POLITICS

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has berated ministers whose personal interests are overriding that of the government to pull the brakes. The NPP member has decried how some ministers under the Akufo-Addo government are being distracted by their future ambition at the expense of performing for the government to succeed. The influential member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare ...

The Ministry of Energy is to conduct engineering survey to determine how to supply off-grid electricity to some communities in the Abirem Constituency. This has become necessary because of the difficulty in connecting them to the national grid. The Sector Minister, Boakye Agyarko, announced this when answering a question on the floor of Parliament on Thursday. The Member of Parliament ...

The wife of the late former Vice President, Matilda Amissah-Arthur has slammed “wicked” politicians who maligned and peddled falsehood about his husband. Delivering a tribute at the funeral service of the late Vice President Kwasi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, at the International Conference Centre, Accra, the former second lady said she is surprised by the love shown by the same people who ...

The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has urged the government of Ghana to turn a blind eye to the request of Nigerians in Ghana for an amendment of Section 27 (1) of the GIPC Law of the GIPC Act which prohibits foreigners from operating in the retail business sector. According to the former Minister of State in ...

Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has called on members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to rescind their decision to embark on strike. “I am requesting them to untie the red bands and lower the red flags [because] we are working towards the welfare of UTAG,” he told Citi News. UTAG, on ...

Former Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has expressed fears that the double tracking system for students who will be admitted into SHS1 in September for the 2018/2019 academic year may not yield positive results as it’s likely to impact negatively on the students education. Government has announced that it is set to roll out a double Tracking ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has eulogised the late former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur describing him as a “true son of Ghana”. Mr Rawlings said, as an economist, Mr Amissah-Arthur exercised his duties with dignity and a good sense of humility. Mr Rawlings in a tribute said he realised Mr Amissah-Arthur was not a person to be regarded lightly when ...

President of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is calling on Ghanaians to help grow the economy by banking with indigenous banks such as GN Bank. The Business magnate made this appeal in his Facebook post, adding that shareholders of GN Bank are “long-term investors” who are into banking to support “Ghana’s development”. He confirmed that shareholders of GN Bank ...

The remains of the late Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur will finally be laid to rest today at the Military Cemetery at Burma Camp. Family, friends, dignitaries, as well as members of the general public, are attending the burial service for the late statesman. After the service which is expected to end around midday, the funeral cortege would go through ...

The Privileges Committee of Parliament has recommended sanctions against the Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong over his claims that Parliament is cheap. The committee in its report after the public hearing of the member last week said: “ The committee has carefully considered the matter in the light of the totality of the evidence gathered and in accordance ...