POLITICS

Former president JJ Rawlings has also expressed his reservations over the choice of words used by President Akufo-Addo in his address to the nation on the Ghana – US defense cooperation agreement. President Akufo-Addo has come under heavy public backlash for describing those against the deal as naysayers, cynics and hypocrites. “And how else would we have exposed the unspeakable ...

It appears the Deputy Information Minister, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, has not taken kindly to former President John Mahama’s mocking of current president Nana Akufo-Addo. At the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Unity Walk in the Upper West Region, Mr. Mahama described President Akufo-Addo and his administration as super incompetent. He noted that the Akufo-Addo government might need a miracle from ...

Former president John Mahama has warned supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to desist from casting aspersions on the party’s founder. Mr. Jerry John Rawlings has come under heavy public backlash over his loud silence or delayed response on national issues since the New Patriotic Party assumed office, contrary to his vociferous attacks on the Mills and Mahama administrations. ...

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for bringing relief to Ghanaian electricity consumers and the industry, with the reduction of electricity tariffs which took effective April 1, 2018. He noted it was heartening that the PURC had taken forward the proposal by the government for a review of the tariff setting methodology and cost ...

Outspoken Political Scientist Prof. Ransford Gyampo has described as unnecessary President Akufo-Addo’s emotionally fiery defense of the controversial military agreement between Ghana and the United States of America. According to him, even though he subscribed to the President’s unflinching resolve to expose the hypocrisy of the opposition regarding the agreement, he erred in his choice of language. “The president in ...

The Vice President of policy think tank, IMANI, Kofi Bentil, has said President Akufo-Addo did not specifically deal with nagging issues in the Ghana-US military co-operation agreement in his Thursday night address. “I agree that honestly the President is within his rights to do these things. My initial problems still remains,” Mr Bentil said in a radio interview with Joy ...

The Minister of Information, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, says the government has paid more than GH¢40 million of the arrears it owes members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT). The government currently owes NAGRAT members more than GH?50 million in salary arrears, vehicle maintenance allowances, transfer grants and transport and travel allowances since 2013. Confirming the payment to the ...

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia says his party is appalled by the insulting response by President Akufo-Addo on the controversial US-Ghana military pact Thursday night. For him, the President was intolerant with his reaction on the deal, as he sought to discredit the “genuine concerns” Ghanaians had with the agreement. President Akufo-Addo ...

University of Ghana lecturer Professor Ransford Gyampo has commended President Akufo-Addo over his Thursday night address on the controversial military deal between Ghana and the United States. According to the outspoken lecturer, the President deserves a 70% mark for the speech which largely threw shots at the opposition National Democratic congress. “Mr President, I am happy you have spoken on ...

President Akufo-Addo has affirmed in no uncertain terms, that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.” He was emphatic that, “the U.S. has not made any request for such consideration and, consistent with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request.” In an address ...