POLITICS

The Second deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has described as untrue, claims by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that confidence has been restored to the National Health Insurance Scheme. Delivering the second State of the Nation address last week, the president noted that hospitals no longer collect extra monies from patients as used to be the case in the ...

Stephen Kwaku Asare a US-based legal practitioner and an accounting professor has backed calls for the revocation of the appointment of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu over his age as Special Prosecutor. In a series of Facebook posts, Prof Kwaku Azar, as he is also known called on President Nana Akufo Addo not to corrupt ...

President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Special Prosecutor, and former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has urged Ghanaians to remain calm as he faces Parliament’s appointment committee this week to be vetted for the position. In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, Martin Amidu, who wished to have all his supporters attend the vetting apologized that only a few could be invited due to ...

The Chief Justice Her Ladyship Sophia Akuffu has expressed the need for broader consultation between government, parents and education experts on the Free Senior High School Education policy to ensure its survival and sustenance. According to her, it will require not only dialogue but sacrifices and commitment on the part of parents and guardians by stepping up in meeting shared ...

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his appreciation to his wife, Samira Bawumia, for caring for him when he was ill and took a sick leave. According to him, although he had nurses around him, Samira was the “chief nurse”. “She seized all my phones and made sure I was resting,” Dr Bawumia told congregants of the International Central Gospel ...

The committee set up by the Chief Justice to investigate the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies for abuse of office, conflict of interest and alleged corruption, resumes sitting today with the parties likely to argue their cases. The committee last week postponed sitting to today after preliminary issues were raised in the case ...

President Akufo Addo will today [Monday] assess the performance of his Ministers of State for the one year they have been in office. The President is expected to have face-to-face conversations with each of his appointees in an appraisal. The evaluation sessions will have the Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, and the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Opare also in ...

The outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region Kennedy Agyapong has revealed that recent attacks on the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta are a deliberate move by the Minority MPs to tarnish his image in order to spite President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He explained that the Minority MPs see the Finance ...

The outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has threatened to expose some twenty-two National Democratic Congress(NDC) MPs who were paid double salaries during the erstwhile Mahama led administration. Akompreko as he is affectionately called dropped the hint while speaking on Oman FM’s political analysis programme Boiling Point on Thursday ...

A statement presented to Parliament by the Gender Minister, Otiko Djaba about state of alleged witches in camps across the Northern Region has drawn backlash from aid agencies including ActionAid Ghana. ActionAid is questioning whether the minister understands correctly their operations in the various camps. Ms Djaba reported to parliament on January 25th, that despite efforts to shut down witch ...