POLITICS

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh says the President’s comment about the disconnect between Ghana’s educational curricula and the job requirements was distorted. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address at the 50th Anniversary of the Association of African Universities in Accra last week said a university education in the country no longer guarantees a job. He said the situation ...

Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has said former President Jerry Rawlings is unfit to give sermons on corruption. According to Kweku Baako, the ex-president presided over stinking corruption scandals including the famous British construction firm Mabey and Johnson scandal which cited key officials of the Rawlings administration for taking bribes. He also mocked at the ex-president for suggesting ...

Former Trade and Industry Minister, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has admitted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) veered from the track of probity and accountability and must go back to uphold the principles before it is too late. “I wish to appeal particularly to the leadership, members, supporters, sympathisers and grassroots activists of our beloved party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which ...

The Akufo-Addo Administration is targeting the next 18 months to clear the debts that have saddled the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that, his government has found it necessary to find the money to save the scheme from collapse. “The scheme has been threatened by mismanagement and by huge indebtedness. We are now having to liquidate ...

Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has accused the Akufo-Addo government of bad faith over the order of 43 vehicles by the Mahama administration for the presidency few days to the handing over power. Mr. Ato Forson reiterated a previous position by a fellow National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament, that the vehicles were ordered upon the ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, aka Napo, could not control his emotions, as he wept at the Saint Anne’s Anglican Church congregation on Sunday. This was after the Anglican Diocese in Kumasi had presented the church’s highest award dubbed, ‘The Bishop’s Badge of Honour’ and a citation to Dr Prempeh, who is also the Member of Parliament ...

Alhaji Bature Iddrissu, Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper has warned former President Jerry John Rawlings to be careful with his public commentary on the past administration before he strips him naked. “It is disheartening and painful …. I am saddened. This is somebody who has inspired some us for 35 years. I defended Rawlings, his legacy and the ...

Ghana’s Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood retires from public service today, Wednesday June 7, 2017. A thanksgiving service graced by notables in the judiciary and legislature included the new Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo; Justice Jones Dotse; the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Oquaye; the Minority Leader, Haruna Idrissu, among others was held in her honour at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, ...

Controversial lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyepong has threatened to release the nude images of a New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart orchestrating his downfall. “You can go ahead a plan and say that me Kennedy Agyepong if I don’t shut up you will bring me down. I give you all to God but don’t forget I have your naked ...

The Member of Parliament for Ofoase – Ayirebi constituency Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has advised Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates to take their time and reflect on questions before attempting to answer them. According to Mr. Oppong-Nkrumah, this has been his trick to answering questions in all examinations he has taken throughout his life. “All the questions on that paper are ...