Politics

The Former Member of Parliament for the Builsa North Constituency, Timothy Awontiirim Ataboadey has described the behaviour of the Deputy Chairperson for the Vetting Committee, Hon Adwoa Safo as unparliamentary and must be called to order. He stressed that Hon, she had exhibited traits of youthful exuberance. The former parliamentarian …

Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has rubbished media reports suggesting he would be contesting in the 2020 Presidential Elections to be elected as president of Ghana. The former Finance Minister under Former President John Attah Mills’ administration said he has retired from active politics – thus, has no intentions of becoming a …

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Justice Tsar Yao, has been relieved of his post by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with immediate effect. The decision to remove him from office was communicated to him last Friday from the presidency. Just before the general election …

The move by the Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka to isolate himself from the accusation that a bribe was exchanged through him, supposedly coming from a ministerial nominee to influence Minority members on the Appointment Committee has been challenged. According to the Member of Parliament for …

Women, Children and Social Protection Minister-designate, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has denied ever endorsing Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong’s sex-for-job claim against the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei. “I’ll be the last person to do that because I myself have been a victim of such allegation,” Ms Djaba …

Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that minority chief whip, Muhammad Muntaka ‘lied’ over his claims that the minority members of the house were not paid any amount of money for them to approve the President’s nominee for Energy. The North Tongu MP told Adom FM’s Morning …

The Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts and Culture has accused political detractors as masterminds behind fraud allegations being peddled against her in the media. Catherine Afeku said the accusations are simply a political game fuelled by enemies who are testing to see how formidable she is. Last week, Joy News broke …

Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister-designate Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, has said former president John Dramani Mahama was like an “emperor without clothes” during his term of office. According to her, several Ghanaians, especially those from Northern Ghana, felt the severe hardship under President Mahama although the president could have …

President John Mahama is, indeed, “wicked” and “an embarrassment” to the people of the three regions in the North, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister-designate Otiko Afisa Djaba has insisted. “I don’t owe him [Mr Mahama] or you [Alhassan Suhuyini] any apology…” she said in response to the Tamale North …

Parliament yesterday approved the nomination of eight out of the 13 ministers designate vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP). Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides shared the view that the nominees were generally knowledgeable and experienced to occupy their respective ministerial positions and unanimously approved their nomination. …