POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the commencement of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade is recognition of the fact that never again should the African people permit themselves to be subjected to such dehumanising conditions. Describing the slave trade as “one of the most unfortunate and barbaric episodes of human history”, President Akufo-Addo noted ...

Members of Parliament on Friday 8th February 2019 sitting, the Member of Parliament for Sefwi Juaboso Constituency Hon Kwabena Mintah Akando questioned the Road Minister, Hon. Amoako Atta on their preparation towards Benchema Nkwanta to Adjofua road in the Western North region after it was captured in the 2019 budget. Hon Akando sees the road to be deplorably horrific and ...

The Education Ministry has mounted a strong defence for its man at the helm, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, saying that his recent comments about transforming the education sector have been taken out of context. “The Minister did not state that junior high school graduates would be awarded a diploma” as the media reports suggested. “Indeed, given the government’s commitment to redefining ...

The President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Philippa Larson has criticized suggestion by the Education minister that government is considering providing secondary school graduates with diplomas. “It seems we are playing games with our education in Ghana and that is very dangerous and serious. Teachers are at the centre of education and development but unfortunately, we are ...

The Minister for Science and Environment, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, who is also the chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining has been dragged to the Commission on Human Rights And Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), over alleged conflict of interest and abuse of office. The petitioner Anold Agbodo, a Ghanaian, alleged the minister was using his office to take over mining ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the abundant blessings God has showered on the nation provide enough justification for the construction of a National Cathedral. “Since independence, God has blessed our nation by sparing us the horrors of civil war that have afflicted virtually all our neighbours. It is in recognition of these blessings, and in order to ...

Two teacher unions– National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) are unhappy with the Akufo-Addo government over their exclusion from the development of educational policies. According to them, the government is hiding behind the Ghana Partnerships Schools (GPS) to introduce new policies through the back door using Public Private Partnership (PPP). “We note ...

The Head Pastor of the Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi, has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta of destroying businesses in the country. According to him, only those close to the government are benefitting from the resources of the state while the majority of Ghanaians wallow in poverty. Prophet Kobi has, therefore, ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Efutu Constituency in the Central region, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has served notice to the current Vice Chancellor of the University for Education Winneba (UEW), Reverend Father Professor A. Afful-Broni that he will fight any form of victimization and injustice being perpetrated in the school under his watch. He cautioned the Vice Chancellor against engaging ...

There is fresh controversy brewing at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as some key administrative decisions of the Chief Executive, Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong have been called into question. He is being accused of irregular recruitments and hijacking the procurement processes at the corporation. An internal memo from the National Oil Company’s Chief Executive’s Secretariat, dated 4th February 2019 ...