POLITICS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo terminated the appointment of four Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of state institutions and former Minister of Energy. They are the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Paul Asare Ansah, the CEO of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport, Alfred Obeng Boateng, the CEO of Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Gifty Klenam, and the CEO ...

But for his incessant self-preening and shameless appropriation of the political establishment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the obsessive enhancement of his morbid acquisitiveness, the awarding of the GH? 100 Million streetlight supplying contract to a company called Imperial World Ventures, reportedly owned by one of the several known wives of Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the NPP’s Member ...

Political parties from all sides of the political divide, former Ministers and DCEs of both the NDC and NPP, as well as the 6 Members of Parliament in the proposed North East Region have joined the Overlord of Mamprugu, Naa Bohigu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga to call for an overwhelming ‘Yes’ vote in the Thursday 27th December, 2018 special referendum. Supported ...

The government has, through the Ministry of Interior, declared Monday, January 7, 2019, as a public holiday. In a statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, he said the day “has been declared a Public Holiday as “Constitution Day”. The statement further urged the public to observe the day as such throughout the country. Readers would recall that ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, over the attempts to abolish the Founder’s Day Holiday which is celebrated annually in honour of late President Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first democratic president and founder of the CPP. It would be recalled that recently a new Public Holidays Amendment Bill, 2018, was laid in ...

Parliament has given government the approval to spend nearly GHC100m to subsidize electricity bills for customers. The amount is part of almost GHC80 billion approved for government by Parliament to spend in 2019. Members of Parliament sat for 13 hours and managed to pass the Appropriation Bill shortly after midnight. Almost GHC30 billion of the approved money will go into ...

For the past five years, IMANI has been ranked as one of the top 10 most influential think tanks in Africa, according to a report from the policy group. In a year-in-review report outlining their launched initiatives and advocacy efforts, IMANI reported that the research center has “carved a niche in Ghana’s policy environment for putting out objective, independent analysis ...

While it looks calm and all is set for the December 27 referendum on the creation of six new regions, respected academic and US-based Accounting professor Stephen Kwaku Asare has launched a “Vote No!” “Vote Brown” campaign against the decision by government subject to public approval to create new regions; MyNewsGh.com can report. According to him, the election being conducted ...

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has stated that, President Akufo-Addo did not facilitate the recent visit of Awomefia of Anlo State, Togbe Sri III, to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi last Sunday. He, therefore, cautioned the faceless people that are peddling falsehood about the president for political reasons to desist from the practice. According to the Asantehene, some people in ...

President Akufo-Addo, has appointed Rear Admiral Seth Amoama and Air Commodore Frank Hanson as Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff, respectively, to take effect from Tuesday, 8th January, 2019. Rear Admiral Seth Amoama is currently the Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, whilst Air Commodore Frank Hanson is currently the Base Commander, Airforce Base, ...