POLITICS

The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Rasheed Draman has bemoaned the spate of corruption in the country saying it remains a threat to the nation’s peace and security. He is of the view that stiffer punishment for corrupt public officials will eliminate the canker from society. Dr Draman was speaking at the African Parliamentarians Network ...

Good governance and anti-corruption groups have been urged to go beyond throwing allegations in the public to petition relevant bodies with their evidence for conclusive investigations. Veteran journalists Kweku Baako gave this admonition following a raging controversy over claims that state-owned Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation company (BOST) caused financial loss to the state to the tune of GHS30million. The ...

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Afua Akuffo, has refuted allegation of witch-hunting against officials of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration. According to the AG, she is only performing her duties in accordance with the Constitution. Ms Gloria Akuffo made the statement in reaction to views expressed by some members of the NDC following her decision ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Friday, 16 March 2018, launched a biometric membership card to ensure all its members are captured in the party’s data base. According to the party, the moves form part of the reorganisation process aimed at recapturing power. Speaking at the launch, Chairman of the party, Prof Edmund Delle urged all party members to support ...

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP), is considering taking legal action against President Nana Akufo-Addo following the eviction of traders and residents opposite his private Nima residence by National Security operatives. The PPP wants the President to disclose how much he paid to the evicted persons as compensation as well as declare his assets to the public. Speaking a day after ...

Parliament is demanding a policy document on President Akufo-Addo’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ mantra in order to make it the collective vision of the country. The president has been rallying support for self-sustainability where the country would not have to depend on handouts from western countries to champion its economic and industrialization development agenda. “Even if there were no aid fatigue, ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo led administration of collapsing the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). According to the NDC MPs, government has starved GETFund of enough resources contrary to 2.5% of Tax revenue per the Act. “…The GETFund has a mandate and the mandate is established in Act 581 under section 2. [Thus] we need to resource ...

Embattled General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, is full of praise for the Akufo-Addo administration for cracking the whip on alleged corrupt officials in the nation. Contributing to discussions on Peace FM‘s “Kokrokoo” on the legal suit against the former Chief Executive of the Ghana COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and two others, the beleaguered politician ...

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Sam George has described as untenable explanation by the National Security that traders and squatters operating around the private residence of President Nana Akufo-Addo are being evicted because they pose a major security threat to him. “The decision to evict the traders is an aesthetic decision not a national security issue,” he told Francis ...

Member of Parliament for Assin North, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has accused ace broadcaster Abeiku Santana of being corrupt. According to the MP, Abeiku has been involved in several shoddy deals and must be jailed for that. The controversial and outspoken lawmaker further accused the broadcaster of selling a state vehicle to a businessman during the erstwhile John Mahama administration. Speaking ...