POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has been suspended by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA). His suspension follows his attack on a TMA engineer who was supervising the flattening of unauthorised structures erected on the shoulders of a road in Tema. The TMA had ordered the engineer to pull down the structures because they were hindering movement ...

The government has cited the Minority MPs for conscious, systematic efforts designed to create negative public sentiments against especially the Finance Minister. According to Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the National Democratic Congress Members of Parliament in a series of news conferences, have consistently levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. The ...

Member of Parliament for Buem in the Volta Region, Hon Daniel Ashiamah has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party of orchestrating ways to restrict the number of people to be admitted into the free senior high school program. According to him, the change in the placement system where students who were not placed are to do manual selection from a ...

The host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere has launched a spirited defense against criticisms that he has been “compromised”. The Broadcast Journalist dedicated part of his programme on his Show to attack investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni and to also defend Jospong Group of Companies following an on-going exposé of alleged scandals involving the company. His outbursts ...

Even before the much–touted Free Senior High School is fully rolled out as part of the campaign promise of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), would-be beneficiaries of the policy have become indifferent. A barrage of frustrations that have characterized the implementation of the exercise has made Free SHS a turn-off. In the wake of the Ministry of Education, through ...

Musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Obeng Asare known in showbiz as A Plus has launched a scathing attack at a Presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe hurling abusive words at him. A Plus soon after giving his statement to police investigators on corruption allegations leveled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff at the presidency, went ...

The idea of charging some fee, so that vehicles which break down on our roads and highways would be removed immediately they happen, can no longer be postponed — it is, as the saying goes, an idea whose time has come. You do not usually find the NDC and the NPP agreeing to anything. But in this rare case, both ...

The government has cited the Minority MPs for conscious, systematic efforts designed to create negative publicity for especially the Finance Minister. According to Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the National Democratic Congress Members Parliament in a series of news conferences, have consistently levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. But Member for ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will officially roll out its flagship free senior high Sschool (SHS) educational programme with a launch on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. But the Founder and 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has observed that the free SHS programme currently under implementation by the NPP is not consistent ...

James Kwabena Bomfeh, a youth activist, has withdrawn a petition he filed against Assin Central MP, Ken Agyapong, citing Parliament’s lack of interest in the matter. On 19th April, 2017, Mr. Bomfeh petitioned Parliament “to cause an inquiry into certain reckless and reprehensible conduct of the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong.” However, the petitioner is convinced ...