POLITICS

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo led government of causing financial loss to the state following the withdrawal of $190 million final tranche of the MCC compact II. Speaking to the media in Parliament, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu demanded officials responsible be held accountable for the loss of money to the state. “Conversely we could term this as ...

Deputy minister for Energy William Owuraku Aidoo says President Akufo-Addo deserves praise for standing up to America over the PDS contract cancellation. The government of Ghana has canceled its concession agreement with the private investor for the management of ECG despite opposition by the American government. The Ghana government argues PDS failed to satisfy some key condition precedents under the ...

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has stated that she never tagged Ghanaians as witches for complaining about economic hardship under the Akufo-Addo led administration. According to the Member of Parliament, she ”merely touted the NPP government’s achievements as remarkable and tangible and asserted that only blind propagandists would feign ignorance of these visible achievements which were ...

Amid the outcry over the botched concession agreement between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Power Distribution Services (PDS), the Government of Ghana has stated clearly that it can’t compromise on the termination of the agreement. This follows the United States government’s expression of “regret” over the termination and its stated position that the termination is “unwarranted” and hopes ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dissociated itself from comments made by the Bantama constituency chairman of the party, Fiifi Mensah. Fiifi Mensah had urged Ghanaians not to sabotage the good policies of the ruling administration by voting YES in the upcoming referendum. “I’m appealing to all the good people of Ghana, especially homes that have benefitted from the Free ...

Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah, has revealed the extent at which the country relies on Nigeria. According to him, when it comes to trade and other economic balances, Ghana needs Nigeria more than ever, so putting in place countermeasures against Nigeria would not be the best solution to solving the border closure. “The best way to solve ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the spread of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activities in the country can be traced to financial hardships. He said population increase, coupled with the inability of the economy to sustain life in many ways, had led to hardships, as a result of which people tended to care more about survival than ...

Former President John Mahama says the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIA) needs new sources of funding. “We are also proposing sources of funding for the  Health Insurance. The health insurance as it was designed was to cover a period of ten years. “We have gone far past that number of years and the subscriber base has increased phenomenally and the ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set April 25, 2020 to hold presidential primaries for the general elections that year. The party will also hold primaries for constituencies with NPP MPs that year, a statement from the party announced Monday. The party has already elected candidates for constituencies where the party does not have  incumbent legislators. A statement by ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged the Akufo-Addo government to prosecute officials for willfully causing financial loss to the state in the PDS (Power Distribution Services) deal. NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia at a press conference Monday would not mention names but said a “proper” forensic audit into the deal would unearth officials to stand in the ...