POLITICS

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the resignation or dismissal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Energy Minister Peter Amewu and the dissolution of ECG and MiDA boards over the PDS fiasco. Addressing the media Monday, General Secretary for the party Johnson Asiedu Nketiah accused the Nana Addo administration of attempts to reappropriate shares to cronies through the proposed ...

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has responded to the letter of the Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson that indicated that the Minister had no power to direct telcos to hide talk tax from consumers. In a letter dated October 16, 2019, written and signed by Mrs Owusu Ekuful as a reply ...

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bantama Constituency, Fiifi Mensah has mounted a spirited opposition to President Akufo-Addo and his party’s manifesto commitment of getting Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chiefs Executive (MMDCEs) elected by the end of 2020, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Electoral Commission has scheduled December 17, 2019 for Ghanaians to decide by a YES or ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the growing lack of patriotism in the country, describing it as ‘Ghana’s biggest challenge’, adding ‘our patriotic sense and responsibility is lost’. He made reference to the illegal mining (galamsey) menace in the country as a testament of the lack of patriotism by some Ghanaians. “Entire rivers have been destroyed by the senseless ...

The Minority in Parliament has rejected government’s proposal to resort to restrictive tendering in selecting a private partner for the management of the power sector in the country . “Whilst recognising the prerogative of the MCC in the determination of a particular procurement method in the selection of a PSP, in view of the limited time (approximately two years) until ...

Former President John Mahama has been dared to publicly swear by the dreaded Antoa Nyamaa that he does not intend to cancel the free Senior High School (SHS) if voted for in 2020 as Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. A group calling itself the Alliance Drivers of Ghana (ADG) says it would resist any attempt to either have the ...

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of persons who represented Ghana in signing the concession deal with Power Distribution Services (PDS) which has now been terminated. The PDS was finally terminated by the Akufo-Addo government in a statement dated Friday, October 18 which communicated the termination of the 25-year power concession agreement with ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revealed what he describes as several attempts on his life after he handed over power to former President Hilla Limann in 1979. According to the former president, the attempts became so intense that he was persuaded to leave Ghana but he refused to do so. Speaking at the 75th-anniversary celebration of the formation of ...

Government has announced 50,000 cedi cash package for thousands of persons displaced by floods caused by continuous torrential rains in the Upper East Region in the last week. Victims have since Friday been receiving various relief items from the government and a lot more are being transported to the region to ameliorate the plight of the affected whose homes have ...

President Akufo-Addo has charged some one hundred and thirty two (132) newly commissioned officers the Ghana Armed Forces (GFA) to ensure that they do not lower the standards that have been set by their predecessors as they assume office as fully fledged officers of the Armed Forces. Addressing the Ghana Military Academy’s 2019 Graduation Parade for Regular Career Course 59 ...