Facebook timeline read. The post followed the news ...

The former Tempane SHS headmaster Mr. Dominic Amolale Ndego says head teachers of government Senior High Schools across the country are being intimidated just so they do not voice out the numerous challenges of the Free SHS. Mr. Ndego was suspended in October 2018 as a result of the presence of then National Organiser Aspirant of the NDC Captain Joseph ...

The chief Executive officer of National Petroleum Authority and NPP parliamentary candidate for Gusheigu, Hassan Tampuli has stated that the petroleum industry has been managed better under his leadership as compared to the previous leadership under the NDC administration. According to him, unlike the NDC regime where there were fuel shortages in the country, there has never been such situation ...

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 4th November 2020, officially inaugurated the Obuasi Campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST), at a brief ceremony in Obuasi. It will be recalled that the idea of starting the Obuasi Campus of KNUST came up on 22nd January 2019, when President Akufo-Addo launched the Obuasi Mine Redevelopment Project, in Obuasi. Recounting the process leading to ...

On Wednesday, 4th November, 2020, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would commence his visit to the Ashanti region to commission and inspect various projects his government has undertaken. On his first day, he is expected to inspect the Fomena Hospital and also commission a 450 bed capacity Boys Dormitory Block at Fomena TI Ahmedyya SHS. President Akufo-Addo’s 4 days visit to ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has sacked 18 of its members who have decided to go independent in the upcoming elections. According to the party, the individuals have forfeited their membership by their decision. In a statement signed by its General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, supporters of the party who also endorsed the nomination of the candidates are also in ...

Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has called for the engagement of experts and consultants in various fields in specific parliamentary duties. This he says will augment the work of the House to deal with pertinent technical arrangements that need independent assessment. His call comes on the back of the renewed controversies surrounding the Agyapa minerals royalties deal. He also lashed ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has called on Presidential spokesperson Eugene Arhin to desist from downplaying his analysis on the Agyapa Royalties deal. According to him, the statement from the presidency following his work on the royalties deal appeared to patronise his office and the job they have done. In a statement Tuesday, Mr. Amidu said he declined an offer by ...

New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Gusheigu and CEO of National Petroleum Authority, Hassan Tampuli, has said he is confident of winning the Gushegu seat come December 7, 2020. According to him, his achievements so far within a period of four months in the constituency shows he has done better than the NDC and that will make the constituents choose ...