POLITICS

The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has challenged President Akufo-Addo to show Ghanaians the achievements of his 110 ministers that justify his decision to keep the number. The President despite criticisms from Ghanaians and civil society groups maintained that he needed the huge number of appointees to deliver on the promises he made ...

Policy think IMANI Africa has denied claims that they have been bribed out of their opposition against the Kelni GVG contract with the Government of Ghana. Kelni GVG, a Haitian originated company, IS awarded a contract by the government for design, development and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance, and mobile money monitoring and fraud management—a ...

The NDC delegates in the Central Region have given indication that they are in full support of Flagbearer aspirant Hon Kojo Bonsu. This came to light during the recent KojoBonsu2020 regional tour of the Central Region. Hon Kojo Bonsu and his team met with delegates made up of Regional Executives and Members, Constituency Executives and Members and more importantly Branch ...

President Akufo Addo has appointed Kingsley Kofi Karikari-Bondzie as the deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Coastal Development Authority. His appointment comes shortly after the President announced the then deputy CEO of the Authority, Jerry Ahmed Shaib as the substantive CEO in pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Coastal Development Authority Act, 2017 (Act 961). Ahmed Shai became the ...

A former director of the Ghana National Gas Company Limited, Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, has advised the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo, to serve her lawyers with their response to her application for judicial review instead of “filing and serving their response through the media”. She said the Attorney General should behave like the professional that she is ...

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated the resolve of the New Patriotic Party government under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to implement policies and programmes designed to alleviate the hardships faced by the ordinary Ghanaian. While acknowledging that the needs of all human beings are insatiable, Vice President Bawumia insists that the ...

The Eastern Regional Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday ‘snubbed’ Alban Bagbin, one of the flagbearer hopefuls of the party when he sought to meet with them during his tour of the region. Bagbin who is also the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament was at the party’s regional headquarters to meet the executives as part of ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the Akufo-Addo-led government has attained key milestones in the economy within their 22 months in office despite the global economic downturn. Ghana, he said, has been able to achieve a credit upgrade from B- to B status with a stable outlook for the first time in almost a decade as a result of ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has postponed phase two of the Limited Voters Registration as well as the planned Continuous Voters Registration to 2019, DAILY GUIDE is informed. The EC made this known in a statement signed by its Chairperson, Jean Mensa, concerning the outcome of a stakeholders’ meeting it held with various political parties and donor agencies on Thursday, October ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is expected to hold its national executive elections on November 17, 2018 at the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in the Greater Accra Region. The National Organiser of the NDC, Kofi Adams made this known on the Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News. “The party’s National Congress is on the 17th of ...