POLITICS

Former Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cautioned against foreign celebrities, especially from neighbouring Nigeria dabbling in the main opposition’s political campaigns in general elections. Mr Koku Anyidoho contends that the party’s structures must work effectively and bring all party members on board in NDC’s campaigns instead of allowing aliens to take over its campaigns. ...

Former president John Mahama has predicted the New Patriotic Party government will soon be exposed by reality if they keep on resorting to lies and propaganda. “You can do all the lies and propaganda with the economy [that] you like, the reality of the people’s lives will expose you,” Mr. Mahama said at an economic forum of the opposition National ...

The brilliance of Vice-President Dr Mahammudu Bawumia presents a major challenge to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abdul-Malik Kwaku Baako, Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide has said. According to him, Dr Bawumia is a good communicator, who is able to simplify economics to the understanding of everyone. “It appears Dr Bawumia is a problem for his political ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako knew in politics as Wontumi has stated categorically that the current power challenges cannot send Akufo-Addo’s government into opposition as it is poised for victory in 2020. Power cuts in Accra and other parts of the country began more than a month ago with residents experiencing blackouts ...

Former deputy power minister John Jinapor has charged the Akufo-Addo administration to call for help as it “struggles to find solution” to the recent power challenges facing the country. This was after he methodically listed the Mahama administration’s investments in the country’s power sector to halt the dreaded three-year power outages the country faced. Speaking at a public lecture on ...

Ghanaians may now heave a sigh of relief as steps have been taken to provide them with a schedule on the recent blackouts. The decision was taken at a meeting between Power Distribution Services (PDS), Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Thursday. Confirming the outcome of the meeting on Eyewitness News, Public Relations ...

Former Power Minister and Member of Parliament for Pru West Dr Kwabena Donkor has said 75% of Members of Parliament in Ghana have High Blood Pressure or diabetes as a result of their work. Dr Kwabena Donkor was speaking to Umaru Sanda Amadu on Citi Citi Eyewitness news’ Point Blank segment Tuesday on the pressures he endured in office as ...

Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the strong macro and microeconomic fundamentals arising from innovative policies and programmes implemented over the last two years have placed Ghana in a strong economic position and made the future very promising. The Nana Akufo-Addo government, according to him, has undertaken major structural reforms and implemented policies and programmes that have started to ...

Ghana’s economic “fundamentals” have been met, according to Mr. Vice President’s remarks at the Economic Management Team town hall meeting Wednesday, but a senior finance expert disagrees. On the Super Morning Show Thursday, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, an economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana, denounced Mahamadu Bawumia’s observations, suggesting that the country is going far below ...

The Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Ato Forson has pooh-poohed Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s presentation at a town hall meeting held in Accra on Wednesday. Mr. Forson said Dr. Bawumia only played with numbers and presented lies as facts during his presentation. “You heard him talk about the likes of the judiciary and the court systems. What ...