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 President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, for spearheading efforts in this direction. …

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, went through his list of dignitaries present in the House, …

There was turmoil in Parliament when the Speaker of Parliament, Kingsford Bagbin, introduced former President John Dramani Mahama ahead of the State of the Nation Address to be delivered by President Akufo-Addo. Immediately after the name of the NDC flagbearer was mentioned, the NDC MPs began chanting, “No matter what you do, JM’s time is now”. Peeved by the Minority’s action, …