POLITICS

THE AKUFO-ADDO administration constructed, tarred and asphalted a total of 3,620 kilometres of roads across the country in its first four years, Chairman of the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, Kennedy Nyarko Osei has revealed. According to him, 1,600 kilometres of the road network was asphaltic bitumen, while the remaining kilometres were bitumen surfacing, explaining that a kilometre of ...

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has revealed that a future NDC government will abolish E-Levy within their first 100 days in office should the Akufo-Addo-led government pass it. According to him, E-levy is not taxation but thievery. Speaking to a crowd gathered at the Obra Spot demonstrating against the E-levy dubbed ...

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said the E-levy spelt cake he cut during his 65th birthday was a gift from a businessman who is not even a family remember nor affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, his intent was not to provoke Ghanaians as it is being speculated by some social media users. Some Ghanaians ...

Founder of the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) Mensah Thompson has been arrested by the Police. Starr News sources say the outspoken head of ASEPA is currently being held at the Teshie Police station in Accra. The arrest follows a formal complaint by the Military to the Police. He is reportedly set for court Thursday February 10,2022. ...

The demonstrators are expected to converge at the Obra Spot where the march will commence through the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue through Farisco, Striking Force, the Kinbu Road, the Octagon, the National Theatre through the AU Roundabout and finally end at the Parliament House. The Police said the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) will deploy personnel to assist with traffic ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given its seal of approval for Ghana’s national Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport Thus, holders of the Ghana Card as well as its future biometric equivalents can present it as official documentation at all 197 (ICAO) compliant countries and 44,000 airports worldwide and board flights ...

A call has been made to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to resign on the grounds of infirmness. The call from former CPP acting General Secretary, James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, aka Kabila, is hinged on grounds of ill-health, principle, and conscience to save Ghana’s Parliament. An earlier call from veteran journalist, Kweku Baako Jnr, on similar grounds reads, “Step ...

Musician and a member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as A-Plus has raised some pertinent concerns about the rollout of the government’s flagship Free Senior Secondary School programme According to him, it does not make economic sense for students who fall short of the pass mark to gain admission into Senior High Schools ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament has been explaining why he had to change his name from ‘Lawrence Addae’ in the past to his purely local name ‘Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’ which he presently uses. It will be recalled that some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), have accused the Suame Member of Parliament of having skeletons in his cupboard for ...

The #FixTheCountry Movement has declined a request by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to join its impending demonstration against the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy). The Movement in a statement said it has received an invitation from the NDC on Friday, February 4, 2022 to joined their proposed E-levy demonstration scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022. They have however, catalogued ...