POLITICS

A constituency Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress has been arrested in connection with the missing $12m worth of fertilizers under the Planting for Food and Jobs; MyNewsGh.com can report. The NDC constituency Chairman for Sissala East was arrested together with some Sunyani Municipal Assembly Staff who are believed to have masterminded the smuggling of the government fertilizers into ...

Policy think tank, Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa (STRANEK-Africa), says President Akufo-Addo must come clear on his promises to stamp out vigilantism completely by providing timelines within which this would be achieved. Ghanaians have criticised the onslaught of vigilantism in the country saying the trend has potentially dire consequences if the situation is not checked. “Ghanaians have created a monster that is ...

The minority in Parliament Thursday questioned President Akufo-Addo’s commitment to fighting corruption in his administration following his outright rejection of claim of price inflation in the purchase of a building in Oslo, Norway for use as Ghana’s embassy. The property, the Minority alleged was purchased at a cost of $12.1 million instead of $3.5 million and that it is considering ...

The Sandem-Nab and Overlord of the Builsa Traditional Area, Nab Azagsuk Azantilow, has expressed the appreciation of the people of Builsa to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for his government’s decision to award a contract for the construction of a bridge over the Santejan River. According to Nab Azagsuk Azantilow, “This is a project our late father Nab Sir Azantilow ...

Ghana’s Ambassadors and High Commissioners have been urged to complement Government’s efforts to transform the nation by projecting the positive changes that have taken place over the last two years in their respective countries of accreditation. The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the call when he gave the closing remarks at the 2018 Review of Heads of Ghana’s Foreign ...

President Akufo-Addo says he expects attempts by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tag his government with corruption to get worse. “Clearly, it is the pattern of the opposition. Throw these accusations in the air, when they are debunked we don’t hear anything about it and they just moved to the next allegation. That’s what we have seen,” he ...

The Minority in Parliament is asking President Akufo Addo to abolish the one million dollar per each constituency initiative claiming it is a failed policy. Minority spokesperson on finance Cassiel Ato Forson says, since the implementation of the policy, only forty dollars has been released per each constituency for two years of which he thinks is already a failed policy. ...

President Akufo-Addo has reposed confidence in the office of the Special Prosecutor noting Ghanaians will hear from the Special Prosecutor when he is ready. According to the President, his administration has provided the necessary funding support necessary for the various anti-graft agencies to enable them function effectively. “I have no doubt that we will hear from the special prosecutor when ...

President Nana Akufo Addo has announced a game-changing tactic to solve the ambulance deficit in Ghana’s health sector. According to him, every constituency will get an ambulance in the early part of 2019. That will raise the number of ambulances in the country to at least 275, a significant increase from the current 55 serving the estimated 30 million Ghanaians. ...

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his resolve to sustain the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. He says Ghanaians must not misconstrue the lifting of the ban on small scale mining to mean a tolerance for illegal mining. “Let me reiterate clearly here today that the ban on illegal mining, galamsey,  has not been lifted and will not be ...