POLITICS

Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, nephew to President Nana Akufo-Addo, has said he is not stupid enough to undermine Asante monarch Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as being alleged by the revered traditional leader. At the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi recently, the furious Asante monarch is said to have specifically named Mr Otchere-Darko and the president’s Executive Secretary Nana Asante Bediatuo, as ...

A Deputy Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Bright Wereko-Brobby said the breakdown of the over one million jobs government has created, was released just to assure Ghanaians that the unemployment situation in the country “is not that bleak” and that “people were already getting jobs.” But when asked about the details for some jobs like their descriptions and timelines on ...

New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has taken former president John Dramani Mahama to the cleaners for asking illegal miners popularly known as “galamseyers” to vote against incumbent NPP in 2020 elections because they have been thrown out of jobs. According to him, he is very disappointed that the former ...

Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commended churches and other religious bodies for their contribution to actualizing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid. Citing the Church of Pentecost as an example of indigenous churches that have, through their own homegrown resources, provided a wide range of infrastructure being utilized by countless Ghanaians, Dr Bawumia underscored ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia says there is nothing the party can do about a decision by some 13 executives in the Eastern Region to resign. Mr Nketia explained after a press conference in Accra on Wednesday 2 May 2018 that if the disgruntled individuals petition the national leadership concerning the matter “we ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has described as “mediocre” the setting up of a 10-man committee to oversee the actualisation of President Akufo-Addo’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ vision. Akufo-Addo announced the constitution of the committee Tuesday in a speech during the May Day celebration at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The committee to be headed ...

In a bid to fight illegal mining popularly called galamsey in Ghana, ex-president John Mahama amended the mining law, by criminalizing illegal small scale mining and proffering arrests and prosecution of offenders. He, however, suspended the anti-galamsey taskforce which he set up to arrest illegal small-scale miners and prosecutors. At the end of his tenure in 2016, illegal small-scale mining ...

Starr News has exclusively obtained a list of the one million jobs that the government boasts to have created upon assumption of office some 16 months ago. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations claims the government has created close to two million jobs so far. Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah disclosed on Tuesday at the launch of the Nation Builders’ Corps ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that as his administration seeks to establish a world-class labour force comparable to any in the world, concerns of workers in the public sector over their remuneration must be addressed. It is for this reason that an Inter-Ministerial Committee has been established by the Ministries of Employment and Labour Relations and Finance to ...

Aspiring candidates who are seeking to contest the national chairmanship position in the upcoming national elections in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are expected to pay an amount of GHc10, 000. Candidates vying for the Vice Chairmanship position are expected to pay an amount of GHc8, 000. Those who will contest as Youth Organizers and Nasara Coordinators will pay GHc3, ...