Politics

For the second time in Ghana’s history under the Fourth Republic, the number of ministers and their deputies is more than the Minority in Parliament. The second Rawlings administration had 83 ministers and deputy ministers, as against 69 MPs (including CPP and PNC members) on the Minority side in Parliament …

Awutu Senya East Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Alhaji Ibrahim Abu-Sadat says they are ready to work with anyone the President selects as MP for the municipality. His comment is in reaction to reports of some members of the NPP fighting one another …

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has made a strong case for an end to the sale of state assets, including vehicles, to public office holders as part of their end-of-service benefits. At an event to assess the 2017 Transition, a Senior Research Fellow of the IEA, Dr Michael Ofori …

A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, has described as unethical, the number of ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo. The president has appointed over a hundred ministers and deputies to serve in his government. But according to Mr. Sylvester Mensah, who’s also a …

The unprecedented problems confronting Ghana demand a large government, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said in response to the criticism fired at him over the size of his government, which has seen him appoint or nominate 110 ministers. “I don’t believe that my government in the Fourth Republic has big numbers …

The leadership of the Progressive Peoples Party PPP has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of running a “family and friends” government in the wake of his appointments of new ministers and other appointees. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the national chairman of the PPP, Nii Allotey Brew-Hammond took a …

Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Anita Desoso has said the various campaign groups that were formed just before the 2016 general election for ex President John Mahama, contributed to the NDC’s defeat in last year’s polls. According to her, while the party structures couldn’t perform to …

Two leading members of the Jomoro Constituency National Democratic Congress are in Police Custody for allegedly defrauding fishermen in the area. They are Mr Gideon Konibah, Constituency Chairman and Mr Augustine Ofori Andoh, Deputy Constituency Secretary. The District Chief Fishermen, Mr Emmanuel Odwiri, made this known to the GNA in …

A Deputy National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr. Joshua Amidu Akamba has lambasted the Daily Guide Newspaper over their Friday March 10, 2017 publication with the headline, ‘’Mahama Bounces Back’’. The fierce critic of President Nana Akufo-Addo discredited the paper and accused it of bias. Speaking …

Private legal practitioner, lawyer Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has hinted that he will resign from active politics should they fail to deliver on their campaign promises. He said the fact that NPP is in power and promised to deliver, they must deliver …