Tag Archives: MINISTER

LIVESTREAMING: Ministry of Information holds press conference[WATCH]

The Minister of information is currently holding a press conference to address issues raised by the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party. Oppong Nkrumah rejected claims by John Dramani Mahama that the NDC has won majority seats in parliament. He said the assertions are erroneous. He also lashed out at …

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Finance Ministry fails to account for ABFA for 4th time – PIAC report

The Ministry of Finance has for the fourth consecutive time failed to account for unutilised Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) of oil revenues, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has disclosed. A statement issued and signed by Chairman of the Committee, Mr Noble Wadzah said the expenditure information for …

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Former Northern Regional Minister Dead

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been hit with sad news as a former Northern Regional Minister and a Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDC) has passed on. The late Prince Imoro Andani was the Northern Regional Minister in the erstwhile President Kufour …

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Uganda minister: Police have a right to kill you

Uganda’s Security Minister Elly Tumwine has backed police action after 37 people were killed on Wednesday and Thursday following clashes with supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine. In a media briefing Mr Tumwine said: Quote Message: Police have a right to shoot you and kill you if you reach …

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FULL VIDEO: Deputy Defense Minister booed, chased out of community over failed promises

The Deputy Defence Minister and Member of Parliament(MP) for  Nkoranza North in the Bono East Region, Major(Retired) Derek Oduro was over the weekend booed out of a community in his constituency. According to a video in possession of MyNewsGh.com, the MP and his team who were in one of the communities …

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Minister Caught Paying SHS Students To Transfer Votes Into His constituency

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Jaman North Constituency of the Bono Region, are entangled in a vote buying scheme, where Senior High School (SHS) students who are first time voters, were coerced to transfer their votes to the Constituency for cash. Featuring prominentlyin the …

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No Seized Excavator Sold — Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, says government has not sold any seized mining excavator. He asks anyone with contrary information to provide better and further particulars to support his or her claims. He said, currently, there are 157 excavators after the Ministry took an inventory of …

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SA health minister and his wife test positive for coronavirus

Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), Mkhize said on Sunday. “I wish to inform the public that this afternoon [Sunday] my wife, Dr May Mkhize, and I have tested positive for COVID-19,” Mkhize said in a statement. “We decided to go test …

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When Ghana’s finance minister was denied service at a Delaware restaurant because of his skin color

It was on the evening of October 10, 1957, when Komla Gbedemah, the finance minister of the newly formed nation of Ghana, and his secretary pulled up to the counter of a Howard Johnson restaurant in Dover, Delaware, USA, to buy orange juice. As they were given the juice, the …

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I planned to make slain MP a minister in my next govt – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he had a plan of making the murdered Member of Parliament for Mfansteman, Ekow Quansah Hayford a minister in his next government if he wins this year’s elections. President Nana Akufo-Addo described the late lawmaker as a hard working member of the New …

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