Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh has denied reports he has received GETfund scholarship as a minister to study abroad. It comes after he and other government appointees were listed in an audit report of the GETfund scholarship secretariat as having enjoyed the scholarship which is meant for the needy. According to the audit report, the Dome MP and procurement minister ...
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I should stop talking about the nonsense in this country because I owe a fridge! – A Plus strikes
Founder and leader of The People’s Project (TPP), Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has brushed aside a lawsuit of failure on his part to pay for a fridge he purchased on credit. Per details of the writ summons sighted by Ghanaguardian.com, one Richard Nana Amoako is praying the Tema Magistrate Court to get A Plus to pay ...
Read More »I was “needy” when I applied for GETfund scholarship in 2012 – NaCCA boss
The Executive Secretary of NaCCA, Dr Prince Armah has said he was needy when he applied and obtained the GETfund scholarship which enabled him to embark on his PhD abroad. According to him, the scholarship predates his time at the government agency. “That I believe that the scholarship scheme we have is best used to support needy students, as I ...
Read More »I haven’t received scholarship as a minister – Napo
Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh has denied reports he has received GETfund scholarship as a minister to study abroad. It comes after he and other government appointees were listed in an audit report of the GETfund scholarship secretariat as having enjoyed the scholarship which is meant for the needy. According to the audit report, the Dome MP and procurement minister ...
Read More »Ursula Owusu ‘clashes’ with Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu over minority walkout
The majority side in Parliament of Ghana seems to have a divided stance on whether minority members of the house who staged a walkout moments before President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s address yesterday, should be allowed to contribute to the debate in the house. Members of Parliament as per usual, are expected to contribute to the acceptance or rejection of ...
Read More »Mahama was not in support of minority walkout – Majority Leader
Majority Leader in Parliament of Ghana, Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu has said that information he gathered prior to the State of Nation Address which saw the minority MPs walkout, indicated that their action was well planned and executed. According to him, plans by the minority side to stage a walkout few moments before the president’s address had the full backing of ...
Read More »My son is not involved in galamsey – Frimpong-Boateng
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has stated that his son is not involved in mining contrary to public speculations that he was engaged in the mining business. When asked if his son was involved in galamsey [illegal mining] during a media interview after the delivery of President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address ...
Read More »I am running with Bawumia again – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has announced that he will be running for President in the 2020 elections with the sitting Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate. The President made the disclosure at the Headquarters of New Patriotic Party (NPP) when he addressed party faithful after submitting his nomination forms to the Party leadership in fulfillment of the laid down rules ...
Read More »6 reasons the Minority staged a walkout before Akufo-Addo’s address
The Minority in Parliament has detailed why they walked out of the House when President Akufo-Addo was just about to deliver his 4th State of the Nation Address. Few days to the presentation, the side announced the intent to boycott the occasion citing the delay of their share of the Common Fund for the third quarter of 2019 as the ...
Read More »Ghana not in normal times – Minority explains SONA boycott
The Minority in Parliament has explained they walked out of President Akufo-Addo during the State of the Nation Address today over the numerous ill happenings in the country since the NPP took office. “As we speak, the President has refused to implement the recommendations of the Emile Short Commission following the state sponsored terrorism that occurred during the Ayawaso West ...
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