POLITICS

The Minority in parliament has blamed government for the recent floods across the country, accusing finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta of refusing to release budgetary allocation to the works and housing ministry for flood management exercises. According to them, Ghanaians are at the mercy of God and can only pray as heavier rains are predicted to come in subsequent weeks. Former ...

The 2016 Flag bearer of the  Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has waded in the PDS ECG concession agreement saga describing the development as “a true policy crisis”. According to Mr. Greenstreet beyond the threat, fraud and disappointment, the saga provides an opportunity for rethinking the fundamental economic direction of the country. He believes inherent in there is ...

Former President John Mahama has said although the outflow of professionals and technocrats from the country to the diaspora can be disadvantageous to the economic growth of Ghana, it is not entirely bad since it has certain benefits, too. On the contrary, Mr. Mahama believes Ghanaians living abroad make significant contributions to the economy in diverse ways. Speaking at the ...

Ghana’s biggest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) deserves being in opposition for, at least, 24 years for messing up the country’s energy sector, the founder of Danquah Institute, Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said. In the President’s cousin’s view, Ghana is better off with the NDC and its flag bearer Mr John Mahama being in opposition for a long time. ...

The Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has said there is nothing wrong with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, dozing off at the Russia-Africa summit which was held in Sochi, Russia. According to him, the President who is over 70-years-old is as human as everybody and can doze off at any point in time during such events. “Even young ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction works on the project started by the Mahama administration to ...

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It’s extremely surprising how most times the people you’d take a bullet for, are the ones behind the trigger. This is exactly the case of a Staunch member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), T.K. Aboagye popularly known as One Man NPP who has revealed that ...

The Chamber of Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers (CIPDiB) has urged the government to ensure the payment of a $1.5 billion debt owed them to guarantee regular power supply. In a statement, CEO for CIPDiB, Mr Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor, stated that they expected delays in payment to end with the introduction of private sector participation in the distribution ...

The National Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku, has hit hard at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for being behind a letter circulating on social media platforms that was purportedly written by Mr Awuku on the training of ‘thugs’ for 2020. Mr Awuku believes the letter, which he described as a fake, is only to ...

The US Embassy has explained why it insisted on Ghana keeping the Power Distribution Service (PDS) deal despite the government’s claim that the consortium lacked a valid demand guarantee. A spokesperson at the Embassy Naomi Mattos told JoyNews’ Kojo Yankson that the first statement issued by the American government established that Meralco be maintained in the deal was the outcome ...