POLITICS

Atik Mohammed has expressed doubts over the feasibility of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), a government initiative to empower the youth and create employment opportunities. The Nation Builders Corps has been launched by government as part of its measures to bridge the gap between the employed and unemployed in the country. Under this policy, One hundred thousand (100,000) young men ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, has described as weak the argument by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate hopeful, Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah, that party members must elect a candidate who is eligible to serve two terms. Dr. Spio-Gabrah speaking on Morning Starr Thursday urged members of the main opposition party to be particular about ...

An amount of GH₵8.8 million has been released by the government for the payment of the outstanding utility bills of 688 public senior high schools. The amount covers the cost of electricity and water that were supplied to the schools for the first term of the 2017/18 academic year, following the implementation of the free SHS policy. Out of the ...

Ghana’s Second Lady, Samira Bawumia and her Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEPH)  has launched “The Safe Delivery Project” in Salaga, the East Gonja Municipal capital of the Northern Region to fight  the alarming rate of maternal and neonatal mortality in rural communities in Ghana. The Project, launched under the theme: “Promoting Safe Deliveries and Ensuring Healthy Infants”, would provide up ...

Ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday signed contracts with the China National Building Materials Corporation in Accra for the construction of 22 factories under the ‘One District, One Factory (1D1F)’ initiative. The 22 Engineering Procurement and Construction contracts were signed between some Ghanaian business executives, selected district assemblies represented by the ministry of trade and industry and the Chinese contractors. ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has expressed satisfaction with the way his uncle, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is managing the country. According to him, Nana Akufo-Addo is not only fixing the mess left behind by the erstwhile Mahama administration but also growing the economy to create jobs and prosperity. Mr Otchere-Darko’s comment comes after government successfully sold $2 billion worth of ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta Region and a former deputy minister for Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says there will be revolt if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo dares rename the University of Ghana after his uncle, JB Danquah. He says history would have been rewritten by the President. Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ programme, ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has categorically stated that he will resign if he is ever presented with a bill that would legalise homosexuality in the country. The Speaker has on several occasions stated that Ghana will never legalise homosexuality as long as he remains Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament. In a recorded interview with Paul Adom Otchere for ...

The Supreme Court has adjourned the case in which the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has been sued over the $2.25 billion bond issue. The adjournment follows procedural errors by lawyers of the applicants- Dynamic Youth Organisation of Ghana (DYMOG)- who failed to comply with rules on filing agreed memorandum of issues. While the court ordered for all parties in ...

NDC Presidential hopeful Dr. Ekwow Spio Gabrah has said he can run the economy of Ghana without natural resources. According to him, the brain power of Ghanaians is enough for him to successfully manage the state. “Forget the natural resources, even if there are no natural resources and you give me the people of Ghana alone, I can run the ...