POLITICS

‘Go and learn from Afari Gyan’ – Afriyie Ankrah jabs EC’s Bossman Asare

The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has criticized the Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Eric Bossman Asare for what he termed as his condescending tone. According to him, Bossman’s comments on the EC’s decision to compile a new voters register were inimical to the peace and stability of the country. ...

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Ken Agyapong vindicated on Ahmed Suale murder – Abronye DC

An executive of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) who has dropped a hint about the arrest of two suspects in connection with the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a member of Tiger Eye PI has stated that controversial Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong stands vindicated. He disclosed that some persons including ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw ...

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2,200 Workers to be posted to new regions – Dan Botwe

The Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan Botwe, has announced that the government will be posting at least 100 experienced workers of the Local Government Service to each of the newly created regions to cater for the human resource at the various regional co-ordinating councils to be established. The Oti Regional Coordinating Council (ORCC), he said, would soon ...

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We’ll resist attempts to hide information under ‘national security’ – Bentil

A leading member of the Right to Information Coalition Kofi Bentil says the coalition will fight any attempt by politicians to conceal information to the public under the guise of National Security following the passage of the Right to Information Law (RTI). Despite the passage of the RTI, there are fears among some Ghanaians that politicians and government officials may ...

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Adansi Asokwa NPP holds meetings in beer bar as K.T Hammond seizes office

The Constituency Executives of the Adansi Asokwa New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti region, holds meetings at a beer bar instead of the constituency party office while the Member of Parliament (MP) pockets the office keys. Mr. Akwasi Boakye, the Constituency first Vice chairman, who spoke with MyNewsGh.com in an exclusive interview explained that, Hon Kobina Tahir Hammond, the ...

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RTI passage: Don’t jubilate yet – Karikari to journalists

Communications consultant and dean of communication studies at the Wisconsin University College Professor Kwame Karikari has urged Ghanaians and the media to be cautious with their jubilation over the passage of the Right to Information Law by Parliament. He says until the content of the new law is studied and accepted to be responsive to the challenges with information gathering ...

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Ghana’s RTI law one of the best in the world – Bagbin

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has described the Right to Information Law which was passed Tuesday night as one of the best in the world. ” Honourable members the RTI has gone through the third reading and is hereby duly passed. This law is one of the best ever passed in any part of the world,” he ...

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Parliament suspends approval of Bono region minister-designate

Parliament has put on hold the approval of Minister-designate for the newly created Bono region Mrs. Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson over her academic credentials with 18 others sailing through. Mrs. Kumi-Richardson until she appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament had her name preceded with a doctorate title. It was conspicuously missing on her CV during her vetting, raising concerns from ...

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You care about strangers than your own – Ras Mubarak to government

A Ghanaian opposition MP, Ras Mubarak, has criticized his country’s government for offering a hand of assistance to Cyclone Idai victims in faraway Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi while ignoring scores of survivors and families of two ghastly accidents in Ghana which killed close to 70 people. The MP for Kumbungu told Class91.3FM’s parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan on Monday, 25 March ...

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