Member of Parliament (MP) for the Adansi Asokwa Constituency, Kobina Tahir Hammond has lashed out at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for mounting a resistance to the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) decision to compile a new voters’ register. He argues the opposition party knows it “cannot get more than 10 votes in any election in Ghana if a new electoral ...

The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of secondary education, Dr.Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy will break the cycle of poverty in the country. Ghana has reduced poverty levels by half between 1991 and 2014. But it estimated that more than 2.8million Ghanaians representing 8.5% of the population are living in ...

The EC wants to rip out a system worth $60 million, of which value at least $40 million has accumulated since just 2016, and spend $150 million (plus contingency) constructing a new one. A careful analysis of best practice in procuring biometric technology for elections in Africa shows that the EC’s proposed spending plans are inflated by about 60%. In ...

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One half of defunct Ghanaian hiplife group Buk Bak, Prince Bright has responded to claims that Sarkodie intentionally excluded him from the video of his hit song ‘Ofeetso’ . According to the singer and rapper, he’s mostly in New York and spends little time in Ghana – the reason for his absence in the video. “I’m based in New York ...

Legendary music producer Fred Kyei Mensah who is a victim of the June 3 disaster is proud of himself for his ability to resist the temptation to sell his house to Beige Bank at a time he was virtually struggling to survive. Fredyma, as he is known in the music industry, says he was pestered by officials of the bank ...

IMANI-Africa has slammed the Electoral Commission(EC) for its flawed justification for the procurement of new BVRs and BVDs ahead of this year’s general elections. According to IMANI, the wear and tear rate of these electoral technologies have been exaggerated describing as false, the comparison of the BVRs and BVDs with normal laptops and POS terminals. “The thing about these BVRs ...

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said he will not honour the invitation of the Special Investigative Team (SIT) which is probing the collapse of uniBank – which he founded. The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana has also asked the head of the SIT, COP Edward Tabriri, to stop threatening to cause his arrest, detention and hurried ...

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has dismissed reports that the award of a contract to Persol Systems Limited to construct a data centre for the commission was as a result of links with the Chairperson, Jean Mensa. According to the reports, the data management company is owned by the husband of the EC Chair. “This is an outrageous lie since ...

Ghana’s export and industrialization drive is likely to experience major setbacks in the wake of the government decision to borrow US$100 million credit facility from offshore investors to support the operations of Ghana Exim bank, (GEXIM). According to the Economic Watch Africa, the government would mortgage the country’s industrialization, especially the One District, One factory if it fails to suspend ...