POLITICS

Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka was compelled to withdraw a comment in Parliament that President Akufo-Addo has deceived Ghanaians. The Asawase National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP had said although the President promised to scrap a 2015 petroleum tax, his government is now only seeking to reduce it. This he said is deception. “What word should I use to describe ...

Ashanti regional Communications Director for the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Osei Kofi Acquah is shocked President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Special Prosecutor, Martin A. B.K Amidu settled on former President Jerry John Rawlings as his referee. He disclosed that the former President is a bad example and therefore saw no need for Mr Amidu to have relied on such a person ...

An aspiring presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), who doubles as the 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament and the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West, Alban Sumani Kingsford Bagbin has said whether he wins the 2020 elections as president or not he will work for the development of democracy in Ghana. According to Hon. Bagbin, he believes ...

Ghana is a broke country, but the government has failed to disclose to Ghanaians, the true state of the finances, Energy Expert Ishmeal Agyekumhene has claimed. Reacting to issues regarding government’s proposal for a 2 per cent reduction in the Special Petroleum Tax on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show Thursday, Mr. Agyakumhene explained government lacks the finances to run the county, ...

National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Kofi Adams says Mr. Martin Amidu cannot resign from the party on Television. According to him, he should officially write to the party to notify them about his resignation from the party. Mr. Kofi Adams who disclosed this on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia programme, explained that Mr. Martin Amidu is ...

Private legal practitioner and broadcaster Samson Lardy Anyenini says Special Prosecutor nominee Martin Amidu should have apologised to North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa after he wrongly accused him of authoring an article he found offensive. According to the Multimedia broadcaster, the refusal of Mr. Amidu to apologize over the impasse takes a lot from him. The former attorney general ...

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said Minority legislators on the Appointments Committee only resolved to be fair to Martin Amidu before his vetting for the Special Prosecutor position. This is contrary to suggestions from the MP for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, who said the Minority reached a decision to pass him before Tuesday’s vetting. Mr. Ayariga had said ...

The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu was wrong to indicate during his vetting that one’s biological children are no longer your children after they became adults, Lawyer Samson Ayennni has said. The former Attorney General answering questions at the Appointment’s Committee of Parliament Tuesday opined that his children are now his adult companions and no longer his children. His comments sparked ...

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Senior adviser to the President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Amoako Tuffour says suspended officials of the party cannot contest for positions in the party. “No suspended official of the party can vie for any position, just as the Acting General Secretary said earlier”, Mr. Tuffour told Nhyira Fm ...

Law Professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has sent a strong warning to President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Attorney-General over a suit challenging the nomination of Martin Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor. Professor Asare says the suit filed by former Deputy Attorney-General and MP for Bolgatanga East, Dr Dominic Ayine, asking the Supreme Court to declare the nomination of Mr Amidu, ...