POLITICS

The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has reiterated his call for the election and resourcing of MMDCEs to ensure development at the micro-level. His comments came at the wake of recent developments, where there were a lot of agitation and confusion over the acceptance of some MMDCEs ...

Former Head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has described as misplaced and inappropriate, the appointment of an Inspector General of Police and the Chief Justice by Presidents. According to him, the President’s appointments should be strictly restricted to his ministers and cabinet members while the appointments of Heads of institutions and Public ...

Former Communications minister in the erstwhile John Mahama-led administration has come out to debunk claims that he did not do his work well while in office. His response comes after allegations levelled against him by Dr. Ibrahim Zuberu, a member of the Kwesi Botchwey Committee that he kept vital information to himself which invariably contributed to the defeat of the ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been challenged to name opportunists responsible for the National Democratic Congress’ humiliating defeat at the 2016 polls. A former vice-chairman of the opposition NDC Alhaji Sani Mohammed said Rawlings’ “monkey dey work and baboon dey chop” comment is too vague. Former President Rawlings addressing party supporters June 11 at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra ...

A ranking member for the Youth, Sport and Culture committee of Parliament, Hon. Kwabena Mensah Woyome has said government’s initiative to facilitate some pilgrims embark on a trip to Israel and the Vatican City should be based on equity. “If the ministry would want to embark on this exercise, then there is the need [for] equity,” Hon. Woyome told Morning ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has blamed Ghana’s first leader, Kwame Nkrumah, for virtually killing democracy during his reign. The former President who governed from 2001 to 2009 told the leadership of the International Democratic Union (IDU) which paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Accra, that ex-President Nkrumah almost plunged the country into poverty and chaos. ...

A Religious Expert and Lecturer at the University of Ghana Dr. Ben Willie-Golo has condemned government’s decision to facilitate Christian pilgrimage to Israel and the Vatican City describing it as “reckless.” According to him, the government has no business in organizing trips for Christian pilgrims and it should be an individual choice not a State-sponsored decision. “Why will you want ...

The report on why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the December 7, 2016 general election to then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has been released with startling revelations. At the handing over of the 455-page report to the party’s leadership in Accra , the Chairman of the 13-member committee, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, said it was time for the party ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said his government was keenly monitoring the outcome of the ongoing Brexit negotiations between Great Britain and the European Union because of its implications for Ghana’s trade policies. “It is important for us because our economic relations are heavily centered there. So the way in which it will be configured is going to be of ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufour has warned of a forthcoming security crisis unless political leaders seriously address the worsening youth unemployment challenge. He cautioned that the current situation is dire and could result in the overthrow of constitutionally elected governments. Ex-President Kufuor made the statement when the leadership of the International Democratic Union (IDU) who are attending a conference in ...