POLITICS

The minority in parliament has described the Mid-Year Budget statement presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as a manifesto and not a review of the mid-year budget. On Thursday, July 23, 2020, Ken Ofori Atta presented the budget review to parliament to give an overview of the macroeconomic development of government over the past 6 months and that for ...

The United States Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some category of Ghanaians in 2019. The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably delaying the return of its nationals ordered to be removed from the US. The lifting of the visa restrictions followed an agreement reached between Ghanaian officials and their United States counterparts which resulted in ...

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced that a temporary financial relief programme for persons who lose their jobs as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presenting the mid-year budget review to Parliament, the Finance Minister said the scheme to be known as the National Unemployment Insurance Scheme, will be a temporary income and will be paid to ...

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, has said the Bank of Ghana’s handling of uniBank, which belonged to former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor and GN Bank, which belonged to former presidential candidate Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, was wrong. Similarly, he expressed misgivings about the central bank’s collapse of Heritage Bank Ghana Limited, which ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to arrest and prosecute the Minister for Development and Special Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, for firing a gun at a registration centre. The MP who has confessed firing a warning shot at the centre claimed it was to defend herself after feeling threatened while touring registration centres at Kasoa. ...

National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyanfi has accused the Akufo-Addo government of bastardising security agencies in the country. According to him, the military and police are increasingly becoming partisan under the NPP government. “The Armed forces is being bastardised left right and centre, as for the police, they have been rendered useless. For all the ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has dismissed media reports that he was flown to the United Kingdom for COVID-19 treatment. Commenting on the issue on Tuesday, after his 14-day self-quarantine after he came into contact with Covid-19 infected person, the President said he expressed surprise at the media reports. “I want to thank you for your interest in my welfare, I am ...

Deputy General Secretary of the ruling NPP Nana Obiri Boahen says Special Development Minister Hawa Koomson did not err by firing a gunshot at a registration centre at Kasoa on Monday. According to him, the lawmaker took the action to defend herself under the circumstances when she felt threatened. The MP who has confessed firing a warning shot at the ...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) will this morning at 10:00 am hold a press briefing to provide an update on the ongoing new voter registration exercise. The briefing, which is dubbed the “Let the Citizens Know” initiative, is expected to provide information to concerned stakeholders and the general public on the EC’s operations. EC chairperson, Jean Mensa, and her executives will speak ...

The National Democratic Congress’ Effutu parliamentary candidate was arrested by the police on Tuesday, 21 July 2020, for allegedly interfering in the eligibility challenge of the voter registration exercise when he took on the Chairman of the committee responsible for that purpose in Winneba, Central Region, Mr Samuel Asiedu Okanta, who is also the Acting Commandant of the Police Command and ...