POLITICS

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has proposed that President Akufo-Addo should relieve his colleague MP for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, of her ministerial portfolio. According to Ablakwa, an appointment as an Ambassador-At-Large to clean up Ghana’s battered image will suit Adwoa Safo – who has been …

Bishop Bosomtwe Ayensu, past Methodist bishop of Obuasi, has lashed out at the former President, John Dramani Mahama for his resolve to cancel the much talked about electronic transactions levy when he assumes office in 2025. The outspoken Bishop believes Mahama wouldn’t even come to cancel it. He further expressed disappointment …

President Akufo-Addo says his two election victories in December 2016 and 2020, are purely as a result of the grace of God and not an effort of his own. According to the president, ahead of the 2016 election, he committed the contest into the hands of the Almighty God when he …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong is unhappy with some members of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, who he accuses of being ungrateful. According to him, a rife perception that he supports the 2024 presidential candidature of Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has triggered dislike for him among some leading members. …

A pro National Democratic Congress (NDC) group called Bring Mahama Back (BMB) has noted with grave concern and dissatisfaction that,  the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU)  is scandalous and therefore should be trashed with great contempt. The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) a couple of weeks ago reported that the NDC can’t …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Zebilla constituency in the Upper East Region, John Ndebugre, has passed on. The political stalwart and lawyer died on Friday May 6, 2022 at his residence at Zebila in the Upper East region. He was 72. The late Ndebugre left behind a wife and four children. He …

Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari has backed waded into the eligibility criteria for running mates in presidential contests. According to her, the slot is not the preserve of men, a position affirming her support for former running mate to Mahama, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang. “Running …

The Akufo-Addo government’s infusion of digitalization in the provision of government services as part of the fight against corruption is beginning to yield major results, with even more interventions planned to fight it even harder, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. The Vice President, who was speaking at the 2022 …

Yaw Buaben Asamoa, NPP National Communications Director and former Adenta MP, has disclosed that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which is strongly opposed to the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) by the Akufo-Addo government had the levy clearly captured in their 2020 manifesto. The E-Levy began on Sunday, May 1, 2022 …

Managing Editor of the National Forum Newspaper, James Kwabena Bomfeh, believes so long as bulls are trapped by their horns and men ensnared by their words, Ex-President John Dramani Mahama will be found wanting in the latter’s promise to repeal the E-Levy – an electronic transfer policy – initiated by …