POLITICS

The government is preparing to present the Free Senior High School (SHS) Bill to Parliament. This is aimed at regulating and ensuring the sustainability of the Free SHS policy amidst growing concerns of potential cancellation by future administrations and the challenges currently facing the programme. Stakeholders in the educational sector, including EduWatch, have voiced their opinions on the policy. They ...

The Minority in Parliament has announced their decision to boycott parliamentary proceedings whenever their leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is required to attend court sessions for the ongoing ambulance trial. This decision comes in response to the refusal of the presiding High Court judge, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, to grant a request from Dr. Ato Forson’s lawyers for a leave ...

Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that the pension scheme for cocoa farmers will be rolled out this year. Speaking in Kumasi as part of his three-day tour of the Ashanti region, Dr. Bawumia informed farmers that the database of cocoa farmers has been compiled, and the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) ...

The flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he will be more accountable to Ghanaians than his main contender, former President John Mahama, if elected as president during the December 7 polls. This, according to him, is because he will be seeking re-election after his first term in office. Addressing professional bodies in Kumasi as part of his three-day ...

Edem Senanu, Co-chair of Citizens Movement against Corruption, has observed that President Nana Akufo-Addo could have avoided his commendations for Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Godfred Dame Yeboah due to his alleged professional misconduct in the ongoing ambulance purchase trial. The High Court judge, Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, presiding over the ambulance purchase trial, which involves Minority Leader Cassiel Ato ...

The ranking member of the Energy Committee in Parliament, John Abdulai Jinapor says the Minority in Parliament will use every legal means to retrieve $12 million dollars sunk in the Pwalugu multipurpose dam. Addressing the media at the Pwalugu dam site, the ranking member disclosed that his side would use every legal means to retrieve the cash since the project ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has formally notified the Ghana Police Service of his intention to lead a demonstration on June 18, 2024, against the sale of SSNIT’s hotels to Bryan Acheampong, Ghana’s Minister for Food and Agriculture. This notification is in accordance with the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491). Mr. Ablakwa stated that the ...

Mr Alan Kyerematen, the founder and leader of the Movement for Change, has announced plans to establish a fixed exchange rate regime for import duty payments in Ghana for a period not exceeding six months. This policy, part of his first-year Economic Recovery Plan, aims to reduce the high level of imported inflation in the economy. Mr Kyerematen presented this ...

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has pleaded with multinational companies to remain in the country, assuring them of an end to the hardships they are facing under the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government. Some multinational companies, including Glovo, Nivea, Jumia Food, and BIC Pen, among others, have exited the Ghanaian economy, citing a harsh business climate. Mr Mahama ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern about the continuous depreciation of the local currency against the dollar and other major currencies. He criticised the current government for failing to implement effective measures to curb the rapid decline of the currency against major trading currencies, particularly the U.S dollar. Speaking at the 8th CEO Summit in Accra on Monday, ...