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President John Mahama has directed all ministers in his administration to declare their assets as part of efforts to curb corruption. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of the first six appointed ministers at the Jubilee House on Wednesday, January 22, the President emphasized the importance of transparency and accountability in …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s imminent reshuffle has hogged headlines since late last week, through the weekend into this week. Pro-government outlets including Asaase Radio and the Daily Guide Newspaper have confirmed that the said shakeup will be effected today, February 14. It is said that the reshuffle will affect …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of nepotism after appointing his son as one of a new set of ministers following his controversial re-election last month. Mr Mnangagwa on Monday named his son, David Kudakwashe, as deputy finance minister as part of the parliament’s youth quota. He also appointed …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made two reshuffles of two deputy ministers in his current government. Contained in a letter that announced the appointment of Freda Prempeh as the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, the president named Mavis Nkansah Boadu and Thomas Mbomba as new appointees. The two, who are …

Abubakari Sulemana, a former National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party, refused to participate in a discussion on Original TV on the conditionalities of Ghana’s deal with the International Monetary Fund. Sulemana was empanelled with an NDC communicator on the ‘Amanyosem’ show on Original TV but refused to join …

Dr Zenator Agyemang-Rawlings has said if her father, the late former President Jerry John Rawlings was alive, he would have probably have challenged all NDC MPs to swear on Antoa (a popular god in Ghana) or dared them to take a lie-detector test as about 40 of them in the …

A member of parliament from the minority side has alleged that some of his colleague parliamentarians sold out the minority caucus during the vote to approve ministerial and judicial appointees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the member of parliament (MP) for Cape Coast South, Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan, some …

The Ghana Police Service has busted some 12 suspects allegedly involved in the impersonation of prominent persons in society. According to a statement released on Thursday, March 2, 2023, the criminal syndicate which was discovered through a sustained cyber-intelligence operation orchestrated their schemes by hacking into the social media accounts …

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has called for a new constitutional order that would place a cap on the number of ministers appointed by the President. His call follows demands by the Minority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Akufo-Addo to downsize his government in the wake of the …

Reports from the seat of government indicate imminent changes in the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration to appease the base of the NPP. President Akufo-Addo has come under serious pressure to reshuffle some non-performing ministers and other appointees and to rotate the “dining seats” for new faces to come to the table. There …