POLITICS

Policy think tank IMANI Africa has scored the Akufo-Addo government 48.78% in the delivery of its campaign promises so far. They also scored the government 54.35% for its handling of the economy. The manifesto assessments by IMANI which was outdoored Wednesday said government has only implemented 41 out of the 162 promises it made in the party’s 2016 manifesto. The ...

The Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo and four other officials from the Ministry of Finance have initiated a court action against the Auditor General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo to clear their names in relation to what is said to be breaches of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) that resulted in their payment of US$1 million to a private firm, ...

Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Protection Agency of Ghana, Mr Kofi Capito has said things are not going well in Ghana for everyone, including members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Speaking on Citi TV monitored by MyNewsGH.com, the Consumer protection chief said he’s had key members of the ruling NPP admit to him that all is not ...

The Ministry of Finance has ordered the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to release an amount of GHS49,998,626.72 to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to settle outstanding salaries and transfer grants of its staff. The letter that gave the order was signed by Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei Asare on Wednesday, 11 December 2019. It said: “You (CAGD) are ...

A failed Chairman-aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Richard Amoako Baah, has revealed that despite President Nana Akufo-Addo relaying a message through the First Lady to him for a meeting, the “gatekeepers” at the Jubilee House have refused to grant him access to the President for the past two months. “Some of them will even tell you ...

Spokesperson for the Rawlings family, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has brushed aside accusations that the former president orchestrated and sponsored the extrajudicial killings of some former army personnel shortly after the 1979 revolution. Former close associate of Mr Rawlings and one of the architects of the June 4 Uprising, Major Osahene Boakye Gyan had suggested in recent media interview that Mr ...

A failed Chairman-aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Richard Amoako Baah, has revealed that despite President Nana Akufo-Addo relaying a message through the First Lady to him for a meeting, the “gatekeepers” at the Jubilee House have refused to grant him access to the President for the past two months. “Some of them will even tell you ...

Spokesperson for the Rawlings family, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has brushed aside accusations that the former president orchestrated and sponsored the extrajudicial killings of some former army personnel shortly after the 1979 revolution. Former close associate of Mr Rawlings and one of the architects of the June 4 Uprising, Major Osahene Boakye Gyan had suggested in recent media interview that Mr ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) has served notice that it will not withdraw the nomination of the Director-General of the National Communications Authority(NCA) Joe Anokye as its representative at Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meetings. The opposition NDC has raised red flags over the NPP’s choice of Joe Anokye as a representative at an IPAC meeting to discuss a new procurement ...

The Deputy Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Francis Asenso Boakye has denied assertions made against his person by political scientist Dr. Amoako Baah. In an interview on Neat FM’s afternoon talk show, Meman Nti hosted by Adakabri Frimpong Manson, the NPP top gun alleged that Mr. Francis Asenso Boakye, the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare and the other appointees surrounding ...