Author Archives: larryehu

Muntaka explains why Fomena MP was nominated as second Deputy Speaker of Parliament

The only independent Member of Parliament of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was on January 7, 2021, elected the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Andrew Asiamah Amoako who has stated publicly that he will be caucusing with the NPP side in Parliament was nominated by Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak, the NDC’s Chief Whip and seconded by Alexander Afenyo Markin, the NPP’s Deputy Leader. Speaking to Joy News in ...

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Akufo-Addo directs some appointees to stay on amid reports of impending reshuffle

Some persons who held ministerial positions in the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s have been ordered to hold on to their respective appointments until the upcoming ministerial appointments are approved by Parliament according to some reports. The directive by the President is said to affect only substantive ministers and not their deputies or any other officeholders whose ...

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Carlos Ahenkorah is a thief, deserved beatings – Asiedu Nketia

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has likened the actions of Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, the Tema West Member of Parliament during the election of the Speaker of Parliament to a thief stealing an item at the popular Kejetia Market in Kumasi. Asiedu Nketia did not mince words in referring to Carlos Ahenkorah as a thief who deserved the treatment he ...

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V/R: Attacks on Keta MP politically motivated -NDC

The Volta Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it believes recent attacks on the Member of Parliament for the Keta Constituency are politically motivated. The newly-elected MP, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey suffered two robbery attacks in separate operations since winning the elections in December, with the recent and second incident happening on Sunday, when suspected armed robbers attacked ...

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Supreme Court justice who tried to bribe NDC MP is a ‘very top’ judge – Edward Bawa

Member of Parliament for Bongo Constituency, Edward Abambire Bawa, has given further details about the Supreme Court judge who allegedly attempted albeit unsuccessfully to unduly influence an NDC Member of Parliament to vote for Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye in the Speaker of Parliament elections. Muntaka Mohammed, the NDC Chief Whip made a startling revelation on Sunday, January 10, 2021, claiming that ...

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Akufo-Addo commissions new French embassy

President Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned the newly constructed French Embassy building in Accra. The facility has been under construction since 2017 when security concerns were raised over the location of the old structure. Following negotiations with the Ghanaian govermment, a new site at Cantonment was allotted the French government for a new chancery to be constructed. Commissioning the facility, the ...

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Judge in Ofosu-Ampofo leaked tape trial unwell, case adjourned

The case of an alleged leaked audio recording of the National Chairman of the Nation Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has been adjourned to tomorrow, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. This was because Justice Samuel Asiedu, a Court of Appeal judge sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court judge is unwell. Mr Ofosu-Ampofo and Kwaku Boahen, a deputy communications officer ...

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