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To win an election in Ghana, secure the Ashanti Region – Ken Agyapong

Member of Parliament for Asin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has advanced that winning an election in Ghana requires winning the Ashanti Region, which is a stronghold of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP.) The lawmaker, who is also aspiring to lead the NPP into the 2024 election, has thus promised to …

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Group petition majority caucus in Parliament to reconsider Ken Ofori Atta’s removal

Youth for Accountable Governance (YAG), a public interest advocacy group based in Accra has called on the Majority Caucus in Parliament to reconsider their decision demanding the dismissal of Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta from office. According to the group, the withdrawal of their decision would  restore hope …

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It is painful that Tema Oil Refinery is not working because of $5 million – Former NPP MP 

Former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Obuasi East, Edward Ennin, has described as painful the government’s failure to get the Tema Oil Refinery working. According to the former chairman of parliament’s committee on mines and energy, his investigation has established that it will cost around $5 million to …

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How ‘rebel’ NPP MPs gave Ofori-Atta the silent treatment during 2023 budget presentation

After months of public calls for the removal of the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, the agitation for his dismissal hit the closest to home when on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, over 80 NPP MPs echoed the calls. The announcement by the MPs through a spokesperson, Andy Appiah-Kubi, who is the …

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How I thwarted Togolese voters, secured Volta for Akufo-Addo in 2016 – Dismissed Hopeson Adorye

Hopeson Adorye, a former National Security Ministry official has lamented the circumstances under which he recently lost his job. He states in one breath that he is unperturbed by the turn of events but also that his contributions to the party, particularly the rise to the presidency of Nana Addo …

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‘We’ll toil for Alan to come to power just as we did for Akufo-Addo’ – Dismissed Hopeson Adorye

Hopeson Adorye, a one-time parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced on live radio this week that he had been fired from his government job. He said during a discussion on Oman FM’s Boiling Point programme, on which he is a regular guest; that he had been fired …

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Next NDC government will modernise Aflao into an economic hub – John Mahama 

Former President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of the Aflao Traditional Area of their fair share of development projects when the NDC is voted into office in 2024. He acknowledged that the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was aware of the development shortfalls of the area, and by …

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Ofori-Atta presented IMF conditionalities to Ghanaians not a budget – Coalition Of National Youth Organizers

A pressure group calling itself, Coalition of National Youth Organizers has described the 2023 budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta as International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditionality. According to them, the budget is draconian and will impose more hardship on the already suffering Ghanaian which is inimical …

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‘God will cater for us’: Watch Hopeson Adorye announce his dismissal from National Security post

Hopeson Adorye, a one-time parliamentary aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced on live radio this week that he had been fired from his government job. He said during a discussion on Oman FM’s Boiling Point programme, on which he is a regular guest; that he had been fired …

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NPP Flagbearer: Kennedy Agyapong Is A Threat To Bawumia – Obiri Boahen

Nana Obiri Boahen, a strong supporter of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that Kennedy Agyapong is a major threat to Bawumia in the race to be the next leader of the New Patriotic Party. Nana Obiri Boahen, a former deputy general secretary for the NPP, said on Wontumi TV’s …

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