POLITICS

A petition by the National Democratic Congress against the election of the Techiman South Member of Parliament, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has been dismissed by the Wenchi High Court. The court also awarded petitioners GH¢100,000 to be shared between the MP and the Electoral Commission, citinewsroom.com reports. The election petition …

The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mohammed A. Baantima Samba, has refuted an allegation by the party’s presidential hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, that he instructed NPP executives in the region not to meet him (Ken). Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, had stated that he would …

Ghana’s oldest former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has suggested that the tenure of office for a president or an elected government should be relooked at. According to him, the current four-year tenure is quite problematic, leaving very little room for any leader to effectively cause a major developmental change in the …

New Patriotic Party flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has asked Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to ensure fairness in the party’s upcoming contest. According to Kennedy Agyapong, some pro-Bawumia executives in the northern part of the country have prevented him from meeting with the party’s delegates in the region. Kennedy Agyapong, during a meeting …

The vociferous Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region and aspiring presidential candidate on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong, has alleged that supporters of the Vice President in the Northern and North East Regions prevented him from meeting with …

Member of Parliament for Asin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has advanced that winning an election in Ghana requires winning the Ashanti Region, which is a stronghold of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP.) The lawmaker, who is also aspiring to lead the NPP into the 2024 election, has thus promised to …

Youth for Accountable Governance (YAG), a public interest advocacy group based in Accra has called on the Majority Caucus in Parliament to reconsider their decision demanding the dismissal of Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta from office. According to the group, the withdrawal of their decision would  restore hope …

Former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Obuasi East, Edward Ennin, has described as painful the government’s failure to get the Tema Oil Refinery working. According to the former chairman of parliament’s committee on mines and energy, his investigation has established that it will cost around $5 million to …

After months of public calls for the removal of the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, the agitation for his dismissal hit the closest to home when on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, over 80 NPP MPs echoed the calls. The announcement by the MPs through a spokesperson, Andy Appiah-Kubi, who is the …

Hopeson Adorye, a former National Security Ministry official has lamented the circumstances under which he recently lost his job. He states in one breath that he is unperturbed by the turn of events but also that his contributions to the party, particularly the rise to the presidency of Nana Addo …