POLITICS

A Constituency youth organizer hopeful of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Asuogyaman,Osagyefo Kwaku Aboagye has resigned and renounced his membership of the party stating that the party is “unattractive, unsupportive and divisive to the youth”. In a resignation letter dated April 19,2022 and addressed to the constituency chairman and the Regional executives, Osagyefo Kwaku Aboagye said “I write ...

A new survey by the Global Info Analytics has projected that former President John Mahama will win against Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia if elections were held today. According to the survey more than 50 percent of Ghanaians have positive impression of the former President as against 30% who are in favour of the Vice President. The poll also noted Mr ...

North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the Minority will invite Serwaa Broni as part of their investigations into her claims against President Akufo-Addo and some officials of the national security. He said the Minority is nonetheless uninterested in the alleged affair between her and the President. “We don’t care about the moral issues and who slept with who. The ...

A renowned economist, Kwame Pianim is calling for the outright sale of some State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to the private sector as part of the measures to mobilise revenue for the government. According to him, many of the SOEs which have become less vibrant to the state needs to be sold to maximize profit in the wake of the economic ...

The Bank of Ghana has reminded the public that it is illegal for companies, institutions and individuals to engage in foreign-exchange business without a licence issued by the central bank or price, advertise, receive or make payments for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana, without written authorisation from the regulator. Such violations, according to the BoG, are punishable ...

An Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebo Turkson, has noted that the government’s Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) programme is a good policy but does not have an exit plan where the beneficiaries will have permanent jobs after years of service to the nation. According to him, the claim by the government of Ghana ...

The Ministry of Energy has refuted claims by former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, that the country will return to the dark days of dumsor if urgent steps are not taken to address insignificant addition to the country’s generation capacity. The Energy Ministry in a statement said the pervasive dumsor which plagued the country in the past was never ...

Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is billed to speak on the country’s ailing economy today, Thursday, 7 April 2022. Dr Bawumia will be the main speaker at a National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region. The youth wing of the governing New Patriotic Party is collaborating with pro-NPP think tank Danquah Institute ...

A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency has raised concerns over the levels of absenteeism in Parliament. According to him, the high levels of absenteeism is worrying and have become a setback to the work of Parliament. He said absenteeism has contributed to the routine lack of quorum on the floor of the house. In his view, MPs ...

The National Vice Chairman of the Road Contractors Association of Ghana, Stephen Kwaku Attasi has revealed that the government owes members of the Association a whopping amount of over GHS10 billion for roads constructed over the past five years. According to Mr. Attasi, 35 members of the Association have died because of debt. He added that some have lost their ...