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Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong as taken on the vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, claiming that the second gentleman has allowed himself to be bullied by the embattled finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta. Agyapong in a viral audio making the rounds on social media throughout Tuesday, November 29, is heard …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced government’s plan to commence operations for the new home-based carrier in 2023. This comes after government has signed the necessary shareholders and partnership agreements with the selected strategic partner for the home-based carrier. Speaking on the floor of Parliament to present the 2023 Budget …

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 …

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 …

Justice Kwaku Annan, a former presenter at NET2 TV, a channel owned by Assin Central lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong; has alleged that his employer suppressed the release of an investigation on illegal small scale mining known as galamsey. Annan made the allegations in an interview posted on Nsem Pii TV, a …

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a lawyer and prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, has appeared before parliament as lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta at the ad hoc committee hearing. Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister, has appeared before the ad hoc committee to probe allegations in a vote of a censure motion against him. …

The Finance Minister for Ghana Ken-Ofori-Atta says he’s the right person to redeem the country’s sinking economy and take it back to its rightful position. With the entire NPP majority caucus in parliament supporting him, he says he remains the right person to redeem the country’s sinking economy. Speaking at …

  Parliamentarians calling for Ken’s sack is ridiculous, if not to cover rots then they should know better. The 1992 constitution mandates the president to nominate (propose) persons to various ministries and also mandates parliament to vet and approve (assign) those persons to the higher offices of ministries. Every ministry …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party, NPP, government witnessed a tumultuous day on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 with majority of the NPP caucus in Parliament pressing for the removal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The move by the over 80 Members of Parliament to go public with …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has criticised former President John Dramani Mahama over his call for the dismissal of Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance. According to him, Mahama should lack the impetus to make such a call stressing that he was not being fair to the minister. …