POLITICS

Yaw Anim Dissolves Campaign Team

THE NEWLY elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Kumawu, Ernest Yaw Anim, dissolved his campaign team immediately he was declared winner in the party polls on Sunday. The move, he explained, is intended to unite the party ahead of the May 23, 2023 by-election at Kumawu, which has been occasioned by the death of Philip Basoah, the late ...

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82 Ghanaians evacuated from Khartoum, Sudan so far

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says 82 Ghanaian nationals have been evacuated from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, so far. Seventy-seven were evacuated to safety in Gedaref, Sudan, to be transported to Ethiopia on Wednesday, April 26 while five, comprising three footballers and two working for an Australian mining company, are being evacuated through the Egyptian border post ...

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Akufo-Addo has collapsed the cocoa sector – Mahama

Flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has said the country’s cocoa sector is on the verge of collapse because of the mismanagement of the sector by government. Addressing party supporters and branch executives at the beginning of a two-day campaign tour of the Western North Region, Mr. Mahama said government’s failure to adjust the producer ...

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Defend justice in an impartial, professional manner if given nod – Betty Mould-Iddrisu to CJ nominee

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, has advised the new Chief Justice nominee, Justice Gertrude Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, to defend justice in an impartial and professional manner if she gets the parliamentary approval to become Ghana’s next Chief Justice. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated Justice Araba Esabaa Torkornoo, as Ghana’s next Chief Justice to replace ...

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We may hold public hearing on petition to probe Frimpong-Boateng report – CHRAJ

The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, has given an indication of a public hearing once it establishes the need to act on a petition by the Member of Parliament (MP) of South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor. Mr. Dafeamekpor has petitioned CHRAJ to investigate allegations contained in a report issued by the former Minister ...

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Visit Kyebi and verify; no galamsey at backyard of Akufo-Addo’s residence – Ahiagbah

There is no illegal small scale mining activity (Galamsey) ongoing at the backyard of the President’s residence in his hometown Kyebi in the Eastern Region, the Director of Communications for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Richard Ahiagbah has said. His comment follows an allegation made by a former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, who once chaired the ...

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Galamsey: Fmr NPP MP tells Akufo-Addo to sack all officials who are making the fight difficult

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should sack all persons around him who have been identified as making the fight against illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) difficult, former Member of Parliament for Tema East Titus Glover has said. Mr Titus Glover indicated that criticisms over galamsey issues are directedly blamed on the President and the Vice President whereas some persons have ...

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Akufo-Addo nominates Gertrude Torkornoo as new Chief Justice

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo as the new Chief Justice. The President in a letter to the Council of State on Tuesday, April 25, said her nomination is to avoid any vacuum that would occur following the retirement of the current Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah on May 24. “Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah is due ...

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NPP govt is pushing a chunk of Ghana’s debt to a future administration – Hosi

Businessman Senyo Hosi says the Akufo-Addo administration is pushing a chunk of Ghana’s financial liabilities to a future government through the new Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) that has been presented to labour. Speaking on the Business Focus with Paa Kwasi Asare on TV3 Monday April 17, he said “You actually have a government now who is deffering a lot ...

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‘Instead of recognising mismanagement, he is blaming creditors for Ghana’s debt burden’ – Hanke criticises Ofori-Atta

Renowned US Professor of Economics, Steve Hanke has chastised Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta for mismanaging the Ghanaian economy. Professor Hanke who is a hard critic of Ghanaian authorities in a tweet was surprised about Mr Ofori-Atta’s position that he’s disappointed foreign lenders have been slow to act in supporting Ghana’s quest to get a programme from the International Monetary Fund. ...

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