POLITICS

Withdraw unacceptable Sexuality Education programme – Mahama

Former President John Mahama says the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme is unacceptable and must be withdrawn immediately by the government. He says educational policies of government must respect the cultural values and norms of Ghanaians. In a Facebook post, Mr. Mahama said: “I fully understand the outrage of the moral society and a large majority of parents, opposing the planned ...

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Rawlings retracts call for interdiction of Afenyo-Markin

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has backed down on his call for the interdiction of the Board Chairman of the Ghana Water Company, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Mr Rawlings in a keynote address delivered at a conference of NDC Cadres and activists of the Revolution in Kumasi over the weekend bemoaned the fact that some NPP appointees are still in office when corrupt ...

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Manaf Ibrahim reacts to his sack

Former Director of Political Affairs at the Presidency, Manaf Ibrahim has subtly reacted to news of his sack from the presidency as was reported by MyNewsGh.com on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Moments after the news went viral about his dismissal, the Asawase lawmaker hopeful took to social media to reaffirm his faith in Allah indicating that he has never disappointed ...

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Mahama behind coup plot – Owusu Bempah

Director of Communications for Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah has alleged that former President, John Dramani Mahama, is the faceless person behind the failed coup meant to overthrow the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Making these wild allegations on Net 2 TV, Owusu Bempah averred that the former president purposely planned the attack with the sole aim ...

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First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu banned from campaigning

The people of Behenase in the Bekwai Municipality have dared the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai, Lawyer Joseph Osei Owusu, the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Kyei Baffuor, Bekwai constituency party executives and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) machinery not to step in the community to campaign for votes towards the 2020 elections. They claim the party has ignored them ...

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NDC must go back to its social democratic philosophy – Cadres demand

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has thrown away its social democratic philosophy on which the party was built, Chairman of the Cadres group Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere has said. According to him, the party currently has abandoned it grassroots organization and mobilization causing aparthy among party members leading to a painful defeat in the 2016 general elections. Speaking at national Cadres ...

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There is proof of Ofori-Atta’s attempt to acquire Capital Bank – Isaac Adongo insists

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central constituency Isaac Adongo has insisted that Financial Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the Board Chairman of Enterprise Group Keli Gadzekpo expressed interest in buying capital Bank though that has been denied by the two through their lawyers. Speaking for the first time after the collapse of Capital Bank in 2017, founder of the ...

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I left power very broke – Rawlings

Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has claimed that he left political office after 19 years in power as a poor person. According to him, his sad and hopeless situation was not different from his dear wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, the former First Lady. Mr. Rawlings said he and his wife didn’t even have one dollar in their ...

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Rawlings urges NDC to face reality

The Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has accused some leaders of his party of being on a wild goose chase because they know they could only takeover the leadership of the country perhaps in 2024 and not 2020, yet they are occupying such positions for the sake of it. “They have purchased the ...

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President Akufo-Addo to cut sod for Pwalugu dam project

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to cut sod for the commencement of work on the Pwalugu multi-purpose dam. The project is to take off in November 2019, in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage, announced this at the Upper East Regional Town Hall Meeting in Bolgatanga on Monday, September 30, 2019. The ...

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