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Audio: Stop peddling falsehood; be truthful to cocoa farmers – Minority to Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo The Minority in Parliament has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop misleading cocoa farmers and tell them the true state of cocoa production he inherited from the erstwhile John Mahama administration. “We believe it is about time they stopped peddling falsehood and tell cocoa farmers the true …

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COCOBOD CEO jabs Mahama over ‘dirty’ cocoa politics

A claim of mismanagement of the cocoa sector by former President John Mahama has incurred the wrath of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana COCOBOD. Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo said someone who supervised the total collapse of the cocoa sector under his regime has no moral right to …

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Martin Amidu writes: Asiedu Nketia, stop the hallucination and political lies

I read in the Ghana Web a publication on 17th July 2019 attributed to Mr. Asiedu Nketia, in which he was alleged to have said that he “personally warned” me, Martin Amidu, “against taking up the job of Special Prosecutor because the laws that established the office does not give him …

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Wontumi appoints KK Sarpong as chairman of Ashanti NPP patrons

The Managing Director of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr Kofi Kodua Sarpong has been appointed as the Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Council of Patrons of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The appointment letter dated July 19, 2019 and signed by Mr Bernard Antwi-Boasiako [Chairman Wontumi], Ashanti Regional …

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7yrs On: Mills stood for highest leadership ideals – Mahama

Former President John Mahama has described his former boss, the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills, as a man who stood for the highest ideals of leadership and the greatest aspirations of Ghana’s democracy.Mr Mahama, who was Vice-President to Prof Mills, wrote this on his Facebook page to commemorate the …

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NDC primaries: Masawudu and his 100 supporters can’t defeat me – Muntaka

The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Asawase constituency in the Ashanti region Alhaji Mohammed Mubarack Muntaka has denied using his influence in Parliament to block his contender  Masawudu Mubarck from filing his nomination forms to contest him in the upcoming parliamentary primaries of the of the NDC. According to …

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Former PPP Parliamentary candidate at Salaga North joins NDC

A former Parliamentary candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for the Salaga North constituency in the Savannah Region in the 2016 election Mr Abdul Wahab has defected to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Abdul Wahab made the declaration during the Presentation of forms to the Salaga North constituency …

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Afoko saga: Speak out! Mahama to Clergy, chiefs

Traditional leaders and the clergy must speak out against the government over the violation of the rights of Mr Gregory Afoko, who, together with a second suspect, is being tried by the state for the murder of the governing New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman Adam Mahama in 2015.Mr …

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Video: Rampaging supporters of Muntaka’s rival burn car tyres, NDC flag

There is tension at the office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region as marauding supporters of a failed parliamentary aspirant, Mr Mubarick Masawudu, went on the rampage. In their dozens, the supporters marched to the regional office of the party in the evening of Friday, 19 …

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Ablekuma South backs Former Accra Mayor ahead of 2020 elections

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency, Hon. Dr. Alfred Okoe Vandapuiye will vie for his second in parliament on the ticket of NDC come 2020 when given the nod by the Constituency Executives of the party. The former metropolitan chief of the nation’s capital Tsentse as he is affectionately …

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