POLITICS

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for the complete annihilation of structures that facilitate inequality at all levels in “our individual societies.” “We cannot speak of the ‘Common Good’ if we turn our backs to our neighbour in their time of dire need. We cannot turn our backs to oppression in any form; to genocide or ethnic cleansing. We ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has revealed that he inherited a debt of GH? 51 million when he was appointed in February last year. He said, the accounts of the Ministry was in the red when he took over from his predecessor Nii Lantey Vanderpuije, who was the last sports minister under the eight-year tenure of ...

The Minority in Parliament has vowed to haul the Minister of State in charge of Procurement to the floor to answer questions on the purchase of some used vehicles at the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC). The Dome Kwabenya MP is expected on the floor this week following a question filed by Ashaiman MP Ernest Norgbe. In an interview ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says there is nothing wrong with the President compensating shop owners and traders around his private residence for their relocation. According to him, the President didn’t have plans to relocate the traders but it became necessary due to the security implications of their operations. “I have ...

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that a chieftain of deposed National Democratic Congress (NDC) will soon be put before court over $6 million ‘bribe’ he allegedly received while serving in government. The top NDC figure, who was a chief executive of a cash-soaked state agency, is said to have received the $6 million for award of contract to supply some ...

Firebrand Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, wants officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to be sacked by the government. He alleged that NACOB officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are being ‘controlled’ by elements that have sinister motives against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and as a result, ...

President Akufo-Addo is back in Accra after attending the International Solar Alliance, ISA,Summit in New Dehli, India.The Summit which was attended by 25 Heads of States and Government provided a dedicated platform for co-operation amongst solar resource rich countries, aimed at realising “the common goals of increasing the use of solar energy in meeting the energy needs of ISA member ...

The Akufo-Addo government is determined to continue infrastructure projects began by previous administrations to ensure Ghanaians enjoy the full benefits of such expenditure, the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. Dr. Bawumia added that government will also revive projects began by the Kufuor administration that were abandoned by the Mills and Mahama governments, especially housing projects, in order to ...

Ghana Cocoa Board may struggle to fully pay back loans of $1.3 billion as this season’s harvest will likely be smaller than first anticipated, according to the head of the industry regulator. The world’s second-biggest grower signed for the loans with lenders such as Credit Agricole SA and Natixis SA prior to the start of the annual harvest in October ...

A former Deputy Minister of Communication in the Mahama administration, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, has described the compensation package for traders near the president’s private residence ahead of their eviction as woefully inadequate. Describing the development as insensitive, he called on Akufo-Addo to reverse the planned eviction exercise and move to the constitutionally designated Flagstaff House. Speaking on Eyewitness News on ...