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Politics

Akufo-Addo Jets Off To Switzerland

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday March 19, 2017 to attend the 5th edition of the Africa CEO forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The President who is expected to return on Thursday March 23, 2017 will also hold meetings with the Ghanaian community in Geneva. In a …

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How Britain’s ‘Independent’ Reported On Ghana’s ‘Elephant-Size’ Government

Ghana’s President has come under fire for appointing an “elephant size” government of 110 ministers. Nana Akufo-Addo, who promised to cut superfluous government spending, has hit back at his opponents and said this was “a necessary investment” for the small country off Africa’s western coast. The appointment this week of …

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2016 Polls: I Didn’t Handle Party Cash – Ofosu-Ampofo

The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has said neither he nor the NDC’s elections directorate received money meant for the NDC’s polling agents in last year’s elections. According to him, assertions and insinuations in an article written by the Daily Post, a pro-NDC newspaper, …

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NDC Chairman Denies Daring Mahama To Name Campaign Cash Recipients

The eastern regional chairman of the National Democratic Congress has denied claims that he has dared former President John Mahama to mention names of members of the functional executive committee who took money to run the 2016 campaign but diverted it. Bismark Tawiah Boateng in a statement said the writer …

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I DID NOT SLAP ANYBODY – NDC CHAIRMAN

The NDC Constituency Chairman for Lower Manya Krobo, David Walter Hormenu has debunked the rumour that he slapped a supporter of the party during the sitting of the Prof. Kwesi Botwe led fact-finding committee established by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unravel the cause of the party’s heavy defeat …

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Mahama Will Stage A Huge Comeback In 2020 Elections – Kofi Adams

The National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has said that former President, John Mahama is still fit to contest in the 2020 presidential race. According to him, members of the party are ready to give John Mahama a resounding endorsement to lead the party again in …

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Ambassadors’ List: Gina Blay For Germany, Anna Bossman For France

Wife of the acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Freddie Blay has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Germany. Starrfmonline.com has gathered that Mrs. Gina Blay went for her letter from the President at the Flagstaff House on Thursday, March 16, 2017. A former envoy …

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110 Ministers: I Need The Numbers To Fix Economy – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has justified his decision to appoint 110 ministers to serve in his government. According to him, the enormous challenges confronting the country require the staggering number of ministers he has selected to fix. “I don’t believe that my government in the fourth Republic has big numbers in view …

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Akufo-Addo’s Style Of Governance Is Outmoded – Lecturer

A political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology(KNUST) Dr. Edward Brenya has described President Akufo-Addo’s style of governance as an outmoded model. President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed a total of 110 ministers of state making his government the largest in the fourth republic. A decision …

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Attacks on NDC executives unfortunate – Ofosu-Ampofo

It is regrettable that some irate youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday 16 March attacked the Eastern regional executives of the party at a meeting involving them and the Kwesi Botchwey committee investigating the causes of the party’s defeat in last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections, Samuel …

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