POLITICS

The Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Kofi Dzamesi will be hauled before Parliament today, Wednesday June 21, 2017 to answer questions over a Christian pilgrimage to Israel. The move to send over a 100 persons to some Holy cities has been described by majority of the public as a misplaced priority on the part of government. The Christian Council of ...

DAYBREAK has picked disturbing reports of ongoing scheming along the corridors of power over the future of Ghana’s attempt to operate a completely paperless ports system by September this year. Our sources at the Ministry of Finance say there are plans for the project to be given to an entirely new company to operate although there are two companies already ...

The Akufo-Addo government has not only moved the country a notch higher in terms of aid, but has reduced the nation to ridicule, before the comity of nations. Africa, despite the abundance of natural resources, has always depended on its foreign partners for its sustenance. This is possible because our leaders have failed to think outside the box. We have ...

It appears that the feud between former president Jerry John Rawling and former president John Agyekum Kufuour will not abate anytime soon. At the swearing in ceremony of Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo in parliament on Monday, Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu, sat beside Kufuor on the front row. A picture from the event captured Rawlings frowning as Nana Konadu ...

Government has declared Monday, June 26 as a statutory public holiday, according to the Minister of Interior. A statement from the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery said the day marks Eid-ul Fitr, the end of the 30-day Muslim fasting. Ramadan began in Ghana on Saturday, May 27. It ends on Sunday, June 25 with a celebration to be marked across the ...

A political scientist at the University of Ghana says the eight broad recommendations made by the Kwesi Botchwey Committee represented the cornerstones of the 2016 defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Dr Alidu Seidu said the NDC’s stunning defeat in last year’s hotly contested elections was self-inflicted that was avoidable if leadership of the party had listened to the ...

Contrary to media reports suggesting that the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu described people criticizing the mandatory towing fee as narrow-minded, the Bekwai Member of Parliament has denied the report describing it as untrue. According to the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the report has extremely deviated from his argument, adding that he is focused on a ...

A flag bearer hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Joshua Alabi, has said the leadership of the party must waste no time in implementing the recommendations of the 13-member Botchwey Committee towards fixing the “severely wounded” and “greatly hurt” party ahead of the 2020 elections. The Committee presented its 455-page report to the leadership of the ...

A private lawyer and lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Osei Kwadwo, has urged the leadership of the National Democratic Congress, especially the Council of Elders, to work to resolve any differences between former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama before the party goes to congress to elect new leaders. According to him, although members of the ...

The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterated his call for the election and resourcing of MMDCEs to ensure development at the micro-level. Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom in a recent radio interview described the notion of the appointment of mayors and district executives by governing parties to advance their parties’ goals of re-election as archaic. He ...