POLITICS

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Let me begin by thanking Mr. Seth Terkper for his delivery, which has brought home a number of key issues surrounding our recent economic trajectory. I do not intend to belabor the points he has made, except to reinforce few of them. I am a historian at …

• President Akufo-Addo has named Mr Yawson Amoah as the substantive DCE for Sehwi Akontombra • Mr Amoah was acting as the DCE until the president’s elevation • The president had assured that issues surrounding the delayed appointment of MMDCEs will be resolved before the end of the month President Nana …

• Pro-NPP group, ‘Fixing The Country’ Movement is set to petition the Special Prosecutor over the Airbus bribery scandal • The group insists former president John Dramani Mahama must particularly be held to account for his role in the scandal • They warn Mahama not to compare corruption under his watch to …

• President Akufo-Addo says he wants to appoint the right people • He maintains that no vacuum has been created since MMDCEs in his first term are still at post • He hints of a change in narrative by the end of the month President Nana Addo Danwka Akufo-Addo has …

A claim by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it intercepted one million extra ballots in the Ashanti Region in the heat of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections has been rubbished by the Electoral Commission (EC), describing it as ‘pure lies.’ The NDC’s Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, …

A former Chief of Staff under the Kufuor administration, Mr Kwadwo Mpiani, has rejected suggestions given by North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa regarding presidential jets. Ablakwa had claimed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hired an ultra-luxury VIP jet at US$14,000 per hour for his trip to Germany last week. He …

• Prof. Lumumba has expressed his disappointment in the presidency of Akufo-Addo • He says Akufo-Addo begun his tenure with a lot of enthusiam but that has now been plagued with mismanagement of the country • Prof. Lumumba recounted a number of scandals that he believes has tainted Akufo-Addo’s presidency …

North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hired an ultra luxury VIP jet at US$14,000 per for his trip to Germany last week. He accused the President of wanton abuse of discretion in the decision to hire the jet at this rate. President Nana Addo Dankwa …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has once again revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spent a whopping Ghc3.46 million on a private jet on his recent trips to England and Germany. After massive public outrage over the president’s decision to spend over 2.4 …

• Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong has announced he will quit Parliament when his current term ends • He will have served the constituency for 24 years consecutively • He is bitter that his efforts have not been recognized by most of his constituents  Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has announced that he …