POLITICS

By a unanimous decision, the Oslo Court of Appeal, Norway composed of three Justices of Appeal (Pal Morten Andreassen, Irene Sogn and Rolf Ytrehus), has in a judgment dated Tuesday, November 22, dismissed an appeal filed by Messrs. Jongsbru AS, the seller of a property identified by Ghana for use as a chancery building in Oslo, Norway. The Norway Court ...

A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said he is disappointed in both the Minority and Majority for allowing the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to present the 2023 budget when they have all raised issues against him for which they wanted him out of office. Prof Gyampo said the lawmakers failed to appreciate the mandate given to ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has revoked the certificates of seventeen political parties in Ghana. This means that eleven parties are now existing in good standing, the Director of Electoral Services Dr Serebuor Quarcoo said on the Ghana Tonight show with Alfred Ocansey on Monday November 14. “We have 15 new ones who have applied and we are assessing them,” he ...

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, officially inaugurated the Premium Application Center (PAC) in London. This is a premium service to complement the existing consular services provided by the mission. Prior to the establishment of PAC, the ministry, led by Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, in charge of ...

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his Deputy John Kumah must also leave office immediately, a member of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah has said. In his view, Mr Ofori-Atta is not the answer to the economic challenges facing Ghanaians. “Investors don’t have confidence in the economy because of Ofori-Atta,” he said on the Big Issue on TV3 ...

The principle of natural justice will play out properly when the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry who has been sacked by the President, Charles Adu Boahen, gets his day before the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to answer allegations of corruption made against him, a member of the Government’s communication team, Kofi Tontoh has said. Mr Tontoh ...

Vice President Bawumia has announced that he’s committed to embark on a fundraising effort to support the party’s agenda of registering all members to help with its data and membership analyses and shall raise funds for the party membership registration especially with the registration of Polling Station Executives, Electoral Area Coordinators, Constituency Executives, Regional Excutives and National Executive Commmitee. Dr. ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament who earlier called for the the removal of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta have said that their position on the Minister is not the same as the position taken by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Member of Parliament for Effiduase/Asokore, Nana Ayew Afriyie said at a press conference in Parliament on Thursday November 10 that they ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned its members not to exhibit signs of complacency ahead of the 2024 elections. The party contends that all and sundry must contribute as the NDC aims at winning the next polls. Speaking to Citi News after launching his campaign to contest the General Secretary position, Director of Elections for the NDC, Elvis Afriyie ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is asking suffering Ghanaians to blame the myriad of economic hardships on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and not the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. The National Communications Officer of NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, reminded Ghanaians to lay the blame on the president and not his debilitating finance minister while reacting to calls for ...