POLITICS

Outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region has denied media reports that he is disappointed in President Akufo-Addo for sidelining the Central Region in his appointments. Ken Agyapong while addressing the Central Regional Delegates Conference of the NPP on Sunday called on the people of the region to rise up and ...

President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is meeting journalists for the to present an account of his leadership within the first six months of his administration. The president touched on illegal mining, job creation, economy, the planting for food and jobs project among other issues in his presentation. He also answered questions bothering on various issues from the media. The president ...

The President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that Ghana is currently undergoing is not going to be extended. There were earlier media reports suggesting the likely extension of the programme from April 2018 to December 2018. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the media encounter to mark the NPP government’s sixth month in power. The ...

President Akufo-Addo has said he is determined to use all state resources to support the fight against galamsey which has destroyed several water bodies in the country. The President said “we cannot and should not destroy our lands and water bodies and our environment in the search for gold and other minerals”. He indicated that he has heard people engaged ...

President Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to see the fight against corruption as a fight against crime, and not political witch-hunt. “I won’t accept that the process of bringing people before the court for corruption are done for political purposes. They are done because we have evidence the people breach the law and thereby caused damaged to the public interest,” he ...

President Akufo-Addo has said he is not worried about the size of his government despite criticisms that having 110 Ministers and deputies will drain the coffers of the state. “I’m not worried about the size of government because I think that first of all the overwhelming majority of people in the government are MPs, who are already on the public ...

The vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he is not in a position to update Ghanaians about the status of his official residence which commenced during the John Mahama administration. The official residence of the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana became a subject of controversy when the new administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over. ...

President Akufo-Addo has said attacks against his government by the Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong do not bother him. According to him, having been in the same political party with the maverick politician, he is aware of his nature and has gotten used to it. “Regarding Kennedy Agyapong’s comments, I am not surprised at where he is going. I have ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is unsure if his name will be on the ballot paper in the 2020 elections. Addressing Journalists at the Flagstaff House in Accra Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said he has heard claims of illegal miners threatening to vote him out if he continued the fight against galamsey. He, however, stated that no ...

President Akufo-Addo’s encounter with the media will deepen political accountability in the country, a senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo has said. “Democracies thrive when we try at all times to evolve proactive conventions beyond the formal-legal rules and blue prints and so I think it is very innovative and will help us deepen ...