POLITICS

The Ashanti Regional Secretariat of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted claims that it has sacked its Women’s Organiser for Kumawu for allegedly declaring her support for governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Alan Kyerematen. “I wish to by this statement debunk the publication and put on record that no such declaration has been made by ...

The Bank of Ghana’s “staggering” loss of GHS60.8 billion, per the Auditor-General’s 2022 report, which is equivalent to $6 billion, the main opposition National Democratic Congress has computed. “This is twice the amount [$3 billion] we are to receive from our recent IMF bailout”, Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson told journalists on Tuesday, 8 August 2023 at the party’s ...

The Attorney-General has asked the Police to investigate the ownership of the US$200,000 and €300,000 stolen from the home of the Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah. This was after the A-G says Madam Abena Dapaah did not mention the owner of the cash. The A-G in its advice on the money stolen from Madam Dapaah ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has promised New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters that appointments under his government will benefit all, especially those at the constituency levels. He said each of the 275 constituencies, likely to be 276, he hinted, after 2024, will get at least 10 appointees in his government. Dr Bawumia promised this on Tuesday, August 1 when he ...

A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has described the actions by the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah to keep huge sums of foreign hard currency in her home as unlawful. Mr. Ricketts-Hagan said not only are the former minister’s actions unlawful but are also unpatriotic considering ...

The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Governance and Anti-Corruption have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to expedite the enactment of the draft Conduct of Public Officers Bill, 2022. According to the CSOs comprising Crusaders Against Corruption, Imani Centre for Policy and Education, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition and Citizens Movement Against Corruption (CMAC), swift action is necessary to combat corruption ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Savelugu, Alhaji Jacob Iddrisu Wunbenkpang, has been acquitted by the Tamale High Court in a criminal case pertaining to unlawful possession of firearms. The charges were brought against him after he was alleged to have possessed firearms a day after the 2020 presidential elections. The case against the MP has been ongoing, with the ...

South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has observed that the new housing project that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for its start on Tuesday, August 1, is expensive. He says that the state can provide affordable houses way cheaper than the figures the government is quoting. Per figures from the Ministry of Works and Housing, a ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban SK Bagbin, has explained to members of the aggrieved Menzgold customers on Tuesday that parliament is slow in investigating their issues, attributing it to the pending court case. During the meeting, which was led by the group’s convener, Fred Forson, the customers brought to the Speaker’s attention the difficulties they have faced over the years ...

Tamale South Member of Parliament Haruna Iddirsu is calling for the criminalization of unexplained wealth in the country. Contributing to a discussion on the floor of Parliament Tuesday, August 1, he indicated that it has become necessary to do that as part of the fight against corruption. The former Minority Leader said “Declaration of assets is an important ingredient to ...