POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to distribute brand new Toyota Land Cruisers and Pickup vehicles to each of the newly created regional house of chiefs. The Minister of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, Kofi Dzamesi, made the announcement, whilst addressing the National House of Chiefs in Kumasi on Friday. “President Nana Akufo-Addo will be touring the newly created regions ...

Founding President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklyn Cudjoe has described as broad daylight robbery and insult to the sensibility of Ghanaians, the spirited effort by the Finance Ministry and government officials over the controversial Agyapa Royalties agreement. “It is “atrimuoden” (wickedness) on the part of the Akufo-Addo administration to shortchange Ghanaians. I’m struggling to understand this deal, and ...

The 2016 and 2017 batch of nurses posted recently should be thankful and grateful to the incoming president John Dramani Mahama and the NDC government, for our visionary spread of health centers, clinics, polyclinics and Chip compounds across the country which has created space for all of you to be engaged, this is what our big push Policy of $10b ...

A former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Tourism Development Company, (GTDC), Ms Akua Djanie, has pleaded with Ghanaians to forgive her for influencing them to vote for then-candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the 2016 presidential elections. Ms Akua Djanie, known popularly as Akua Blakofe, was appointed Deputy CEO of GTDC when President Akufo-Addo assumed the reins ...

President Akufo-Addo says he will set up a committee to investigate the reported military brutalities that characterized the just ended voter’s registration exercise. According to the President, the decision was reached at a meeting with Chiefs from the Volta region who visited him some weeks ago regarding the matter. “The lingering anxiety about the deployment led to a delegation of ...

The governing New Patriotic Party has called out the opposition NDC for chastizing the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal, saying the party is not reading the deal properly. The party has also rubbished claims that the deal is risky, saying Ghanaians must be optimistic and prepared to take risks. Speaking on the Weekly review segment on the Morning Starr on Friday, ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed worry over the growing number of persons failing to adhere to the directive of facemask wearing in public. According to the service, its studies reveal more than fifty percent of the populace do not wear mask at all, with the remaining percentage also failing to properly wear protective gear. Director-General of the GHS ...

The disgraceful contradictory statements in announcing policies (clearly unintended) by the NPP government under Akufo-Addo is costing the country huge fortunes to say the least. This gross super incompetent governance style only witnessed under Akuffo Addo since independence reared its ugly head to the chagrin of the people when within a day both President Akufo Addo and his vice Bawumia ...

inance Minister Ken Ofori Atta says government has nothing to hide in the Agyapa Royalties deal. According to him, government is acting in the best interest of the citizenry in the mineral royalties transaction. “When I saw elite capture written in a statement on this issue, it was for me, a very painful thing. I’m very clear that this the ...

Member of Parliament(MP) for the Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has described the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a bogus political party. According to him, the party has given out all Ashanti regions road contracts to one Kofi Job who openly insulted the then-candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo using all sorts of unprintable adjectives and said he will never become President. Kennedy Agyapong who was ...