POLITICS

Sammy Gyamfi, Communications Officer of the opposition NDC has defended his flagbearer’s comments about the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) status of Ghana. According to him, John Dramani Mahama during his Professionals Dialogue series held in Accra on Monday never mentioned that Ghana has been declared HIPC. Sammy Gyamfi maintained that his flagbearer’s comments, however, do not negate any concerns ...

A statement from the Ministry of Communications has justified a transaction entered into by government to acquire the shares of AirtelTigo. In the statement, the Communications Ministry said because of the huge impact that the telecoms sector has on the economy, it moved to clinch the deal with Bharti Airtel to protect Ghanaian jobs. “Given the multiplier impact the telecommunications ...

Some supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party in Upper Manya Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region-locked the office of the Electricity Company in the area over an intermittent power cut during a campaign event of Vice President Dr.Mahamadu Bawumia. The Vice President as part of his three-day campaign tour to the Eastern Region visited Asesewa on Tuesday, October 27, ...

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command is investigating Alhaji Said Sinare, National Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress over accusations leveled against him by the NDC constituency chairman of Ayawaso North in connection with some gun supply for chaos in the December polls. Alhaji Said Sinare, National Vice-Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has on the back of the ...

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has made a passionate appeal to constituents of Afram Plains North and South constituencies in the Eastern Region to reconsider their voting pattern after consistently voting for the NDC without corresponding development to show. The two mainly island constituencies have been voting for the NDC – both Parliamentary and Presidential – since the advent of ...

The Minister for special development Initiatives and the peoples representative for Awutu Senya East constituency Mavis Hawa Koomson on Friday, 23 October took a working visit to the Salaga North and South constituencies and commissioned a market, CHPS compound and Clinic. Commissioning the market and storage facility in Bunjai in Salaga North constituency she said that “I used to come ...

A High Court Judge, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni, was prohibited by the Supreme Court from presiding over the contempt trial of Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong because the apex court concluded that he was biased towards the legislator. According to the Supreme Court, Justice Wuni exhibited bias due to the use of the phrase ‘severely punished’ in a contempt summons to ...

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that Ghana has once again been ranked in the category of Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). According to him, the numerous publications making rounds on social media purporting that the country has returned to HIPC is false. Speaking at the Nation Building Updates on Tuesday in Accra, the Minister noted that ...

President Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Improved Cooking distribution project which will see the manufacturing and free distribution of 500,000 improved charcoal stoves in Ghana to 350,000 rural households across the country by 2021 which will benefit approximately 1.8 million Ghanaians. Launching the $5.5million South Korea Government funded project on Monday October 26,2020 at Akuse in the Eastern Region, President ...

Some Civil Society groups in the country have filed a suit over the directive by President Akufo-Addo asking Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave. Mr. Domelevo has been on mandatory leave since July 1, 2020 following an order by the President. An appeal by the civil society groups to have the decision rescinded was rejected by the Presidency. ...