POLITICS

The Chairman for the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament Ben Abdalla has downplayed claims that President Akufo-Addo erred in law for swearing into office Chief Justice Anin Yeboah on a public holiday. Some lawyers and social commentators have faulted President Akufo-Addo for choosing to swear in the 14th Chief Justice of the country on the Constitution Day ...

The opposition NDC has accused the Akufo-Addo government of seeking to make political gains with the distribution of the ambulances. According to the NDC, the ruling party intends releasing the vehicles when elections are near so they can use as a campaign tool. The distribution of the ambulance has become controversial following the changing positions on the reason for the ...

After the dismantling of the Berlin Blockade of 1989 and the fall of the Soviet Union of 1991, in which the Eastern and the Western blocs stopped confronting each other based on political ideological differences, and left the world dangling on the brink of another world war for more than four decades, Africa experienced a hopeful political trend. Unfortunately, this hope ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has allayed the fears of all those with lingering doubts about the capacity of the office of the Special Prosecutor (SP) to carry out his mandate, assuring that the SP “will be felt soon”, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Vice President said this while addressing thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslims at the 88th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya ...

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his gratitude to Ghanaians for supporting the ‘Year of Return’ initiative. The President launched the initiative abroad in October last year with the aim of attracting blacks in the diaspora to visit Ghana. The initiative has been a huge success with many famous people visiting the country during the latter part of 2019. In a statement, ...

The Concerned Youth of Juaboso in the Western North Region have asked the Member of Parliament for the area, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh not to politicise the ambulance distribution schedule. They backed Government’s plans to ensure due processes and operational systems are put in place before the distribution of the 275 ambulances procured for the 275 constituencies. A statement issued by ...

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr. Amoako Tuffour has charged the party members in the Ashanti region to adhere to the democratic principles governing the party especially as they prepare towards their parliamentary primaries. Dr Tuffour believes the era of dictatorship in the party is fast gone by. “Nobody should prevent anyone from contesting the ...

Former President John Mahama has urged President Akufo-Addo to resist the temptation to resort to violence and intimidation in the upcoming December polls. “As we go to the polls in 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo has a responsibility to secure the safety of all citizens and must resist the temptation to allow the use of violence to harm and intimidate innocent ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied a claim of constitutional blunder in the creation of Oti Region. Dr Abdul Baasit Bamba, a lecturer at the University of Ghana School has called for the revocation of the law creating the Oti Region, citing the EC and President Nana Akufo-Addo for constitutional violations and blunders in the creation of the region. Oti ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called on the Bank of Ghana (BOG) to provide full details for printing the new GHC100.00 and GHC200.00 notes to show transparency and accountability. He said Ghanaians deserved to know from Government the full procurement details and the rationale for printing currency notes of such higher denominations. “We demand better and ...