POLITICS

Report reaching MyNewsGh.com indicates that the Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Wassa Amenfi Central has been shot during a traditional coronation at Ankwaso in the Wassa Amenfi Central of the Western Region. The scuffle ensued when a faction he supports attempted to stop the coronation of a new chief Oseadeeye Kwabena Damptey II. They allegedly carried guns ...

Television personality, Serwaa Amihere has indicated that the president’s fight against corruption in his three years in office has been nothing but a figment of the imagination. According to the GHOne TV news anchor, the promises President Nana Akufo-Addo made during his campaign period, particularly in relation to fighting corruption, to an extent gained him the striking victory in the ...

A stalwart of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned the government against plunging the country into a stalemate at the local government level after a ‘Yes’ victory in the December 17 referendum. Prof Kwamena Ahwoi, who heads a committee of experts that advises the NDC on the upcoming referendum, said Tuesday on Joy FM’s Top Story that a ‘Yes’ ...

Former President John Mahama has reacted to an apology letter from the management of the Multimedia Group after one of its staff used unpleasant words towards him while hosting a show on radio. After receiving the letter, John Mahama took to social media to announce that he has accepted the apology by captioning the letter “accepted”. The unreserved apology by ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has accepted an apology from the Management of the Multimedia Group, operators of Asempa FM after one of their on-air staff “used words that were unpleasant” on his person in a radio broadcast. The Multimedia Group apology signed by the Programmes Director of Asempa FM, Mr Sammy Yirenkyi and Mr A.C. Ohene, the Head of ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government is working to ensure it does not overspend in 2020, which is an election year. Ghana has been known to exceed its budget deficit targets by significant amounts. For the last election year in 2016, Ghana’s budget deficit target was 5.3 percent but the deficit widened to 7.8 percent. Four years prior, in ...

2020 is an election year and ahead of the December Presidential election, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama is expected to select a running mate to partner him to wrestle political power from the Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo led New Patritic Party (NPP) administration. Though many names have popped up for consideration, Kwesi Ahwoi ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government has succeeded in turning around the fundamentals of Ghana’s economy, which he inherited from the Mahama administration, ensuring that, currently, all the fundamentals are pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we inherited a situation with a large fiscal deficit, which has been turned around now; considerable imbalances in the way ...

The first tranche of the ‘bauxite for development’ barter agreement, popularly known as Sinohydro deal, signed between the Government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China has been released, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Speaking in Accra on Monday, 11th November 2019 at the Jubilee House, Vice President Bawumia indicated that projects under ...

Government has decided to distribute all 275 ambulances in January 2020, Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson has said. The reason, she explained, is to ensure a fair distribution of the ambulances across all 275 constituencies in the country. The first 48 ambulances, which arrived months ago are parked at the forecourt of the Parliament House in Accra. ...