POLITICS

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has been hit with a GH¢20million debt scandal, following the ministry’s decision to hastily procure chemicals under sole-sourcing to fight the invasion of armyworms in affected farms in parts of the country. The chemicals, according to The Herald’s reliable sources, are ineffective as far as the fight against the dangerous worms is concerned. They ...

Lawyers for an Indian businessman who was deported from Ghana last month are demanding justice for their client. Ashok Kumar Sivaram was deported on June 1, 2017, upon a directive issued to the Ghana Immigration Service by the Interior minister Ambrose Derry. “I am directed to inform you that the Hon. Minister of Interior has issued a Deportation Order in ...

Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Keneddy Ohene Agyepong has accused President Akufo Addo of sidelining the Central Region in his appointments of persons into public office. According to him, the worst of such bad treatment is the recent appointment of Ambassadors with no person appointed from the Central Region. Hon. Ken Agyapong ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong Ahafo Region has slated July 20, 2017, as the date for its Regional Annual Delegates Conference. The event, according to regional party officials, will afford the party to review its activities and put in place appropriate measures for effective management of the party. Addressing a press conference in Sunyani over the upcoming ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama’s intention of contesting for the flagbearership race of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is no longer shrouded in secrecy as he has kicked-off his campaigns with regional visitations. According to this paper’s sources close to the former President, he has snubbed the recommendations of the Prof Kwesi Botchwey Committee’s report which recommended that the party ...

Hon Mahama Ayariga Moves to Ensure Accountability in Universities Fees Fixing Hon Mahama Ayariga has moved to ensure accountability in the fixing of fees and charges by public universities and senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana by demanding that they should be brought to Parliament for approval pursuant to the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 (Act 793). The ...

Former Member of Parliament for Dayi Constituency says the Deputy Trades Minister lost the fact that he is now a politician and not a diasporan, as he wanted to be seen by the Diasporan community he addressed. George Loh says Robert Ahomka Lindsay now comes in a political cloak and that is how he is going to be judged. He ...

Security analyst, Kwesi Anning is predicting more bouts of violence in the country if government fails to equip security officials with the needed tools and gadgets to keep them armed against trouble makers. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has recently revealed that the main reason for the ill-fate on most security officers is due to the fact that they ...

The Paramount Chief of Sagnarigu, Naa Yakubu Abdulai, has kicked against the proposal for an all-inclusive government. In his view, it would be a recipe for sabotaging the smooth implementation of the policies and programmes of the government in power. The chief, who kicked against the proposal of all inclusiveness, noted that no political party in opposition would assist the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s war on illegal small-scale mining, popularly termed galamsey, will not lead to his defeat in the 2020 presidential poll, New Crusading Guide editor-in-chief Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said. Mr Akufo-Addo, while speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day sensitisation workshop on illegal mining for traditional leaders, said he was prepared to put his ...