POLITICS

Former Deputy Employment Minister Austin Akufo Gamey says the approach the Minister of Finance, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, and the government, by extension, are using to implement the new debt restructuring programme “is not good enough”. “If I were the Minister of Finance, my approach will be 100 percent different from what they are doing now,” he said on Midday ...

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu is unhappy at what he describes as extortion by some service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He says poor subscribers who should be benefitting from the scheme are rather being overburdened and denied essential services they have already paid for under the scheme. “From the end-user point of view, it looks like the ...

Government Spokesperson on Governance and Security Palgrave Boakye-Danquah has apologised to the Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) for the seeming snub by government in the rollout of the three new tax bills. GUTA’s President Dr Joseph Obeng had complained bitterly on TV3‘s New Day on Wednesday, April 19 about the neglect of them by government in the introduction of ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has written to the Council of State to reconsider its advice to the President concerning two of the three recently sworn-in members of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The NDC adduced evidence that Dr Peter Appiahene and Hajia Salima Ahmed Tijani have deep roots within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and cannot guarantee the neutrality ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the newly Enskinned Overlord of the Gonja State, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jawu Soale of the government’s commitment and support to his kingdom to ensure that the Savannah region is developed. “ I want to assure you that government will give you the utmost support for development in the region and this is why we ...

Vice President Dr Mahamud Bawumia and former President John Dramani Mahama say they are happy for the peace and unity in the Gonja Traditional Kingdom. The duo made these comments at the outdooring of the new King of Gonja in Damongo in the Savannah Region. The new monarch, Bikunuto Jewu Soale becomes the 34th Yagbonwura at Nyanget, the ancient capital ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has left Accra for China to have negotiations on debt restructuring with officials of that country. Sources say the Minister left over the weekend via Addis Ababa where he is attending the UNECA High-Level Ministers meeting on Global Financial Architecture. After that meeting, Mr Ofori-Atta is expected to head to China, possibly on March 22, ...

The former Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for the Tamale South Constituency, Haruna Iddrisu, has indicated that no candidate can unseat him. Describing himself as the MP with the most followers in the Northern Region and beyond, Mr Iddrisu said to be elected MP five consecutive times means the people are happy with the work he is doing and ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has told the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum not to close down nonperforming schools. He says the schools should rather be supported with teaching and learning materials to improve on their performance. Addressing branch executives of NDC earlier on Sunday, March 19, at Adudwama in the Ahafo Ano South East Constituency Mr Mahama ...

Former Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has filed his nomination forms to contest the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Tamale South Constituency. Highly tipped to retain the seat, Haruna Iddrisu says his work in the Constituency is not done yet. Accompanied by a mammoth crowd, the 5th time Member of Parliament for Tamale South handed over his nomination ...