Politics

The governing New Patriotic Party NPP has said the Electronic Transaction Levy is a nationalist instrument for development and as such calls on the Minority in parliament to approve the bill. The party believe the bill will help mobilize more revenue for the government while reducing the ballooning debt situation. …

Ms Fatimatu Abubakar, the Deputy Minister of Information, has debunked claims journalists are being cowed into silence under the current administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In as much as the media were guaranteed freedom by the constitution, she said they also ought to practise responsible and ethical journalism. …

The Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has said “Many many people have accepted the e-levy in principle.” Despite the acceptance, however, he said “they still need to be spoken with and the engagement must continue”. Speaking at a press conference in …

The Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has said party officials are mute about the controversial E-levy. “You will be surprised how many of our NPP officers at the local level are not talking enough about the government’s policy, especially e-levy. “I …

Minister for Works and Housing and Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye has paid a visit to eight-year-old old girl who in a viral video, chastised him, the New Patriotic Party(, NPP), and President Akufo-Addo for being stingy because they have not financed her schooling after she did a …

The Member of Parliament for fanteakwa South constituency in the eastern region, on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, Hon. Kofi Okyere Agyekum who doubles as the Ranking Member for Public Accounts Committee in Parliament has settled the controversies of whether Ghana is broke or not. According …

Samuel Koku Anyidoho, founder and CEO of the Atta-Mills Institute has said nobody can sack him from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).Anyidoho was reacting to his supposed expulsion from the biggest opposition party in the country.Speaking on Asaase FM Thursday (17 February) he said, the NDC has not expelled him but “…It was …

Social commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has lauded Ghana Police for arresting some persons whose utterances are said to be defamatory. The Police have, over the days, topped discussions on the airwaves following the arrests of broadcaster Kwabena Bobie Ansah, NPP Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe who was first invited by …

Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a lawyer/presidential aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, has urged women not to give up in the struggle for leadership roles in both the political and governance space. She said politics was a tool for leadership upbringing and if women were given the chance, the …

Social commentator, Allotey Jacobs has recounted a scary moment in his life that he narrowly escaped danger because he was neck-deep in politics.According to him, his mother’s bed saved his life as he had to hide himself under the bed because some people had staged a coup in Ghana.Allotey Jacobs made …