POLITICS

As the National Democratic Congress inches close to the holding of elections for its executives and next flagbearer, an executive of the Tema East Constituency branch of the party is reminding executives of a ‘monkey dey work, baboon dey chop,’ injustice they suffered when former President Mahama was in power. …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has fired a salvo at North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, over the latter’s attacks on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s luxurious private jet trips overseas. Agyapong stressed that Ablakwa was not as clean as he was putting himself out because he had …

A Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Isaac Adongo, has described the economic lectures presented by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as one bordering on intellectual dishonesty. According to him, the vice president, whom he christened “Walewale Adam Smith”, has refused to take “wise counsel” on how he can be assisted …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the Vice President of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is the type of person who can lead if Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo leaves. The Finance Minister made this known when he spoke to Accra-based Metro TV on the sidelines of …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has announced that he is donating GHC2.7 million towards the party’s upcoming constituency elections. The vocal lawmaker said he had cashed the amount which he wants to be shared in portions of GHC10,000 to each of the 275 constituencies across the country. Speaking …

Screenshots of social media posts and old videos of politicians making pronouncements have become topical in recent politics. Such materials are employed largely to expose a ‘lack of principles,’ or a drastic change of stance by politicians. They have also been used to highlight how politicians only criticize for convenience’s …

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has raised concerns about the government’s continued lack of respect for Article 252 of the 1992 constitution. He claimed that the government has mortgaged and borrowed against statutory funds and constitutional funds. According to him, the move by the government to set aside one billion Ghana cedis …

The former Finance Minister under the late President John Atta Mills  Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has stated Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and the NPP government cannot match the economic records of the NDC. According to him, Ghana’s economic gains under his stewardship as Finance Minister are unmatched adding that the NDC’s …

A leading member of the opposition NDC, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has applauded the efforts of former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor in leading the charge to change the anti-business image of the party. According to him, Dr. Duffuor’s Ahot) project tailored to establish 275 startups for the benefit of the …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Johnson Aseidu Nketia, has stated that the party is ready to contest a by-election in Assin North Constituency. The NDC scribe, popularly referred to as General Mosquito, revealed that the current Member of Parliament, Jame Gyakye Quayson, will be the party’s …