POLITICS

Former Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parlaiment (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he has it on authority that, some students in one of second cycle institutions in Cape Coast are pregnant as a result of the Free Senior High School policy. Since the rolling out of the policy more than three months ago, the minority side ...

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has said the president’s endorsement of the Jospong Group of Companies cannot be right if the alleged corrupt deeds of Joseph Siaw Agyapong’s company are found to be true. He said it will be inappropriate for the president to be seen to be endorsing a wrong doer. “It’s certainly not right. It will give the wrong ...

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo has served notice that the days of all those who wronged the country through various acts of corruption are numbered. Addressing a forum to launch this year’s national anti-corruption and transparency week in Accra, Osafo-Marfo disclosed that government’s investigations into various acts of corruption perpetrated against the state are far advanced and that names of ...

The Volta Regional capital HO will be the venue for this years 36th anniversary of the 31st December Revolution under the theme “Uniting around the principles of probity, accountability and social justice.” Former President Flt lt. Jerry John Rawlings stated that the event will feature a route March and a durbar of chiefs and people as well as wreath laying ...

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, says the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the party, Samuel Pyne is happy to serve on the board of Kumasi Abattoir. Samuel Pyne and Communications director Kwasi Kyei have been appointed to the board of the Kumasi abattoir. According to sources within the party, Mr. Pyne is not enthused about ...

National Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Speaking to Kwame Tutu on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Kofi Adams called on the president to think before he speaks. Kofi Adams was reacting to President Nana Addo Dankwa’s claims that the NDC as a party, can be ...

The Minority in Parliament has hinted that it will resist the approval of the 2018 budget on Tuesday, December 5. The NDC MPs have maintained that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta breached the public finance management act in the presentation of the mid-year budget review. Speaking at a workshop for parliamentary press corps, Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu disclosed that his ...

Members of the late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama’s family have expressed their gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for honouring their beloved kinsman. Farouk Mahama, son of the late veep, who spoke on behalf of the family, stated, “The Alhaji Aliu Mahama family, from the bottom of our hearts, thank President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. “President Akufo-Addo has ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy does not need any legal backing to make it functional, but rather the political will and the required budgetary allocations to sustain it. According to the vice president, the policy has come to stay and that the Akufo-Addo government will ensure its sustenance. Dr. Bawumia ...

President Akufo-Addo’s quest to see Africa taken beyond aid was once again on full display, after his latest speech sent a strong word to the Western world. Akufo-Ado hosted France President Emmanuel Macron last week, with the pair meeting to discuss matters ranging from unity, investment and partnership building. However, the part that caught the eyes of many was when ...