POLITICS

Freddy Blay gave me his blessing to be national chairman – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Wontumi, has revealed that the National Chairman of the party, Freddy Blay, gave him the approval to contest for the latter’s position. However, he [Chairman Wontumi] has an unfulfilled purpose he has to complete as a regional chairman. According …

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National Health Insurance levy increased by 1 percent

As part of measures to help recover Ghana’s economy, government has announced a one percent increment (1%) in the National Health Insurance Levy(NHIL). This is to say that the hitherto 2.5% NHIL charge on goods and services has increased to 3.5%. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament …

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Bawumia 2024 posters flood Damongo

Posters of Vice- President Dr Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia as the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have flooded Damongo, capital of the Savannah Region of Ghana. Postera that can be found on trees, street light poles, electric poles, market and private buildings Damongo captures the vice president with …

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Govt distributed 28.8 million condoms in 2020

The Ghana Aids Commission chalked some notable successes at the end of 2020 as it was focused on achieving its mandate. One of the most recognizable achievements was the reduction of new infections from 20,068 in 2019 to 17,581 in 2020. This was captured in the 2021 budget presented by …

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Election 2024: Bawumia posters emerge at Kasoa

The race for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party has already begun, or so it seems. A walk around the Kasoa overhead in the Central Region shows posters plastered on pillars, walls and several other surfaces. The poster, obviously designed with the governing party colours has the inscription, “Break …

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Parliament to summon Education Minister over ‘Ewes’ in new textbook

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the …

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Checkout this photo of hairy Akufo-Addo

For many people, especially millennials and the generation before them, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will always be depicted or remembered as the president under the Fourth Republic with the cleanest shave. But did you know that the 76-year-old leader of the governing New Patriotic Party used to have thick black …

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Kennedy Agyapong heads Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee

Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central is the new head of the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament. The house is in the process of forming its committees and document sighted by GhanaWeb indicates Kennedy Agyapong has been appointed as the chairman for the Defence and interior committee. In the seventh parliament, Kennedy …

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NDC- UK/Ireland Chapter Chairman Loses Mother 

The beloved mother of Alhaji Alhassan Mbalba, Chairman of NDC-UK/Ireland Chapter, Hajia Asanatu Alhassan affectionally known as Mma Sana has been called to eternal rest by her maker. Alhaji Mbalba, took to his Facebook page to announce the sudden demise of his beloved Mum who passed away in Tamale, Northern …

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We need corruption vaccine – Okudzeto Ablakwa

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is appealing to the government to import “corruption vaccines”. Apart from the COVID-19 vaccine, the legislator said government needs corruption vaccine to purge itself off the canker. “Mr Speaker, I wish to say that in this era of COVID-19 …

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I’ve no rift with Mahama – Anyidoho

The former deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has dispelled suggestions that he has a rift with the former flagbearer of the party. Mr Anyidoho’s comment comes after some members of the NDC expressed worry over some tweets from the former deputy secretary-general on his …

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We are not building personality worshippers – Allotey Jacobs slams Sammy Gyamfi

Bernard Allotey Jacobs, a former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress has criticized the party’s communication officer for his attack on minority members of parliament. Following the approval of some ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo, the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, took to social media to lash out …

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John Mahama pretends to be ‘clean’ but using Sammy Gyamfi as dirty boxing gloves – Dela Coffie

Former flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama all the time pretends to be the “clean guy” but behinds the scenes unleashes young Lawyer Sammy Gyamfi on his perceived political “enemies”, MyNewsGh.com reports from Dela Coffie’s stables. In an article exclusively copied to MyNewsGh.com by Pro-Rawlings activist Dela Coffie, full details …

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SoNA 2021: More health workers to be recruited – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says his government will recruit more health workers in his second term to help improve Ghana’s healthcare delivery services following the devastating impact of COVID-19 across the globe. Delivering his first State of the Nation address in Parliament on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that his …

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LIVE UPDATES: Akufo-Addo delivers first SONA in his second term

Hello and welcome to our comprehensive-text coverage of the 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA). In accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution which says, “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation”, …

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Prof Joshua Alabi speaks on his 2024 flagbearership ‘ambition’

Stalwart of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Joshua Alabi has finally broken his silence on advertisements that he is lacing his boots to contest for the flagbearership position of the NDC to represent it in the 2024 Presidential Elections. According to the NDC big man whom many believe …

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