POLITICS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has admonished the newly sworn in Chief Justice of Ghana Sophia Akuffo to work assiduously to restore the lost dignity of the Judiciary as a result of the Judicial Corruption Scandal. According to him, once the Judiciary regains such clout, Ghanaians will develop total trust in that arm of government. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony of ...

Ghana’s former envoy to India, Sam Pee Yalley wants the current government to immediately take steps to stop the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from turning the seat of government into another mosque for Muslim worship. His argument is that the late Professor Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was chastised by functionaries of the current government for organizing Christian prayer sessions ...

Some Ghanaian media reported that the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is scheduled for China on a 5-day official visit to be hosted by his Chinese counterpart Vice President Li Yuanchao (see: www.graphic.com.gh, June 17, 2017). Under normal circumstances, the news of Ghana’s veep planned trip to China at the invitation of the Beijing’s top-ranking officials, especially China’s vice president, ...

FULL PRO-CON ANALYSIS OF SYLVESTER MENSAH AS A POTENTIAL NDC 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT BY DR ETSE SIKANKU Sylvester Mensah: Long Shot or Giant Killer? He’s got youth, he’s got experience, and he’s got charm. He’s Sylvester Mensah and he could be your next president. Mr. Mensah easily reminds you of politicians like John Edwards (the John Edwards before his scandal): ...

The former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Hon P C Appiah Ofori has observed that irresponsible appointments made by former President John Dramani Mahama, few days to exit office is to blame for the delay in the payment of salaries to the president’s ‘elephant size ministers’ There have been reports that ministers and other appointees ...

The Member of Parliament for Jaman North, Siaka Stevens in the Brong Ahafo region has charged the Electoral Commission to scrap all ineffective political parties from its database According to him, the Electoral Commission must be blamed for the numerous unqualified political parties in the country. He was speaking on ATV. All the other panelists who were on the show ...

President Akufo-Addo, has stated that donor support to the budgets of the Ministries of Education, Health and Gender, Children and Social Protection, in 2016, is equal to the revenue allegedly diverted by some 19 customs officials who were arrested recently. It will be recalled that three (3) weeks ago, the country’s law enforcement agencies cracked allegedly a syndicate of 19 ...

IDU AND DUA DELEGATES The International Democratic Union (IDU) holds its Executive Meeting/Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in Accra from 19th to 21st June 2017. It is being hosted by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). This is the first time an Executive Meeting is being held in Africa, south of the Sahara. What is IDU? The International Democrat Union ...

The outgoing UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin has dismissed assertions that he spends a considerable amount of time on Twitter rather than working. “Contrary to what some people think, I don’t actually spend nearly as much time as people think on Twitter. It’s a small part of what we do. Public diplomacy is incredibly important,” he said during ...

The Appointments Committee of Parliament is expected to present its report on the Chief Justice nominee Sophia Akuffo to the House later today[Monday]. This follows its public vetting of the nominee last Friday [June 16]. The over five-hour long vetting process saw Justice Sophia Akuffo answer questions on the challenges within the country’s legal system, the regulations on touting, the ...