POLITICS

The minority in Parliament is demanding a new budget from the Akufo-Addo government in the wake of the depreciation of the cedi against major international currencies. The Cedi until Thursday, March 14 had fallen deeply against international currencies especially the dollar, by some 5 per cent trading at around GH¢5.90. It has, however, begun to record some marginal appreciation against ...

The Vice President and Head of Ghana’s Economic Management team, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will address questions relating to the state of Ghana’s economy at a Town Hall Meeting slated for April 3 at the College of Physicians and Health Sciences in Accra. The Town Hall Meeting aimed at briefing citizens about developments in Ghana forms part of a new initiative ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians wherever they find themselves, to champion the cause of the rule of law as well as the maintenance of law and order in every facet of society. Speaking at the formal launch of the Judicial Service of Ghana’s “E-Justice Project” on the 20th of March, 2019, at the ...

Controversial legal Practitioner , Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, has revealed the number of years the National Democratic Congress (NDC) chairman, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and two other executives of the party, Mr Sammy Gyamfi and Mr Kwaku Boahen will spend in prison if they are found guilty in court over a leaked audio purported to be the voice of Mr Ofosu-Ampofo ...

The recent depreciation of the Cedi against major international currencies, especially the dollar, has added GH¢15.3billion to the country’s external debt stock, the Minority has said. The development, according to the Minority, means that Ghana’s external debt stock as at November 2018 will be translated at the current exchange rate into GH¢101.3 billion. This was revealed Wednesday at a forum ...

Ghana’s Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) has observed times are hard in the country and expressed dismay government has not fixed the economy as expected halfway into the given four-year term. The concerns were registered when the national leadership and the Upper East Regional Council of the union held a general meeting in the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga. ...

The Central Regional Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) have expressed gratitude to maverick Member of Parliament for Assin Central and party financier, Ken Agyapong for rescinding his decision to quit politics. The loudmouthed Legislator addressing party supporters at Nyankumasi within his constituency at the weekend announced that he was exiting politics because he feels cheated and insulted by ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially written to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to dialogue over the disbandment of vigilante groups within their setups. The correspondence comes a month after President Akufo-Addo directed the two major political parties to dissolve their vigilante groups during his State of the Nation Address. “We have also taken notice of your request ...

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has been slapped with a cost of GHc600 in the GH₵15 million cedi defamation case by the Board Chairman of the Audit Service, Professor Edward Dua-Agyeman. The defamatory suit is in connection with Mr Asiedu Nketiah’s comments he made on radio which Prof Dua-Agyeman said was intended to damage ...

Gender advocates are mounting pressure on President Nana Akufo-Addo to recall his recent ministerial list for the new regions because it is “discriminatory” against women. Members of the Women’s Group in Ghana said they are “shocked and dismayed” that out of the 14 persons designated as Ministers and Deputy Ministers for the newly created Regions and some existing Regions only ...