POLITICS

The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has said that the daily minimum wage in Ghana is woefully inadequate. In his view, the wage of GHS14.88 can only buy a loaf of bread, a litre of petrol, or a pint of beer. “Ghana’s daily minimum wage of GHc14.88 can only buy a loaf ...

Member of Parliament for Subin, Eugene Boakye Antwi has blamed Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for calls for his removal from office. Mr. Boakye said some inconsistent pronouncements made by Mr. Ofori-Atta were largely the cause of the uproar. Speaking on Face to Face on Citi TV, the Subin lawmaker said “pronouncements of Ofori-Atta on this IMF debacle have not helped him. Every politician ...

The Minority in Parliament has taken an entrenched position against the Electoral Commission’s new Constitutional Instrument (C.I) that seeks to make the Ghana card the sole identity for voter registration exercise ahead of the 2024 election. The guarantor system, where an individual can guarantee the citizenship of a person so he or she can acquire a voter’s ID card for ...

President Akufo-Addo has told Members of the Diplomatic Corp in the country that Ghana remains committed to the joint continental effort to ensure peace and stability on the continent. He noted that as the far as the interests of Africa are concerned, “we seek collectively a peaceful and secure Africa based on the progressive ideals of fostering democracy, good governance, ...

The Paris Club and the government of China are cooperating with Ghana on the West African country’s quest to restructure its external debts so as to meet the timeline for securing a board-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for the $3-billion extended credit facility to bailout the ailing economy, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. President Akufo-Addo believes once that ...

The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission in charge of Corporate Services says his outfit is determined to see to the passage of the Constitutional Instrument (CI) that seeks to make the Ghana Card the sole document for voter registration. According to Dr. Bossman Asare, the CI will improve on the verification system for voters. He explained that Ghana has ...

Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, has called for Africans to look within to find workable solutions to African problems instead of running to the west to solve their challenges. He says when Africa becomes self-reliant, especially in fixing its economy it’ll prevent interference by outsiders. He also called for effective regional co-operation and for leaders to shun corrupt practices. Speaking at ...

The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bawku Central Constituency has expressed utmost disappointment over how government is handling the Bawku chieftaincy dispute. According to the constituency executives, polling station executives and electoral area coordinators, the conflict is making the party unpopular in Bawku and the Upper East Region in general. Led by the Constituency Chairman, the ...

Founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP) Akwasi Addai Odike has said the practice of partisanship democracy, which emphasises the interest of individual parties above the national interest, is ruining the country. The UPP founder, who for a while now has been a proponent of a union government for the country, noted that the current Constitution of Ghana has made ...

Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak will run unopposed in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) impending parliamentary primaries. This comes on the back of the lawmaker being the only person to file his nomination forms to contest the constituency parliamentary primaries for the area. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: In a statement ...