POLITICS

A former chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Awutu Senya West Constituency of the Central Region, Simon Duodu, has hailed president Akufo-Addo for his unprecedented achievements, calling on Ghanaians to vote for him on 7 December. He said it will be “hypocritical on my part” not to support president Akufo-Addo’s bid for another term in office as ...

The Chairman for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) James Klutse Avedzi has asked the state to confiscate the proceeds from the sale of contracts by the dismissed Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) Dr. Adjenim Boateng Adjei. Mr. Avedzi also wants all sole-sourced contracts awarded under Dr. Adjei audited. President Akufo-Addo dismissed the PPA boss following the ...

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister to take the Agyapa deal back to Parliament following the completion of the corruption risk assessment by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, Starr News has learnt. Starr News sources say the president’s directive follows some loose ends Mr. Amidu detected with the current state of the mineral royalties deal. Mr Amidu in a statement ...

Ghana’s electoral management body, the Electoral Commission will from Wednesday, November 4 commence printing of the final biometric voter register. The development comes with almost a month to the general elections which is to be held on December 7, 2020. According to the Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations at the EC, Samuel Tettey told the Daily Graphic that the ...

The Apostle General of Royalhouse Chapel International, Rev Sam Korankye Ankrah, has said Mr John Dramani Mahama, as president, stabilised the erratic power situation (dumsor) that bedevilled the country during his first term of office. “You say John Mahama hasn’t done anything for this nation? That’s a lie. He was able to stabilise electricity and power before he left office”, Rev ...

Martin Amidu, the Special Prosecutor has given notice of completion of corruption risk assessment by his office into the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal. Amidu announced in a press release that in line with standard practice, his outfit has served the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta copies of their observations and conclusions on the matter. The ...

The Co-Chairman of the Citizen’s Movement against Corruption (CMaC), Edem Senanu, says the dismissal of the Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) over the contract for sale scandal is not punitive enough. According to him, the punishment is not as weighty as it would have been if a Ghanaian with no partisan connection committed a crime of such ...

Former President John Mahama has said that under his party’s $10billion Infrastructural Development for Economic Transformation Plan, education in the country will get a major boost to develop the youth in the country. The former President was speaking at a rally at Adjei Kojo in the Tema West Constituency of the Greater Accra Region on Thursday. Explaining the details to ...

Independent presidential candidate Alfred Asiedu Walker says Special Prosecutor  Martin Amidu has not done enough for the fight against corruption. According to Mr Aiedu Walker, persons including him who had hoped that Mr Amidu would make a difference are disappointed. Mr Walker promised to fight corruption when elected as president at the December polls. Speaking on the Morning Starr, he ...

The Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has advised traders and beneficiaries of the state’s Covid-19 stimulus package to ignore false claims by pro-government propagandists that the next NDC government will require them to pay back. Describing the claims as “lies” and “cheap politicking”, Mr Mahama said no trader will pay back the Covid-19 stimulus package ...