POLITICS

Professor Stephen Adei, the renowned administrator and educationist has joined the debate on who founded Ghana, saying that there is no reason to celebrate Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first Prime Minister of the country, as the founder of Ghana. According to him, Dr Kwame Nkrumah broke out of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), the first political movement to ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured the chiefs and people of Denkyira Obuasi [now New Obuasi] that his government will not punish them by denying the town of developmental projects following the gruesome killing of Major Maxwell Mahama by residents. According to the President, irrespective of the fact the dastardly murder of the late army officer gave the country a bad ...

The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has urged Ghanaians to promote fabric manufactured in Ghana. According to him, more jobs can be created for the youth within the dress making industry if Ghanaians cultivate the habit of purchasing made-in-Ghana garments. Speaking at the 4th Neskael Corporate Fashion Show launch, Mr. Ayariga said foreign dress makers cash in ...

A former deputy Chief of Staff Valerie Sawyer has urged former President JJ Rawlings to go and help the fight against illegal mining at Denkyira-Boasi now New Boasi, if he has nothing challenging to do. In an epistle addressed to the NDC founder, the media-shy politician accused Rawlings of hypocrisy in his consistent attacks on his predecessors, aside President Akufo-Addo. ...

Anti-corruption crusader and former Attorney General, Martin A.B.K. Amidu has been slammed by the Deputy General Secretary for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Koku Anyidoho over his allegation that ex-President Mahama appointed Charlotte Osei to head the Electoral Commission on grounds of incompetence. Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu strongly believes the erstwhile NDC-led John Mahama administration ...

The Former Deputy Chief of Staff under John Mahama, Valerie Sawyerr threw caution to the wind when she took a swipe at the founder of the National Democratic Congress, Jerry John Rawlings. Reacting to a publication on the recent happenings in the country, she asked why the former President Jerry John Rawlings has remained silent on the corruptions in the ...

Acting Communication Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Adomako Baafi wants the deportation of the party’s 2016 campaign coordinator, Mr Peter Mac Manu from Kenya blamed on former President John Dramani Mahama. The Former President is leading a 15-member Commonwealth Observer Group in Kenya for its elections today August 8, 2017 but the NPP leader believes he conspired ...

The Akufo-Addo Administration should not have expected to inherit a surplus budget from the Mahama administration, Bolgatanga Central MP, Isaac Adongo has said. Such assertions, the MP argued on Eyewitness News, were indicative of a lack of understanding of public finance. His comments on the matter followed President Nana Akufo-Addo recent lamentation over the “huge debts” and “empty coffers” his ...

Senior Minister Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo has warned that government will no longer employ public servants and maybe forced to lay some off because the public sector is choked. The Senior Minister was speaking at the 2017 Ghana Economic Forum on Monday where he said, “the public sector is full in terms of employment [and] we can’t employ anybody in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his seven-month old government is already fulfilling the promises and commitments made in the lead up to the December 2016 elections. According to him, despite the “economic mess” inherited by his administration, he will deliver. He stressed, “when we came into office, we were met with huge debts and no money. It is ...