POLITICS

Ningo Prampram MP, Sam George has described Gabby Otchere-Darko’s riposte to ex-Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo’s condemnation of government’s domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP) as a ‘family fight’. But according to Sam George, even though the disagreement between the former Chief Justice and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart is a family affair, the public must get involved due to ...

South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor has said the government has not been able to provide data on the actual number of investors involved in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. He questioned the source of the government’s claim that the programme has reached 80 per cent participation. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, had targeted over 80 percent participation amid agitations ...

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akufo has fired back at the President’s cousin, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, describing him as a “disturbance.” The former CJ who picketed the Finance Ministry again on Tuesday said she is busy with life and “I don’t have time for things like that. People like that are not important to me or my life…” She said Mr ...

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo says the President’s cousin, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, can call her paranoid regarding the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) but she cares less. She does not appear satisfied with the justifications given by the Finance Ministry for the inclusion of pensioners in the debt exchange programme. Madam Akuffo is back at the premises of the ...

Regular readers would recall a recent tweet about whispers floating around Accra’s political alleys about the role of fixers and go-betweens in Ghana’s Vice President’s vaunted “Gold for Oil” initiative. A bit earlier, we explored the merits and prospects of the whole Gold for Oil program in some detail. When the above tweet was made, the Chamber of Bullion Traders, a gold ...

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko, has criticised the former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo for joining her colleague pensioners to picket the Finance Ministry on Friday. The cousin of President Akufo-Addo, in a series of tweets on Sunday, said the former Chief Justice should have taken the time to understand issues pertaining to the ongoing ...

The convener of the Individual Bond Holders Association of Ghana (IBHAG) has commended former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo for participating in the Debt Exchange Programme protest. Martin Kpebu says the action of the former Chief Justice shows her love for the public good. According to him, Ghana will become a better country if more statesmen and women speak up against ...

The National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mark Ewusi, has lauded investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni for his recent exposé but indicated that pointing fingers at the sector minister as directly complicit is “absurd” and “untrue”. Mr Ewusi insists that findings of such works should be based on truthfulness rather than destroying the reputations of state officials. ...

The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has been told to sound appealing to pensioners to accept their inclusion in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). A Finacial analyst, Mr Joe Jackson said although the government is caught in a difficult situation as it seeks to close a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it must also take actions to ...

A former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Shama Constituency, Dr Ato Panford has died. It is not immediately known the cause of his death but MyJoyOnline.com sources say he died this morning. The source said “Uncle Ato”, as he is otherwise called, died at the GPHA Hospital in Takoradi. Dr Panford was the MP for Shama in ...