At a time he has compelled Ghanaians to pay more taxes to his government, President Akufo-Addo has offered a tax exemption of $23,983,033.43 to a company called Platinum Properties Limited (PPL) to put up a hotel facility in Accra. PPL is a Special Purpose Vehicle owned and controlled by Inter-Afrique …
Read More »Put Ghana first – Eminent Advisory Committee to parties
The Eminent Advisory Committee (EAC) of the Electoral Commission (EC) has urged the various political parties and stakeholders to put the interest of Ghana first in their deliberations over whether or not to compile a new voter’s register for the country ahead of the 2020 general elections. EAC made the …
Read More »Livestreaming: NDC marks 1 year of Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence
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Read More »Akufo Addo must be told ‘unplanned budget deficits have bearing on Cedi depreciation – Mahama
Akufo-Addo must be told “unplanned budget deficits’ve bearing cedi depreciation” – Mahama January 30, 2020 2 Shares Business John Mahama Former President John Mahama has wondered why the Akufo-Addo government formed a 38-member committee to tackle the depreciation of the cedi against the international currencies. In his third Facebook Live …
Read More »Banking crisis: I’ll pay depositors if I win – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has promised to pay depositors whose investments have been locked up following the banking crisis undertaken by the Akufo-Addo government. “…We believe that we do owe depositors. When I come into government, we will make sure we will pay depositors their monies within the shortest possible …
Read More »I’m sorry for questioning your relevance – Majority Leader to Amoako Tuffuor
Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu has apologized to founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Kwame Amoako Tuffour after the former angrily questioned his [Amoako Tuffuor] relevance both at the party level and government. Some controversies have emerged between the two following pronouncements by Dr Amoako …
Read More »AWW violence: Stay away from NDC’s commemorative durbar – Police warn officers
The Greater Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service has ordered its officers in the region to stay off the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) durbar scheduled on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. Friday, January 31, 2020 marks one year since the …
Read More »Voter roll: Near-blows at deadlocked IPAC meeting
The meeting between the Electoral Commission, its Eminent Advisory Committee and the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) over the election management body’s decision to compile a new voter roll ended in a deadlock on Thursday, 30 January 2020 with some of the participants almost exchanging blows but for the intervention of …
Read More »Eminent Advisory Committee to meet EC, IPAC today over new register controversy
An Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting will be held later today, Thursday, in Accra over the controversy surrounding the Electoral Commission’s {EC) decision to compile a new voters’ register ahead of election 2020. The meeting is being convened at the behest of the EC’s Eminent Advisory Committee which had called for an …
Read More »‘No roads no vote’ and similar mantras unfortunate – CHRAJ
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has described as unfortunate and inappropriate the practice, where citizens attached conditions to their votes. This, according to the Commission was tantamount to vote-buying and as such could create a platform for corruption and therefore must be discouraged in all terms. …
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