POLITICS

As part of measures to fight corruption in the public sector, stringent policies have been put in place by the government to prevent public servants from soliciting or receiving gifts before providing services. One such policy is the Ghana Gift Policy under the National Anti Corruption Action Plan (NACAP). The Ghana Gift Policy makes it compulsory for public office holders ...

Students enjoying the free Senior High School policy risk losing ouyt by September 2019 if their parents fail to get Tax Identification Number (TIN) by that time. Additionally, people without the TIN cannot subscribe to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), acquire a passport, register their vehicles and lands, open bank accounts or access other public services. Mr Anthony Selom ...

Former Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has offered free lessons on development planning to member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Tony Aidoo following the latter’s attack on former President John Mahama’s 40-year development plan. According to Dr. Tony Aidoo, ‘the so-called 40-year plan that was developed under the Mahama administration was’ nonsensical ...

Dr Tony Aidoo, a staunch member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has described the 40-year national development plan for Ghana as nonsensical. Responding to a question on Accra-based Starr FM on Tuesday, 20 November 2018 about comments made by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the early part of 2018 concerning the need to create a database for the various ...

NDC Stalwart and diplomat ambassador Tony Aidoo has expressed concerns over the decision of the Congress Committee of the NDC to allow former President John Mahama who is also contesting to lead the party for the 2020 polls to address Congress. According to him, either all flagbearer aspirants should have been allowed to speak or none should have been given ...

Newly elected Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, says the chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, is suffering from identity crisis. Mr Gyemfi believes Mr Blay has no roots in the Danquah-Busia tradition. His comment comes after he was asked by the host of Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen, Osei Bonsu, Monday to ...

The Organising Committee of the 9th Congress of the National Democratic Congress is to probe the playing of John Mahama campaign songs at the latter part of the congress. It comes after a flagbearer aspirant Sylvester Mensah expressed concerns over the development and noted the move gave the former president an undue advantage over the others. Reacting to the development, ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) delegates, who attended the 9thNational Delegates’ Congress of the party, struggled to decipher the speech of former President Jerry John Rawlings. Mr. Rawlings started the brief address at the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in Accra by first thanking God for safeguarding party members. The former president acknowledged the enthusiasm of the party members ...

The Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has reported to the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) to investigate what is said to be a photoshopped written cheque book in the name of former President John Dramani Mahama. Two UMB cheques bearing the name of Mahama and issued to two candidates of the just ended National Democratic Congress, Joshua Akamba and Sammy Gyamfi, ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central the Honourable Kennedy Agyapong is alleging that a known big man in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is behind the land guard murder and beheading of an unknown man whose body has been deposited at the morgue, MyNewsGh.com can report. I am sad today, it has taken me the courage to come ...