POLITICS

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday said Ghanaians are witnessing better governance and leadership under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and therefore, the need to retain him in power. He cited the restoration of the teacher/nursing trainee allowances, implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy of which government is paying GH¢2.1 billion annually, payment of GH¢21 billion ...

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for work to commence on the 83.5-kilometre standard gauge railway line from Kumasi to Obuasi, as part of the new Western Line being constructed. Performing the sod-cutting ceremony, on Wednesday, 30th September 2020, President Akufo-Addo noted that, by January 2017, out of the 947 kilometres of colonial narrow-gauge rail network bequeathed to the country ...

The episode of groups of secessionists emanating from the Volta Region and creating chaos as a means to force the hand of the government of Ghana to grant them independence seems to be growing. The latest development being that the secessionists have reached out to a renowned Togolese lawyer who also represents the West African country’s government. Their mission? To ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has sued the Electoral Commission over the scheduled mop-up registration. According to the NDC, the exercise which is planned for Thursday, October 1, 2020, will be in breach of laws governing registration exercises in the country. “Counsel for and on behalf of the plaintiff/applicant herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain the ...

JDM and the NDC have put together a much more quality Election 2020 campaign than Nana Addo and the NPP. The NDC’s presidential primaries in which President Mahama was given an overwhelming endorsement, to the parliamentary primaries, to the choice of running mate and finally to the manifesto launch have all been quality stuff. With the manifestos, independent and objective ...

The Nkosohen of Atti-Morkwa Traditional Council in the Central Region, Togbe Gottah says the opposition NDC Running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang ascending to the office of Vice President after the December 7 election is a foregone conclusion. “Ghanaians have waited soo long to get female as a Vice President but thank God we have already gotten somebody and ...

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has explained how some names were omitted from the current voters register. The missing names on the recently compiled electoral roll prompted the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to raise a fierce protest against the EC. In an address delivered on Monday, September 28, 2020, the EC boss said a process to ...

The Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso has said there is no clause in the agreement signed between the then Gold Coast and the French Togoland for the latter to break away from Ghana after 50 years despite agreeing through a plebiscite to become part of independent Gold Coast ...

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency P.C. Appiah Ofori has expressed regrets for rejecting an offer made to him by former President John Dramani Mahama to serve in his government. The anti-corruption campaigner said he rejected the offer on the heels of his unflinching loyalty to the NPP and then opposition leader and now president of ...

Former President John Mahama has served notice to the Western Togoland movement that the rest of the country will not sit aloof and watch them divide the country. According to the NDC flagbearer, the beauty of Ghana is the harmony with which its citizens have cohabited among themselves over the years. “Just a few days ago some unknown persons came ...