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Guinea’s transitional president Mamady Doumbouya has dissolved the government led by Dr Bernard Goumou effective February 19, 2024. The dissolution was contained in a decree read on state TV and posted on the social media handles of the presidency. The post captioned: “Decree dissolving the government read for you by …

Political appointments come with the caveat that it is the president that hires and fires, yet there are times when an appointee fires themselves or as is formally referred to, resigns from office. There is hardly any government that does not record resignations because appointees other want to pursue other …

Founding President of IMANI-Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has described Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s recent promise to delegates of the New Patriotic Party as visionless. According to Franklin Cudjoe, the vice president’s promise to appoint 10 delegates from each constituency into government positions when elected as president would mean that competence in governance is sacrificed. “My man, …

The government has directed all metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to cut back on allocation of fuel to political appointees by 50%. Presenting the 2023 Budget and Economic Statement in Parliament on Thursday (24 November), Mr. Ofori-Atta said the directive will take effect from January …

The Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye DC has shared details of how some state-owned cars were bought cheaply by members of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress government on their way out of power. According to the document sighted by GhanaWeb, 361 cars valued at $110 were …

The return into the country of a deported Chinese national notorious for engaging in illegal small-scale mining, galamsey, has dominated new headlines in the last few days. The fact that Aisha Huang, with her new identity Huang En, reentered the country ‘unnoticed’ till her arrest earlier this month at Ahodwo …

By constitutional powers, the president of the Republic of Ghana is allowed to extend the employment of a public official who has attained retirement age for a period. This discretionary power has often been exercised by the president whenever he deems a person fit for an office. However, this has …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his salary and that of all his appointees have been cut by 30%. The 30% cut also affects the expenditure of ministries, governmental agencies and departments. Addressing Muslims at an Eid-Ul-Adha ceremony on Saturday, July 9, 2022, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo indicated that fuel coupon …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is more focused on securing his legacy than amassing material wealth, the Okyenhene has articulated. Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, when he received Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, at his palace stressed that it was important for all appointees of …

The leaked Will of the former Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, alias Sir John, generated controversy with most people dumbfounded by the sheer amount of wealth accumulated by the late lawyer before his passing. An examination of his will by the FourthEstate established that a …