Finance Minister designate, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has rejected claims that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) promised to pay all outstanding monies owed aggrieved customers of microfinance company DKM and others in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. According to the Mr. Ofori – Atta who was answering a quaestion in parliament during his vetting stated […]
January 18, 2017 by Food Sovereignty Ghana Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) stands strongly opposed to the nomination of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-Designate for Food and Agriculture. It has come to our attention that among the list of the ministerial nominees Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has been slated for the Ministry of Agriculture. Consequently,
According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of the things he missed most after leaving Number 10 Downing Street (Can’t remember whether it was when he lost to Edward Heath in 1970 or when he resigned in 1976) was the telephone. As Prime Minister, he never
Tension erupted in Begoro in the Fanteakwa district of the Eastern region Friday morning as supporters of the ruling NPP and main opposition NDC clashed over a vehicle. According to reports, irate NPP supporters attacked a driver of the district assembly on assumption that he was bolting away with an official vehicle on the instruction
Former President John Mahama has said that it is too early for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be talking about his 2020 presidential ambitions, highly-placed sources has said. At a highly classified meeting held between him and Minority MPs as well as some party executives including General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, party chair
Minister-designate for Youth and Sports Isaac Asiamah has promised not to focus all his energies on football but ensure the development of all sporting disciplines if he gets the nod from parliament. In this regard, he told Ghone TV shortly after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had named him as for the Youth and Sports
The acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay has defended the lawless and violent seizures and takeover of state facilities by some members of the party. According to Mr. Blay, not all the takeover of state facilities by NPP members must be condemned since in some cases the supporters are only protecting government
11 people believed to be Ghanaians have been murdered in neighboring Togo, reports reaching our desk indicate. They were severally beheaded and shot, the report indicates. Local police say they cannot say as yet who is responsible for the gruesome murders but sources say Ghanaian voter ID cards and passports were found on the bodies.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo is the new president of the Republic of Ghana. After winning the 2016 presidential election which also ushers in a New Patriotic Party (NPP) majority, Nana Addo was sworn into office on the 7th of Jan. In his inaugural speech, the President signaled that there would be no room
Outgoing Ghana president John Dramani Mahama has described his stay in office as a “rare privilege” as he gets set to pave way for a new administration. Mahama, the fourth president under the current Fourth Republican constitution, lost woefully in the December 2016 elections. He becomes the first sitting president in the history of Ghana
