Dr. Charles Wereko Brobby, Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options (GIPPO), is questioning whether the Minister of Food and Agriculture is now a market queen. His comments follow an earlier statement by the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto when he told farmers in Sefwi …
Read More »Rishi Sunak: Meet the new UK Prime Minister with East African roots
Rishi Sunak, is a British national but with Indian descent. At 42-years-old, he is on track to becoming the youngest British Prime Minister in the modern era. For many celebrating his ascent to the highest political office in the United Kingdom, Sunak’s feat is worth celebrating because as a person …
Read More »UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss resigns days after Kwasi Kwarteng’s sack
Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK some 45 days after her she took office. This comes about a week after UK-born Ghanaian Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked amid fallouts from the mini-budget presented before UK parliament. “I recognise given the situation I cannot …
Read More »Excavators seized by Lands Minister missing – Defeamekpor
South Dayi Member of Parliament Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor has asked Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor to account for some excavators he seized which allegedly went missing According to Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Lands minister has to answer questions in regard to illegal mining activities across the …
Read More »British-born Ghanaian Kwasi Kwarteng fired as UK finance minister – Report
The BBC has reported that Britain’s finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked from his current position. This follows a meeting Prime Minister Liz Truss at Downing Street on Friday, October 14, 2022, the report added. Prior to the confirmation by the BBC, suggestions were rife on social media, including …
Read More »VIDEO: Angry Atwima-Boko residents chase Roads Minister over failed promise
Seven communities in Kwadaso Municipality and Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region are on the heels of Roads Minister over stalled road projects in the areas. The communities which include Atwima Takyiman, Denkyemuoso, Boko, Twedie, Foase, Trabuom and Nweneso have accused the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako …
Read More »Western Regional Minister, Tarkwa-Nsuaem MP, MCE involved in galamsey – Chief alleges
A chief in the Western Region has alleged that the regional minister, a Member of Parliament and a Municipal Chief Executive in his jurisdiction are into illegal small-scale mining, galamsey. Nana Nyonwah Panyin IV, the Dompim-Pepesa chief, told the media on Monday, October 10, 2022, that he had incontrovertible evidence …
Read More »Gov’t to begin implementation of Nat’l Rental Assistance Scheme – Minister
Government has hinted at plans to roll out National Rental Assistance Scheme to support lower-income earners to have decent rented accommodation in the country. The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised in its 2020 manifesto to pay rent advance of Ghanaian youth in its second term to in the short …
Read More »Ashanti region has received 51 factories under 1D1F so far- Minister
The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon Simon Osei Mensah has disclosed that the region has received 51 factories from government under its flagship One District One Factory Policy 21 out of the 51 factories according to him have been completed and operationalized while 30 are at the various stages of completion. …
Read More »Agric Minister has run out of ideas; sack Him – Kofi Akpaloo to Akufo-Addo
The founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has doubted the ability of Agriculture Minister Owusu Afriyie Akoto to manage the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme. He argued the sector minister has run out of ideas to add any progress to the development of …
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