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The Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has urged the public to end stigma against HIV AIDS patients.   The minister has appealed to the public to eliminate barriers preventing HIV AIDS patients from accessing quality health care.   “It is the responsibility of all to help reduce the negative …

Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Kwaku Afriyie, has described Ghana’s fight against COVID-19 as spectacular. As a medical practitioner who trained in the United States of America and compared the two countries, he said Ghana managed the outbreak far better than America with the resources and logistics. The minister explained that the …

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 …

Barefooted, wearing all white gear with a black belt. This is not quite how you expect to see a Foreign Minister dressed overseas. But that was how Alfred Mutua, Kenya’s top diplomat was captured when he visited the Taekwondo Headquarters in South Korea. Mutua was in Soeul together with President …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has appeared before parliament to fulfill his constitutional mandate by presenting the government budget to the House. The presentation was in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). GhanaWeb in this article highlights …

A former Finance Minister of Ghana, Professor Kwesi Botchwey has been reported dead, according to Accra-based Asaase Radio. According to the portal, the 78-year-old finance minister passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he was said to have been receiving medical care. Prof. …

Even before the fate of Ken Ofori-Atta is decided, intelligence picked up by The Chronicle Newspaper has suggested that some people are fiercely lobbying to replace him. This suggests that the agenda to force President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack Ofori-Atta is an orchestration by some who aspire to become Ghana’s …

Minister for Railways Development, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that the inability of government and its partners to implement the Accra Skytrain Project is due to travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the minister, following pre-feasibility studies the parties were set to undertake a 9-month long feasibility studies to enable the …

In 1999, when Ghana’s sitting president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was the Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, the House considered a motion that was filed against the Minister of Finance at the time. It was a debate that had been prompted by a motion filed by a member of …

A 42-year-old man, who allegedly hurled insults on Mr Simon Osei Mensah, Ashanti Regional Minister without any provocation, at Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District, has been arrested and kept in police custody. Dominic Adu Boi verbally attacked the Minister, who was in the community together with other government officials …