POLITICS

Flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has pledged to “work hard” to provide jobs for the youth and reduce the high cost of living in the country if he is re-elected president in the 2020 elections. “I am ready, very ready! I am ready to work hard to provide jobs for our youth and ...

The First Vice-Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Horace Ekow Ewusi, can no longer hold and exercise his authority as the second-in-command of the elephant family in the region. This follows his indefinite suspension from the party for grossly misconducting himself. The decision for Ewusi’s suspension was taken on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, by the ...

The Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer has denied being a shareholder of the Power Distribution Services (PDS), despite being a director of one of the local companies that owned shares in PDS. According to him, he was only engaged as a lawyer to register one of the companies, TG Energy Solutions Ghana Limited, in 2014. “I do ...

Special Prosecutor, Martin ABK Amidu, has given Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency in the Central Region seven days to render an unqualified apology and retraction for comments he considers defamatory on his hard-won reputation. According to him in a letter copied to GhanaWeb, Mr Amidu said the Finance Minister on July 12, 2019, ...

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of fudging the original Power Compact II agreement to handover the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to surrogates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “This project was expected to significantly improve access to electricity, ensure operational efficiency, turn around ECG, increase their profitability and have a sustainable, reliable ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to help realise the vision of a self-reliant Africa that is no longer dependent on the receipt of aid and charity. Addressing the African Caucus Meeting of African Governors of the World Bank and IMF on Thursday, ...

The Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party has issued a stern warning to Ghanaians to avoid making a grave mistake of voting for former Presisent Mahama in 2020. Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako has explained that the main reason the former leader is seeking to occupy the Presidential seat again is solely to satisfy his “lustful” desires and not to ...

The minority in parliament is calling for immediate termination of the PDS concession agreement describing it as fraudulent. According to them, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Energy Minister Peter Amewu knew the guarantee was fraudulent from the onset but went ahead assent to it. Addressing the press on Thursday, Former Deputy Energy Minister, John Jinapor said the president must ...

A former UN adviser on governance Prof. Agyemang Duah has urged President Akufo-Addo to name and punish officials in his government who are culpable in the failed PDS-ECG concession deal. In his view, the suspension of the deal by government few months down the line is an indication of a shoddy work done “We’ll have to fault government and some ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bongo has said government’s suspension of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) is a major dent on parliament’s ability to diligently scrutinise agreements. PDS took over ECG on March 1 after its major shareholder Meralco Consortium from the Philippines won the Millennium Challenge Power Compact Two from the U.S.A. However ...