POLITICS

Corruption in Ghana has been common since independence. There is a growing perception in Ghana that government-related corruption is on the rise. Even though corruption in Ghana is relatively low when compared to other countries in Africa, businesses frequently quote corruption as an obstacle for doing business in the country. Corruption occurs often in locally funded contracts, companies are subject ...

Private Legal Practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini has revealed that the sixteen(16) years sentences handed to three (3) out of the five (5) accused persons who have been on trial in the case of “The Republic versus Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie and four others” on the issue of a conspiratorial drill by them to cause financial loss to the state could mean the ...

The minority spokesperson on Communications and MP for Sagnarigu Constituency A.B.A. Fuseini has likened the leadership of the EC by Jean Mensah to a Non-Governmental Organization. He described the EC boss’ attitude towards the commission as a dictatorship. The Electoral Commission has said no individual or authority can direct or control it as far as carrying out its constitutional mandate ...

MP Mahama Ayariga says the presidential candidate of his party, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has had a lot of time so he should have nominated a running mate by now. “He has had a lot of time, he is the candidate of the major opposition party, he was chosen long ago and so, he’s had ...

A Supreme Court Judge nominee, Professor Henrietta Mensah Bonsu, has categorically dismissed reports that she was approached to become the chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Prior to the appointment of Jean Mensa as the Chairperson of Ghana’s election management body, reports were rife that Professor Mensah Bonsu was the front runner to lead the Commission. Appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee ...

Mahama Ayariga, the Bawku Central legislator says the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, is not seeking justice in the corruption allegations against him but rather after him, Ayariga. According to Ayariga, the evidence against him in court does not suggest any kind of corruption or abuse of office as expressed by the Special Prosecutor. The MP said that ...

The Financial and Economic High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, has found the Auditor-General, Daniel Domlevo, to be in contempt of court over his failure to respond within time to an appeal by the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo. The Auditor-General was supposed to respond to a petition against a surcharge asking Osafo Maafo to pay ...

The government has firmly stated that it will not take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to extend its first-term mandate if the virus is not defeated ahead of the general elections. There is considerable uncertainty presently as to how or when the COVID-19 crisis and associated public health restrictions will come to an end. Some experts estimate that it might ...

Relatives of the former president are implicated in an investigation into the corruption scandal that has shaken European aeronautics giant Airbus. The revelations come at a bad time for John Dramani Mahama, who is taking a fresh run at the presidency this year. One could hardly have imagined a more unlikely setting for a revelation of this nature. The scene takes ...

The Electoral Commission has stated that it will go ahead and compile a new voters’ register for the upcoming polls adding that no individual or authority can direct or control them. In a terse statement, the EC said “as stated Article 46 of the 1992 Constitution, the EC would like to reiterate that it shall not be subject to the ...