POLITICS

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has disclosed that government has given the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) the clearance to hire 200 auditors to make sure that safety standards are complied with at all gas stations across the country. Speaking after the inauguration of the governing board of the Ghana Gas on Monday, Mr. Agyarko stated that incidents of gas explosions are ...

There’s no doubt in our minds that the minister for power, Boakye Agyarko, remains one of the most forceful and popular ministers in the Akufo-Addo administration but the recent gas explosion at the Atomic Junction in Accra just revealed some subtle issues between the president and the minister. Taking a closer look at that very picture where Nana Addo was ...

A former Environment Minister in the John Mahama administration has disclosed that a lot of political pressure was brought to bear on him, which affected his fight against illegal siting of filling stations. As a result, Mahama Ayariga said he was unable to close down a few more illegally sited gas and petrol stations. “It is a major problem and ...

Government is expected to launch the restoration of the monthly allowance for trainee nurses today, October 10 in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo region, after an announcement last week. The allowance which was cancelled by the Mahama administration in 2014 became a key element of the Akufo-Addo campaign igniting interest among nurses and parents. A statement announcing the launch said “The ministry ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Korle Klottey constituency, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has expressed sadness over the loss of lives following a gas explosion in Accra. Seven people are dead and 132 others have sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred on Saturday, October 7 at Atomic Junction near Madina in Accra. “My sincere condolences go ...

The cause of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) defeat at the 2016 polls must be blamed on ‘con groups’ whose primary interest was to prosecute a personal agenda at variance with the overall objective of the party, Communications Officer Solomon Nkansah has said. According to him, his office cannot absolve itself of the blame because the party lacked good communicators ...

The Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has bemoaned the growing indiscipline at the BAR of Ghana as she charges newly enrolled lawyers to be of good behavior. According to Justice Akuffo, the high level of indiscipline amongst lawyers in Ghana is alarming and disappointing. Addressing 208 newly enrolled lawyers to the Ghana BAR at the enrollment ceremony held at the Banquet ...

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his life has been about having big dreams for the poor but his attempts to actualise those aspirations have been met with sharp criticisms every step of the way. “I have always been criticised in whatever I do in Ghana,” he told a cheering crowd in Bolgatanga, the Upper East regional capital, when ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied authoring several posts on Facebook attributed to him on social media. The office of the former president in a statement said Mr. Rawlings has only one official Facebook account: https://web.facebook.com/President.J.J.Rawlings/, rejecting several publications by fraudulent persons on some Facebook pages attributed to him. “All other Facebook accounts or pages purporting to be official ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed how the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s contract worth about GH¢4.6 billion ($1.2 billion) is going to be executed by President Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for less than $4 million. The multi-billion dollar project involved the establishment of a national switch to make mobile money payments and other transfers interoperable ...