POLITICS

Energy expert Kojo Opoku says the blame for the failure of due diligence to be done over the concession agreement between government and Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited must be laid at the doorstep of the Minister of Finance and not any other. He says it took a Qatari company to alert government of the fraudulent documents tendered in ...

John Dumelo has not spent that much time as an official politician and he’s already getting into the politician’s mindset. Lawyers for the actor and NDC parliamentary hopeful have written to editors of Peacefmonline demanding a retraction and an apology over an article criticizing Dumelo. The article was titled “Ayawaso West Wuogon, A Vote for John Dumelo is a vote ...

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama says he will scrap some of the newly created ministries the Akufo-Addo administration introduced if the NDC is voted back into power. The Akufo-Addo administration now has 125 ministers, over 30 more ministers more than its predecessors. Speaking during a retreat for the party’s election directors in Tamale, Mr. ...

DON’T RUSH TO PRAISE ALL OF AFRICA’S “POPULAR” BUT FISCALLY UNSUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS Introduction Context is 2019 Mid-Year Review and need to be realistic about the fiscal prospects for the country—based on past views in interviews and articles. A general call on those who relate to Africa and its leaders not to ingratiate or praise all “popular policies and initiatives”, even ...

Minority Leader, Haruna Idrissu, is expecting consistency from Labour Unions as government sets to increase taxes. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is appearing before Parliament Monday morning with the Mid-year Budget Review which is expected to contain increases in taxes on petroleum products and local calls. His deputy, Kweku Kwarteng, has confirmed the tax increases even though he has refrained from ...

Lucy Anim Koryo , a parliamentary aspirant of the party in Suhum constituency of the Eastern Region has threatened to do the unthinkable in 2020 by stripping naked if dared by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) candidate who is the incumbent, Hon Fredrick Opare Ansah. The candidate disclosed that the Suhum seat is traditionally for the opposition National Democratic Congress ...

Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, Ghana’s Special Prosecutor has taken on those persuading him to resign from his current position in the midst of accusations he is not living up to expectation. According to him, he considers anybody who approaches him to persuade him to resign as fuelling corruption by obstructing him from performing his duties. “Those who know my ...

A US congressional delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Patricia Pelosi, is in Ghana on a four-day state visit. The delegation includes controversial Congresswoman for Minnesota Ilhan Omar, who together with three other progressive Democrats have been at loggerheads with President Trump. On the trip to Ghana also includes House Majority Whip, James Clyburn and other ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a mini-harbour and landing site at Moree in the Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese constituency, in the Central Region, and assured that the project will be completed in 18 months. The project, which will be executed by China Harbour and Engineering Company, will involve the construction of breakwater, a quay wall, ...

Private legal practitioner and an influential family member of current President, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says he is tired over strenuous attempts to link him to one thing or the other under the current administration. He thinks that no story in the country is ever complete without the association of his name stating that he is tired [Gabby abr3!] In a ...