POLITICS

The Chief Executive Officer of the Coastal Development Authority Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaib has described Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta as the most ‘chisel’ guy (miser) that he’s ever known. According to him, one will have to do a lot of talking and convincing before the Minister will release even a pesewa. Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaib made the comment in ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) believes the appointment of a former Director-General of Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, as board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) weakens the fight against corruption. Mr. Owusu was appointed as Board Chairman of the GRA by President Akufo-Addo last week, months after he left his post at the Ghana Maritime Authority following allegations ...

Deputy Defense Minister Major Derrick Oduro has dismissed accusations of bias against the military following sanctions meted out to the soldier who openly criticised plans by parliament to construct a new chamber. Some Ghanaians have criticised the military for refusing to punish the soldier who took a picture while sipping on Kalyppo in the build-up to the 2016 elections but ...

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) Professor Stephen Adei has condemned the leader of the Economic Fighters League, Mr Ernesto Yeboah, for disrupting parliament with his #Dropthatchamber protest in connection with plans by the Parliamentary Service Board to put up a 450-seat chamber for the legislature. Prof Adei said he would have slapped Mr Yeboah were he ...

Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has dedicated his latest success of being featured in Beyonce’s Lion King to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He says although Akufo-Addo’s abysmal performance as President has made Ghana a difficult place to stay, bur still dedicated his feature on Beyonce’s latest album to him. Shatta Wale made several headlines after being featured on Beyonce’s latest ...

The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Zebilla constituency in the Upper East Region Cletus Avoka has delivered a quick punch at the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for the area over his lack of influence and front-bearing in Parliament. Mr Avoka who is seeking to be elected to parliament for the sixth time after losing out ...

The Electoral Commission says a total of about 1.2 million new voters were registered under the limited voter registration exercise which ended last week. Out of that number, the registration of 8500 new voters were challenged. According to the commission, the 1.2million figure was provisional since it was still checking the actual figure with the Voter Management System (VMS) to ...

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted letters of commencement to the three development authorities to commence the full implementation of the $1-million per Constituency pledge under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) for the 2020 fiscal year. The commencement certificate makes available GH¢1.66 billion (equivalent of $320 million) for the 275 constituencies across the country. This covers $275 ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s avowed fight against corruption has been dented by his appointment of a man previously accused of corruption as a board chair “It is disappointing”, an anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, weighed in on the appointment of Kwame Owusu as Board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority. Kwame Owusu, who was Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority in 2017 ...

The Minister of State In-charge of Public of Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has admonished stakeholders in the fight against corruption to reinforce all efforts at addressing the menace by making it a high-risk activity in the country. Such a bold initiative, she noted, will strengthen the country’s procurement system, which has been recording higher percentages of malpractices in the Auditor-General’s ...