POLITICS

Deputy ranking member of the Health Committee of Parliament and MP for Binduri Robert Baba Kuganab-Lem has described the Health minister as ‘grossly incompetent’ over delays in completing health infrastracture projects started by the Mahama administration. According to him, claims by Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu that government had to look for funding to complete some of the projects because the previous ...

Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has questioned the locus of Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, who is urging the public not to discredit the work of medical experts leading the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The NDC accused the government of massaging figures of the number of people infected with COVID-19. Asiedu Nketia is convinced the ...

Trade facilitation and revenue generation at Ghana’s ports came to a total standstill yesterday and not a single import was cleared because Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo had instructed the trade facilitation vendors, GCNet and West Blue to stop work and let Ghana Link/UNIPASS take over. If the two companies, West Blue and GCNet, do not return to work, the situation ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that Government’s fight against the novel coronavirus is possible because of the resilient economy it has built in the past few years built. Speaking in a press briefing today, 28th April 2020, Mr. Nkurmah said Ghana’s ability to introduce the various interventions towards the fight against the virus in the country is largely ...

Paul Adom-Otchere, host of Good Evening Ghana says Prof. Kwesi Botchwey’s likely nomination as John Dramani Mahama‘s running mate will not please the founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) because of some fractious relationship between Rawlings and Botchwey. According to Adom-Otchere, if John Mahama selects someone that will get the blessing of Rawlings, then the former Finance Minister should not be ...

The Headmaster of the Kumasi Secondary Technical Institute (KSTI), Mr Haruna Oppong Boateng, has revealed that aside contending with bedbugs in his schools, the student population of over 5000 also have to endure the bites of rodents, mostly mice. He said these rodents feed on the legs and ears of his students, a situation he described as unfortunate. Mr Boateng ...

General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Kwadwo Asiedu Nketia says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s primary objective is not to win the war against the deadly novel Coronavirus. According to him, Ghanaians should not delude themselves into thinking the President means whatever he says, especially on measures put in place to fight the COVID-19. Speaking on Okay ...

Ghanaian actor turned politician, John Dumelo has said he will not stop trying if he fails to win the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary election. Making reference to late President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the aspiring member of parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] noted that ...

While the country is battling to find a possible treatment and vaccine for the novel Coronavirus, some persons are taking advantage of social media platforms of government officials to dupe unsuspecting victims. The latest political figure compelled to lodge a complaint about such questionable acts of impersonation is the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. According to the Ofoase-Ayirebi Member of ...

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George has vowed to exhaust all options to bring the Electoral Commission of Ghana down in their legal battle. He said he will fight the Commission to the bitter end, adding, “what happened at the City Escape hotel is a breach of the law…nobody can justify it”. Speaking on Anopa Kasapa on ...