POLITICS

The National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mark Ewusi, has lauded investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni for his recent exposé but indicated that pointing fingers at the sector minister as directly complicit is “absurd” and “untrue”. Mr Ewusi insists that findings of such works should be based on truthfulness rather than destroying the reputations of state officials. ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has been told to sound appealing to pensioners to accept their inclusion in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). A Finacial analyst, Mr Joe Jackson said although the government is caught in a difficult situation as it seeks to close a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it must also take actions to ...

A former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Shama Constituency, Dr Ato Panford has died. It is not immediately known the cause of his death but MyJoyOnline.com sources say he died this morning. The source said “Uncle Ato”, as he is otherwise called, died at the GPHA Hospital in Takoradi. Dr Panford was the MP for Shama in ...

The 2024 polls will be the most important in the history of Ghana’s politics, former President John Mahama has said in a lecture at Chatham House, London. In December, next year, “what I consider to be the most important elections in Ghana’s history will be held”, he told the audience, adding: “The electioneering period will offer a scope for deeper ...

The Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Richard Ahiagbah has said Ghanaians must support the government in building the economy. He said the government is building long-term economy. “Ghana is building long-term, and it is all coming together! Let’s support the government in regenerating the economy,” he tweeted after the Government of Ghana and the Ghana ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told African countries to collectively institute measures to fight illicit financial flows out of the continent. The president said this while speaking during the closing session of the maiden African Prosperity Dialogues dubbed, ‘the Kwahu Summit’,. “We need to pay serious attention to and arrest illicit financial flow out of the continent which is ...

A delegates-based survey conducted by Outcomes International Ghana and Centre for Sustainable African Development Initiatives (C-SADI) UK has projected Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to win the flagbearer elections of the governing New Patitoc Party (NPP) ahead of the 2024 general elections. the survey stated that Ghana is an emerging democratic country seen as a good example for countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ...

The most preferred candidate for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer position among delegates of the party is Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The Vice President is leading in all 16 regions. The closest contenders to Dr Bawumia are Mr Alan Kyeremanten and Mr Kennedy Agyapong respectively. This is according to a delegates-based survey conducted by Outcomes International Ghana and Centre for ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot accept a situation where New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament are cooperating with Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin when NDC lawmakers are not doing same even though Mr Bagbin is from the NDC, National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said. Addressing the NDC UK/Ireland Chapter during a visit to London after ...

Former Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine is unhappy with the way and manner national executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) changed the leadership of the Minority in Parliament. For him, announcing their removal in a statement without the input of the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) and the lawmakers is an affront to the dignity of the Minority caucus. ...