Anglicans are represented at the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA 6) this week, which is meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. UNEA discusses the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. The United Nations Environment Assembly is the only forum in which the world’s countries discuss the environmental crisis …
Read More »Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill Violates Fundamental Human Rights – CDD Ghana
Story by Julia Elinam Nani The Ghana Centre for democratic development(CDD) in a press conference held on February 27, 2024, highlighted the implications of the passage of the Human sexual rights and Family Values Bill,2021(also known as the LGBTQ+ Bill), on the rights and Freedoms of LGBTQ+ persons and other …
Read More »SoNA: Kumasi, and Tamale airports to be renamed
President Akufo-Addo has announced that the redeveloped Kumasi International Airport in the Ashanti Region is set to be completed and fully operationalised by May. He also revealed the airport will subsequently be named Nana Agyemang International Airport. He further stated the Tamale Airport, Northern Region, will also be renamed Yakubu Tali International …
Read More »Ghana now has domestic and International Finance Ministers – Ato Forson
Minority Leader, Ato Forson, has expressed worry over the overbloated government size under the leadership of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration. He thought the President would have used the reshuffle to reduce his government size but the President has since increased the size of his government and added new portfolios. …
Read More »We Are Going To Be Part Of The Digital Revolution – President Akufo-Addo
By Ruth Tang His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghana is currently one of the world’s largest in terms of drone delivery services, which has helped in the delivery of medicines, blood, and vaccines during his tenure. He also mentioned that through his government’s work of digitalization, all …
Read More »SONA2024: Expansion of the security services
By Wilhelmina Oddoye His Excellency Nana Akufo Addo has stated that his government has expanded the security services to create a safe country for its citizens. “Mr Speaker, I am glad to be able to report that the entire territory thatmakes up our nation is safe, secure and under the …
Read More »SONA2024: Money spent on Bawku conflict troubling – Akufo-Addo laments
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed deep concerns regarding the expenditure incurred in resolving the Bawku conflict. He lamented that the funds could have been allocated to other developmental projects but were instead utilized for ensuring security in and around Bawku in the Upper East Region. During his State of the …
Read More »“President Akufo-Addo Stresses Ghana’s Safety in 2024
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo highlighted the government’s careful planning to keep Ghana safe. He pointed out that Ghana has been able to avoid the extremism seen in nearby countries thanks to this planning. Akufo-Addo emphasized the government’s commitment to the safety of the armed forces and security agencies. He …
Read More »SONA 2024: Akufo-Addo Announces Digital Performance Tracker for Government Projects
By: Angelina Tukpe President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his State of the Nation address delivered on Tuesday, February 27, highlighted significant plans for improving government transparency and efficiency and ensuring a smooth electoral process and national security. Describing his administration as focused on digitalization, President Akufo-Addo praised his Vice …
Read More »SONA 2024: Why Speaker Bagbin rose from his seat during prolonged chants by the Minority
Any time there have been constitutional addresses by any sitting president of Ghana, there has also been the usual theatrics, usually from the Minority side of the House, and this 8th State of the National Address (SoNA) by President Akufo-Addo did not miss any of that. While the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, …
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