Politics

The Deputy Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has asked the public to pardon the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for the recent comments he made during the inauguration of Phase II of the Tamale International Airport. According to him, the vice president has limited knowledge about the project. The Vice President at the inauguration of the Tamale International …

People’s Redemption Movement (PRM), is a new political party that has been formed ahead of the 2024 general elections, graphic.com.gh reports. The leadership of the new political party has noted that their prime objective is to rescue Ghanaians from the moment of despair and anxiety that has led to the crisis the country finds itself in. According to the PRM, the …

The New Patriotic Party has cautioned delegates not to display their ballot after casting their vote in Saturday’s Special delegates conference. Some 900 NPP delegates will on Saturday, August 26, vote to reduce the 10 presidential aspirants to five. The Special Electoral College will be a prelude to the crucial national conference on November 4, 2023, where the party’s flagbearer …

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has slammed the Government for granting a tax exemption of about GHC 43 million ( $ 3.9 million) to a company to import construction material for the building of a hotel at a time it was burdening Ghanaian with the electronic transfer levy (e-levy) with the explanation that Government needed …

The Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency, James Gyakye Quayson, has expressed his satisfaction with returning to Ghana after several years of residing in Canada to serve his constituents. James Gyakye Quayson, who was the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Assin North by-election, emerged victorious after the polls. At the end of the by-election on June …

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the Akufo-Addo government should scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) if it is not generating enough revenue as expected. He described the E-Levy as a “nuisance tax” and said that it should be scrapped if it is not meeting its revenue targets.  Dr Duffuor said, “We need to ask ourselves, are …

The Commissioner for Political Affairs at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ambassador Abdel-Fatal Musah, has stated that ECOWAS does not require explicit permission from the United Nations (UN) to deploy troops to Niger. His statement comes amid concerns that the UN might not be aligned with ECOWAS’s plans for a military intervention to address the coup situation …

The husband of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, Daniel Osei Kuffour, has been placed under arrest for ongoing investigations into alleged corruption and corruption-related offenses. This development comes after the discovery of significant amounts of money allegedly stolen from their home. The Office of the Special Prosecutor has moved to freeze the bank accounts of Cecilia Dapaah and seize around $590,000 and GHC …

Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Agriculture, has reversed his stance on declaring his choice for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearership. Initially, Acheampong had stated that he would not reveal his preferred candidate until after the NPP Superdelegates primary on August 26, 2023. This decision was reportedly influenced by his concern that his preferred candidate might not win. He mentioned that he …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa has uncovered a balloon in the cost of the new Bank of Ghana (BoG) Headquarters from an initial amount of $80 million to the present $250 Millon, The lawmaker further alleged that one of the construction firms picked through a single source PPA for the project is not a registered company …