The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the performance of the Ghanaian economy in 2017, is a vindication of the decision taken to appoint 110 Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State. Citing a quote from the speech of the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, at at Legon, at the opening of the New Year School, President ...
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My appointees are not corrupt – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has stated that his 110 ministers are performing well despite criticisms from a section of the public. Answering a question on whether he will cut down his 110 ministers at a media encounter at the Flagstaff House to mark his first year in office, the president said “So far, I believe that my government is performing well. You ...
Read More »EC saga: More chaos if Akufo-Addo continues to be sluggish – PPP
The Progressive People’s Party(PPP) has underscored the need for all three Commissioners under investigation at the Election Management Body(EMB) to step aside saying there is no guarantee for a credible investigation with the current situation where the other two Commissioners are at post. The PPP wants President Akufo-Addo to pay heed to its earlier position and invoke article 146 of ...
Read More »‘I’m not conspiring with gays’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he is not conspiring with the LGBTQI community to promote homosexuality in Ghana. Mr Akufo-Addo generated controversy in Ghana after he told Aljazeera in an interview that the legalisation of homosexuality was bound to happen in Ghana even though it is currently not an agenda on the plate. In that interview, he also ...
Read More »NPP vigilantism ‘disgraceful’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has described as “disgraceful”, various acts of hooliganism that plagued his first year in office. Speaking to journalists at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday, 17 January, as part of his second encounter with the media, the president said: “I should not omit from this accounting the disgraceful behaviour of some members of my party, the New Patriotic ...
Read More »Contracts Were Inflated Under Mahama – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said his government has started paying contractors who did ‘honest’ work under the Mahama administration. He said investigations by his administration has uncovered that some of the contracts were inflated while others were nonexistent. Nonetheless, the president said, he has heeded to calls to make payments to the contractors. Addressing journalists at the flagstaff House Wednesday as ...
Read More »NDC will implement recommendations of UG survey – Anyidoho
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says may implement suggestions and recommendations of the survey conducted by the University of Ghana Political Science Department. “We find it useful and we will implement some suggestions and recommendations coming out”, Deputy General Secretary in charge of operations, Koku Anyidoho revealed. “We are not throwing it into a dustbin. We find it very ...
Read More »Don’t Praise-Sing Akufo-Addo Today – Sikanku To Journalists
Communications lecturer Dr. Etse Sikanku has urged journalists who will make it to the Flagstaff House today to avoid sycophantic questions as they engage President Akufo-Addo on his first year in office. He said the media must, instead, query the President on relevant issues that matter to the Ghanaian people. “The media meeting the President is a rare communication tool ...
Read More »NPP outdoors reviewed constitution to address strife, internal crisis
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has made some amendments in its constitution targeted at eliminating strife and internal crisis. Acting NPP General Secretary, John Boadu, has explained the changes were contained in proposals made by members and duly adopted by the party at its Congress in December last year. At a news conference to outdoor the amended constitution Tuesday, ...
Read More »Martin Amidu resigns from NDC
Former Attorney General and current candidate for the newly established position of Special Prosecutor,Martin Amidu, has reportedly relinquished his NDC (National Democratic Congress) membership. According to a report published by mynewsgh.com, Mr. Martin Amidu, a founding member of the main opposition NDC, has reportedly handed in his resignation from the political party in preparation of his formal assumption of the ...
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