Politics

1,566  Nearly $30 million is being saved each year by the various state institutions that have successfully integrated their systems with the National Identification Authority (NIA) database. The savings are being made from the absence of the procurement for new equipment, non-printing of new sector specific cards and non-duplication of services as the Ghana Card […]

1,620  As part of activities to commemorate his 65th birthday, former President John Dramani Mahama, yesterday donated hospital equipment, assorted food items, detergents and school bags to the staff and patients of the Shai Osudoku District Hospital at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region. The equipment included two incubators, two phototherapy machines and four pieces […]

2,261  The Minister of Trade and Industry, K.T Hammond, is expected to lay before Parliament today the Export and Import Regulations 2023. Parliament on Tuesday deferred the laying of the legislative instrument, which seeks to restrict the importation of 22 selected strategic products such as sugar, rice, poultry, and tripe into the country. This was […]

1,435  The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has raised concerns about a reported deadlock in the negotiations for the second tranche of a $3 billion credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, leader of the Minority caucus, disclosed that a disagreement has arisen between the government and the International Creditors’ Committee. […]

1,465  Former Ashanti Regional Chairman aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (COKA),has advised parents to always say good things on the lives of their children, family members or friends because words are powerful and may hurt or follow them forever. According to him, there are some words parents say on […]

1,320  The Majority Caucus on Wednesday runaway from the government’s 2024 budget statement and economic policy, sensing defeat over its failure to rally its numbers for parliamentary business. The Speaker of Parliament had earlier stated that his voice vote had been challenged under order 113 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament. The Speaker put […]

1,540  Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has been urged to break away from the ruling New Patriotic Party ahead of the 2024 general elections. A group called Ashanti Regional Volunteer Groups for Hon. Ken has called on the lawmaker to take the bold step, as he is the only one who […]

1,456  Members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament have staged a walkout of the Chamber, disrupting the approval process for the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government for the year ending December 31, 2024. The walkout occurred after the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, put the motion on a voice vote […]

1,616  The Minority in Parliament has alleged that the Nana Akufo-Addo government has introduced 50 new taxes since 2017. He said the taxes have brought nothing but too much burden on the already impoverished Ghanaian. This allegation was made by the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson during his concluding remarks on the 2024 budget […]

1,334  A Private legal practitioner, Lawyer Maurice Ampaw says the 24-hour economy policy being proposed by NDC Flagbearer ,John Dramani Mahama to implement when elected as president will bring nothing but distress to the country. He claimed the policy would be more of a problem than a solution to the economy. “There will be implications, […]