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Kidnapping, killing of T’di girls ‘my biggest regret’ – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the abduction and killing of the four Takoradi girls as his biggest regret for the year 2019. DNA tests confirmed that some human remains retrieved from the backyard of the prime suspect in the kidnapping case were, indeed, those of Ruth Abaka, Priscilla …

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We are strengthening anti-graft institutions to curb corruption – Akufo-Addo

Strengthening accountability enforcement institutions is critical to efforts aimed at fighting corruption, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. That is why, the President said, his government had increased budgetary allocations to anti-graft institutions from 25 percent in 2017 to 34 percent in 2018. “Since 2019, there has been 60 …

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CSOs petition gov’t over legalization of marijuana

Five civil society organizations have kicked against the legalization of marijuana and the use of narcotic drugs in Ghana by jointly presenting a petition to the Office of the President. The organisations are Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA), Community Anti-Drug Coalition of Ghana (CADCOG), Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), …

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No one in Dagbon should dare challenge Ya Naa’s authority – Otumfuo warns

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has warned that any challenge to the power ans authority of the Overlord of Dagbon Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama II will not be countenanced under any circumstances, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Asantehene made these declaration when the Ya Naa called on him at the Kumasi Traditional …

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Some victims of the 1979 and 1981 revolutions chasing me for their reparations – Archbishop Palmer Buckle

A member of the erstwhile National Reconciliation Commission, Archbishop Palmer Buckle, has described as disheartening how some victims and survivors of various human rights violations in Ghana, during unconstitutional regimes, never received any form of compensations from the government as directed by the Commission. He expressed dissatisfaction with the delay, …

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I’ve never been corrupt – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he has never been corrupt. “I’m certainly not corrupt, I continue to say that I’m not corrupt, I’ve not been corrupt; I’ve not taken money from anybody to give anybody contracts”, he told journalists at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019 when he …

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Otumfuo cautions Dagbon saboteurs

THE ASANTEHENE, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has cautioned against sabotaging the peace and security currently being enjoyed by the people of Dagbon in the Northern Region. He said it had taken dedication and hard work to bring peace to the Dagbon Kingdom after a protracted chieftaincy dispute and the Ya …

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I’m not sitting in Accra to give SHS statistics – Akufo-Addo jabs

President Nana Akufo-Addo has jabbed critics of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy who are constantly giving apparently erroneous statistics about the progress of implementation of the policy. According to him, unlike his critics, he has not been sitting in Accra to give statistics about the state of infrastructural …

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Gov’t can’t fix all roads in Ghana – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says government does not have the necessary funds to fix, expand and rehabilitate all the roads in the country. In his words: “We are not going to build all the roads in Ghana, we don’t have that much money, but we will make significant progress in the course …

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LIVESTREAMING: Akufo-Addo meets the press

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is holding a media encounter at the Jubilee House after his three-year leadership. The president is expected to speak about the performance of his government in areas of economy, governance, health, education, security among others, and what he is doing to turn around the fortunes …

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