Stephen Armah Ashitey, leader of dismissed workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), says the group will continue to push for their redundancy benefits. The fight for the payment of the benefits for the dismissed workers, numbering about 3,000, started in 2002 when the GPHA retrenched them, and several discussions between the GPHA […]
Military brutality and intimidation has been identified as one of the main reasons why some voters intentionally disenfranchise themselves during general elections. Some residents of Karaga in the Karaga District of the Northern region are unlikely to vote on December 7 if this issue is not dealt with. A resident, Alhassan Abdul-Rahman gave the example of
There have been a lot of comment on Dr. Bawumia’s lecture on the economy yesterday.The partisan commentary began with claims that he had been denied a venue by the government. It is a shame that our media houses could not untangle that to let us know the truth. Then following the lecture, some in the
President John Mahama will win the 7 December elections because he is handsome, a former Deputy Minister of youth and Sports, Joseph Yamin, has said. According to Mr Yamin, apart from Mr Mahama’s handsomeness, his charisma will also help him clinch victory. “We are winning the elections based on the charisma and handsomeness of the
Policy think tank IMANI Africa has scrutinised Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s assessment of Ghana’s economy and has concluded that some “facts and data used were unfairly manipulated” for political gains. IMANI served notice its brief on the lecture was not meant to sully the image of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), but to set the records
Government has condemned claims by first vice chair of the New Patriotic Party F.F Anto suggesting that President John Mahama must be shot for seeking a second term in office. The NPP firebrand told Kumasi-based Abusua FM that the President must hanged or sent to the shooting range for handling the economy poorly and having
The Chiefs of the Ajumako Traditional Area have endorsed the candidacy of President John Dramani Mahama for a second term in office . They have promised to ensure that the president wins massively in the constituency to boost the president’s chances of chalking another victory in the December 7 general elections . The chefs attribute
Some Political parties are demanding a review of the 500% hike in filing fees for Presidential candidates in this year’s election. At an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Thursday, the EC revealed that presidential candidates of the various political parties would be required to pay GH¢50,000 while parliamentary candidates will pay GH¢10,000. in 2012
Ghana is today dolling out more to pay interest payments than it spends on infrastructural or capital projects annually, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Speaking during a public lecture on the state of the economy, Dr. Bawumia said while the norm is to have a situation where infrastructure expenditure is far above interest payments, Ghana
The New Patriotic Party flagbearer has warned that another four year tenure of the Mahama administration will do “considerable damage” to Ghana. Nana Akufo-Addo told a partisan crowd of NPP supporters who had thronged the National Theater for a lecture that they have a responsibility to persuade the good people of Ghana to “put away
