POLITICS

The Minister of State at the presidency in charge of Public Procurement, Adwoa Safo, has accused the Mahama-led administration of abusing the sole-sourcing element of the procurement laws. Speaking Monday May 29, 2017 at a training session on Public Procurement for Ministers and Agencies Ms Safo who is the MP for Dome Kwabenya revealed officials in the past administration deliberately ...

Clement Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga West, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of publishing uncompleted road projects as achievements in its Green Book prior to last year’s elections. According to him, that decision was meant to deceive Ghanaians into believing that the then NDC government was delivering on its mandate for which it should ...

Dr Addai-Mensah Otchere the New Patriotic Party (NPP) member who declined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s appointment as the Director of the Ghana Standards Authority, has revealed that he was once a teacher to Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party in Secondary School. “I taught Chairman Wontumi and Andy Kankam who is the Member of Parliament for Nhyiaso core science ...

A former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has commended president Akufo-Addo for boldly assuring that he will fight the corruption scourge facing Ghana. Addressing a meeting of Ghanaians resident in Sierra Leone during a visit, Akufo-Addo pledged to deal ruthlessly with the canker, noting that he will not shield any public ...

A former Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in charge of operations, Joseph Yamin has stated that the very day a portrait of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was brought to his office was the day he quit. “I could not have sat down in that office for Nana Addo’s picture to be hanged over my head…Never ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must stop politicising projects in the road sector and complete those started by the previous administration, Amasaman MP Emmanuel Nii Laryea has said. According to him, governance is a continuous process, therefore, Mr Akufo-Addo should halt the partisanship. His comments follow a demonstration by residents and drivers at Manhean, a community in the Amasaman constituency, ...

A former Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster management Organisation (NADMO) in charge of operations, Joseph Yamin has stated that the very day a portrait of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was brought to his office was the day he quit. “I could not have sat down in that office for Nana Addo’s picture to be hanged over my head…Never ...

Of course there are varieties of ways people/decision makerscan use to size upunfolding eventsin an attempt to understand and if necessary devise action plan(s) to address those critical emerging issues. From personal observation,one of the most effective means to connect, gauge, or figure out an unfiltered mood of the Ghanaian society isto ridein taxi quite often. Perhaps every Ghanaian knows ...

A youth group in the opposition National Democratic Congress has said it will on May 29, 2017 resort to the Antoa deity to deal with all executives of the party who they claim pocketed monies and resources meant for the party’s 2016 electoral campaign. According to the convener of the group, Seth Okyere, some executives hoarded party resources and also ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) coalition of polling station executives in the Northern Region has petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo over their unemployment situation. According to the coalition, the Tamale Central, Tamale North, Tamale South and Sagnarigu constituency executives have so far been sidelined in the Akufo-Addo government. The coalition posited that some constituency executives who applied for Metropolitan, Municipal and ...