POLITICS

Former President John Mahama has donated PPEs and gumboots amounting to GHC300,000 to support the fight against the deadly Covid-19 in Ghana. The items included 500 PPEs and 500 gumboots. The former President in a live Facebook address Saturday said he intends adding on some more in the coming days because of the threat from the Accident and Emergency ward ...

President Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic by two more weeks. The move was announced by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on Saturday. Hi Folks, President @NAkufoAddo has by a new executive instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by another two weeks effective midnight tomorrow April 5. — ...

President Akufo-Addo will today meet leaders of various political parties at the banquet hall of Jubilee House to discuss ways of fighting COVID-19 The meeting according to the presidency is to get political parties to rally behind government’s plans and also follow laid down protocols to ensure the virus is defeated. It also forms part of the government’s broader consultation ...

Disagreement hit Parliament over the meaning of “next day” as Majority and Minority MPs debated over Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s absence from the House since Monday. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs were of the view that it is unacceptable for the Finance Minister to fail to appear before the House since stating on Monday, that he would be back ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that government intends to lower the cap on the Ghana Stabilization Fund (GSF) from the current US$300 million to US$100 million in accordance with Section 23(3) of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA). According to him, the measure would enable the excess amount in the GSF account over the US$100 million cap to be ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Transport to work together and find a solution to the “bottlenecks” at the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE), the Minister of Information has disclosed. GAPTE, operators of bus rapid transit system Aayalolo, halted operations with the pretext that patronage has reduced due to the lockdown in ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has urged security personnel deployed to enforce the partial lockdown directive to arrest and prosecute persons found to be flouting the law. He said doing so would serve as a deterrent to others who have taken the directive for granted. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, Asempa FM, ...

The Eastern Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jeff Konadu Addo has descended heavily on the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah saying he tells a lot of lies. He has therefore advised Ghanaians not to give him a listening ear whenever he speaks. Mr. Asiedu Nketia without any evidence said on live ...

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Ashanti Region has debunked assertions by the Deputy Minister for Information Minister Mr. Pius Enam Hadzide that government has made available logistics for them to embark on a campaign against the novel coronavirus. “We have not received any logistics from the government”. I am making it clear today that, there is ...

Parliament has donated an amount of two hundred thousand Ghana Cedis (GHc200,000) into the COVID-19 trust fund. Making the donation, the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye urged all Members of Parliament and other workers to contribute to the fund to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaker Oquaye has been at the forefront of the fight to prevent ...