POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has said the Bank of Ghana’s merger of five local banks is deliberate to collapse huge local banks. The Central Bank on August 1 merged Unibank, The Royal Bank, Sovereign Bank, The Construction Bank and Beige Bank under a new name Consolidated Bank of Ghana Limited. Announcing the move, the governor ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called on Parliament to expedite action on the passage of the 2018/2019 academic year fees for tertiary institutions across the country. According to him, delays in approving the fees will disrupt activities on the academic calendar of universities. Speaking at the 10th Graduation Ceremony of the George Grant University of Mines and Technology at ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked heads of tertiary institutions across the country to make adequate preparations for the intake of Senior High School students benefitting from the Free Senior High School policy initiated by his government. Despite pressure from the opposition to terminate the policy, Akufo-Addo, passionate about the plan to ensure every child has access to education, ...

Barring any last minute changes, President Akufo-Addo will today swear in Jean Adukwei Mensa as the new chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Graphic Online has gathered. Also to be sworn into office today is Mr. Samuel Tettey and Dr. Eric Asare Bossman as the two deputies and Ms. Adwoa Asuama Abrefa as a member of the Electoral Commission. The appointment ...

A former Diplomat, James Victor Gbeho, has rallied National Democratic Congress (NDC) to support the candidature of Prof. Joshua Alabi to become the flagbearer of the party going into the 2020 elections. “My brother (Hon Ken Dzirasah) and I sat down one afternoon by the riverside in Sogakope. We thought a lot about our party. We thought a lot about ...

Information Minister Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has asked the public to ignore Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s opinion that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy be reviewed to target the poor while the rich are made to pay for their children’s second-cycle education. According to him, the vision of President Nana Akufo-Addo is a free-for-all SHS programme and that is what ...

Organization is about effective and judicious management of resources to coordinate activities to achieve positive and appealing results. At this crucial moment we found ourselves in opposition, party field operator must not be synonymous to bankruptcy. Field operator for the world bank of the NDC, must be someone who is highly connected within and outside the country to be able ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has expressed worry over investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ constant use of beads as a way of masking himself. “We have begun the court processes and I am ever ready to meet Anas in court. The only problem I have with Anas is his constant use of hood even in the court. ...

President Akufo-Addo has declared that his family is not corrupt despite a conspiracy by some of his political opponents to portray them as such. According to Akufo-Addo, he did not come into public service to enrich himself, adding that members of his family are not involved in anything untoward. Renewing his vow to protect the public purse at the Internal ...

The government has justified its decision to exchange Ghana’s bauxite for two billion worth of infrastructure from China in spite of opposition from the minority. The agreement which was approved by Parliament last week saw stiff opposition from the minority who argued the facility was a loan and must be captured as such. The said facility would be in exchange ...