POLITICS

All the Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Ashanti Region are under logistical constraint despite measures put in place by the government for the start of the free education policy, Regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei-Mensah has revealed. “With the exception of Kumasi Anglican SHS, St. Louis and Nsutaman in the Sekyere Central, almost all the SHSs in the region are ...

Ghana marked Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day on Thursday with a nation divided on whether the day ought to be used to celebrate Dr Nkrumah as the sole founder or include other past key leaders. This became evident when the day was marked with different series of activities, including press conferences, solidarity marches and youth dialogue. Activities While the Convention People’s ...

The race for who leads the main opposition National Democratic Congress has taken another dimension as supporters of two leading members of the party have subtly ‘outdoored’ ambitions of their political icons to contest for the party’s flag bearer slot. The two leading members, Sylvester Mensah served as Member of Parliament during Jerry John Rawlings administration and as Chief Executive ...

Salaries and benefits of some Chief Executive Officers of some public organisations could be slashed in the coming days if the Finance Ministry is able to rationalize their pay structure. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is concerned that some CEOs are earning thrice more than the President of the Republic. The Ministry is pushing for a scheme to make it ...

Prof Ken Attafuah has said the office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) was in a big mess before he took over as Executive Secretary following his appointment by President Nana Akufo-Addo in January this year. Prof Attafuah said on Tuesday 19 September in an interview that bad leadership from previous managers of the NIA and lack of funds conspired ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as “a waste of time” President’s Akufo-Addo’s decision to move founder’s day from September 21 to August 4. According to Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the move when implemented will amount to changing Ghana’s history in favour of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition. President Akufo-Addo has come under a barrage of attacks after ...

The implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the Akufo-Addo-led government has not reduced the economic challenges facing Ghanaians, John Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu and former Deputy Minister of Power, has said. According to him, the cost of living in Ghana has gone up with the high cost of fuel prices, a situation that ...

There is a figure head in every struggle for independence, and Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the leader who guided Ghana to independence hence must be celebrated as such, Dr Edward Brenya, a political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, has said. “…the truth remains that there was only one President that took Ghana to independence ...

President Akufo-Addo says the African Continent wean itself from foreign aid within the next fifty years if the continent is mindful to implement the AU Agenda 2063. Addressing participants of a World Leader Forum at the 5th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development held at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, President Akufo Addo says African can no longer ...

Senior research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, Dr Kojo Opoku Aiddo, says Ghana’s past achievements and ongoing development cannot be attributed to any singular person or group. He notes that one of the best ways to resolve the ongoing debate about Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s status as the founder of Ghana is to acknowledge that the country’s liberation efforts ...