POLITICS

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei has described a petition by some unidentified persons of the EC asking for her removal as “frivolous, baseless” and actuated by “malice and ill will”. Some aggrieved staff of the commission on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in a petition to president Akufo-Addo called for the removal of Mrs. Osei because she ...

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei, has said allegations of fraud and financial malfeasance levelled against her by a group of staff of the commission through a petition to the president, are “bogus”, “frivolous”, “lies” and “baseless”. The petition by the staff was filed with President Nana Akufo-Addo and asked for investigations into allegations of fraud and ...

The verdict of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on the performance of the six-month-old government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was that of a failed one. In a press conference addressed by the leader and chairman of the party Kofi Portuphy, he spoke about the state of affairs attributing the current lawlessness in the country to the Akufo-Addo government. ...

Mr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Volta River Authority, has stated that government ought to dismiss a recent petition against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Madam Charlotte Osei. Over the last couple of days reports have emerged stating that Electoral Commission staff had issued a petition to President Nana Akufo Addo asking the ...

Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress Kofi Porturphy says the NPP government is “drowning in a quick sand of corruption”. The former NADMO boss made the remarks in Accra Thursday when he addressed the press on the performance of the Akufo-Addo government six months after assumption of office. “The embarrassment engulfing the ‘Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government’ is becoming too much. They ...

Former Lands and Natural Resources Minister under the John Mahama government, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has responded to a question deferred to him by President Nana Akufo-Addo, regarding whether Ghana is safe or not. The oppositional National Democratic Congress’ Member of Parliament for Tamale Central was criticised for failing to inform his predecessor, Nii Osa-Mills until his party was kicked out of power. A ...

The opposition NDC has demanded full disclosure on the President’s travel expenses which it says are a drain on the public purse. The NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy said at a press conference Thursday, Ghanaians deserves to know how much is paid to his entourage as per diems during official travels. He accused the president of doing “exactly the opposite” ...

Ex- President, Jerry John Rawlings has praised the CEO of Wembley Sports Construction Company Limited, Robert Tetteh Coleman, for a yeoman’s job for the construction of the Accra Aca Artificial Turf which was financed by Black Stars’ captain Asamoah Gyan. Rawlings was present at the Accra Academy Campus as Asamoah Gyan commissioned the 5,280 square metre artificial turf for his ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the appetite of government for borrowing will leave Ghana in a worse economic state if not curtailed. The party is predicting the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government will saddle Ghanaians with an estimated GHS640 billion debt within four years. At a news conference in Accra Thursday, NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy expressed worry ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has given its version of the 6-month administration of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to its National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy at a press conference at the party’s Headquarters in Accra on Thursday, the 6-month old government has been characterised by profligate spending, corruption, arrogance and ...