POLITICS

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed shock over the sudden death of popular Ghanaian broadcaster Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong of Asempa FM. The host of late afternoon political show, ‘Eko Sii Sen’, who is affectionately called KABA passed on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having been rushed there over an illness. In a short tribute ...

A memorial service for Kwadwo Asare-Baffuor Acheampong (KABA), who passed away on Saturday has come to a close. KABA was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he had been rushed after he suddenly fell sick early Saturday, November 18. He was 37 years old. A book of condolence has been opened at the Front Desk ...

The New Patriotic Party in the Northern region has suspended four of its communicators including a senior member over the raging row regarding the Ghana School Feeding programme. Yussif Danjumah and three members of the party’s regional auxiliary communications group, The Young Patriots, have been sanctioned for having secret meetings with national authorities of the Programme who were in the ...

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Director of Research at the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), Dr Kwame Amoako Tuffuor has admitted that the free Senior High School (SHS) is fraught with numerous challenges and the earlier government addresses them better for it. He revealed on Kumasi-based Abusua Fm that he wept after seeing the ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the government cannot afford to rely on voluntary contributions to fund education, particularly free SHS, as projections for those funds may not materialize. The government announced that it would set up a fund to receive voluntary contributions from individuals to support the implementation ...

A staff at the office of former President John Mahama has revealed that his boss intends filing to contest the 2020 flagbearership race of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when nominations open. Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, who is also a former MCE for Obuasi, said those who work with the former president are aware of his intentions and are ...

Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekow Spio-Garbrah, has questioned the capabilities of the current government’s appointees to run their various offices. Commenting on the 2018 budget presented to Parliament on Wednesday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful said although the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has access to more public funds than all his predecessors, he struggles to balance ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected moves by the Akufo-Addo administration to reduce the cost of electricity in the country. On Wednesday, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced in parliament while presenting the 2018 budget statement christened, “Edwuma Budget,” that government intended to cut power tariffs as a way of putting cash into the pockets of the masses. ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has said the 2018 budget is riddled with so many inaccuracies and unrealistic targets that it cannot be shown to the International Monetary Fund – which is in a credit facility arrangement with Ghana. According to him, the promise by the finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta that the budget will provide 100,000 ...

The Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa-Djaba, has described child marriage and similar outmoded practices as a dishonour to the country. Speaking at the commemoration event of the Campaign on accelerated reduction of maternal mortality in Africa (CARMMA), the Minister said more needs to be done in terms of sensitization in order to stop child marriage in the ...