POLITICS

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has assured Liberia that Ghana is ready to share experiences as they seek to move on from the devastating war. The ties between Ghana and Liberia will also be strengthened as the two nations explore ways to share knowledge and help meet the aspirations of their citizens, Dr. Bawumia stressed when the Vice President of ...

The World Bank has commended the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, over their efforts at introducing a policy that aims to economically empower women, Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) and the youth through the award of government contracts. The Ministry of Public ...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has told President Akufo-Addo and other African leaders attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in London that it is wrong for homosexuals to be persecuted for their sexual orientation. She said her country is therefore ready to help African countries to reform their laws to accommodate the interest of homosexuals. While acknowledging efforts being ...

Member of Parliament for Ada East constituency, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, is alleging that some appointees in the current administration are guilty of receiving double rent. She said some of them are reportedly receiving accommodation allowances while occupying state bungalows. Mrs. Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah’s comments follow the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)’s decision to investigate some former appointees of the erstwhile Mahama administration ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told investors and business leaders from the UK that Ghana is the ideal place in the West African region to invest and conduct business. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, a country where the principles of democratic accountability are now firmly entrenched in its body politic, and ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama will soon announce his candidature for the flagbearership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said. “Mahama will soon announce his candidature and I am sure it will be a good one. NPP is only tricking people with their policies and so we have to save them. John Mahama is a prophet ...

The National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed the latest Afrobarometer survey report casting a bleak shadow over the party. The September 2017 survey reveals that whilst 49% of those surveyed said they would vote for the NPP if elections were held tomorrow, only 22% said they would vote for the NDC. The findings are detailed ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 16th April, 2018, met with the leader of the UK’s Labour Party and leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, MP, on the side-lines of the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, currently ongoing in the United Kingdom. In the meeting, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana and the United Kingdom continue to maintain ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the outbreak of the Ebola virus in three West African countries affected tourism in several other West African countries. Mr Mahama noted that “when Ebola struck recently in three of our sister countries in the sub-region, it affected tourism arrivals in all our countries”. He explained that this was because “when the ...

Brong Ahafo Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, says President Akufo-Addo will serve two terms in office. Mr. Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC believes President Akufo-Addo will retire at 91-years, same as ex-Zimbabwean President Mugabe will be succeeded by another NPP government. “Nana Addo has made the presidency an envy of many. There is no way ...