POLITICS

Later this morning, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will be delivering the 2024 budget and economic plan. This will be the last budget reading under the Akufo-Addo-led administration. Commenting on what to expect from the budget reading, Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, said it is too late for President Akufo-Addo to salvage the economy. According to him, the ...

Founder and CEO for IMANI Ghana Franklin Kudjo has confirmed the credibility of Alan Kyerematen at a stakeholder meeting of CSOs with the former Trade and Industry Minister. The founder of Imani Ghana, eulogised Mr Kyerematen at a round table discussion between Civil Society Organisations and the presidential aspirant. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the country met with the independent ...

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Suhuyini, says the government must cancel trainee allowances for nurses and teachers. According to him, the money should be invested into the Student Loan Trust Fund to support financially pressed students across the country. He said nursing and teacher trainees should be encouraged to apply for student loans rather than receiving ...

President Akufo-Addo says, the call by Africans and Africans in the diaspora for the payment of reparations by European nations who carried out the transatlantic slave trade some 400 years ago is not a plea for alms, but a demand for justice. The President demanded that reparatory justice must go hand in hand with restitution, adding it should be executed ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2024 budget statement in Parliament today Wednesday, November 15. The budget statement will throw further light on the performance of the economy, and efforts to boost the country’s productive capacity through the new growth strategy, the Finance Ministry said. The Ministry described the budget as a crucial document to ...

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST) has responded to reports that it purchased 18 iPhone 13 Pro Max phones for some staff at a total cost of over GH¢28 million. In a statement addressing these reports, BOST confirmed that it did indeed buy the phones for its corporate executives in May of the previous year. The statement ...

The Eastern Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to beef up security at the district office of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in Upper West Akyem. The NDC is accusing the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Chairman, Nana Adei Obuobi, of causing mayhem and intimidating EC’s officials by leading ...

The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ntim, has called upon Regional Chairmen and party members to exert relentless efforts to secure the party’s victory in the 2024 general election. Mr Ntim delivered this charge during an emergency meeting with Regional Chairmen on Thursday, September 28, 2023, held at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra. LEARN ...

The National Chairman of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Stephen Ntim, led a delegation to engage in discussions with the leadership of Nigeria’s All-Progressives Congress (APC) on fostering good governance in the West Africa region. Accompanied by the NPP’s National Treasurer, Dr. Charles Dwamena, and Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, Mr. Ntim met with Abdullahi Ganduje, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to formulate concrete proposals aimed at assisting governments throughout West Africa in addressing the growing threats of insecurity and coups d’état. President Akufo-Addo emphasised the importance of identifying the root causes of military uprisings to better equip the sub-region in tackling the recent ...