POLITICS

Army chiefs from West African countries have been urged to remain loyal to their heads of state and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during discussions aimed at restoring democracy in crisis-hit Niger. Addressing an extraordinary meeting of army chiefs in Accra on Thursday and Friday, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul asked the military leaders to send ...

The Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Jean Adukwei Mensa, insists that the use of only the national identification (ID) card, popularly known as Ghana Card, for registration is the surest way to ensure the integrity of Ghana’s voter register. According to her, the Commission will not back down on its proposal to have only the Ghana Card as ...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his disagreement with the decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy a standby force for military intervention in Niger following the recent coup. Speaking to the Youth Bridge Foundation’s Communications and Advocacy Manager, Thomas Adotei Pappoe, during the 15th African Youth and Governance Convergence in Mankessim, Ghana, President ...

The Financial Crimes High Court, presided over by Justice Edward Twum, is set to deliver its ruling on Thursday, 31 August 2023 regarding the special prosecutor’s attempt to freeze the assets of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah. The office of the special prosecutor filed the application in a bid to confirm the freezing of two accounts owned by Ms Dapaah. ...

Organised Labour has voiced its rejection of the government’s proposal to implement a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) during next year’s salary negotiations for public sector employees. COLA, an interim measure designed to offer relief when immediate salary adjustments are unfeasible, has been met with scepticism by Organised Labour, which argues that it would not positively impact pension disbursements and ...

Founding President of Imani Africa Mr Franklin Cudjoe has said that the arguments that civil society groups made against the Agyapa deal were not before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice. To that end, he has asked the public to ignore the ‘noise’ being made about the verdict of the court that there was nothing ...

Dr John Kumah, Deputy Minister of Finance, has urged the flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Kennedy Agyapong, to maintain his focus and refrain from making him (John Kumah) the central theme of his campaign. Dr Kumah, representing the Ejisu Constituency in the Ashanti Region, responded to Mr Agyapong’s recent revelation that his comment about a certain ...

A chartered economist Bernard Oduro Takyi has criticised Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia for the significant financial loss incurred by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The central bank recorded a staggering loss of GHS60.8 billion, per the Auditor-General’s 2022 report, which is equivalent to $6 billion – twice the IMF bailout to Ghana – through what the minority caucus describes as ...

 In preparation for the upcoming presidential primary scheduled for November 4, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has unveiled a list of 17 designated polling stations for the Super Delegates Conference set to take place on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This selection has been strategically made with the intention of narrowing down the pool of aspirants to a final count ...

Private legal practitioner Dr Justice Srem-Sai has taken a swipe at the Foreign Affairs Minister following her call for the dismissal of some staff at the Passport Office in Accra. According to him, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey cannot keep quiet about government appointees allegedly taking bribes and engaging in corruption-related activities, while ranting over low-level staff extorting money from Ghanaians. In ...