After weeks of speculations and projections, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has concluded on persons who will make up his government in the 2nd term. Many of the Ministers who served in the first term, according to a release from the presidency Thursday, have been retained and in their various capacities. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Trade and Industry Minister, ...
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Election Petition: Detailed account of what transpired in court on Day 22
On Day 22, that is Wednesday, January 20, 2021, of the election petition filed by former President John Mahama, the justices of the Supreme Court were seated by 9:35 am, but the counsel for the petitioner was notably not present in his chair. Johnson Asiedu Nketia a.k.a General Mosquito represented the petitioner. Asiedu Nketia explained that Tsatsu Tsikata and Co ...
Read More »Election Petition: Dominic Ayine explains reason for his ‘misconduct’ in court
A member of the legal team for the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, Dominic Ayine, has explained that the reason for his misconduct earlier in court today was because he was shocked at the proceedings in court. The Chief Justice, Justice Anim Yeboah, chided the former Deputy Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, for continuously raising objections ...
Read More »Election Petition: Supreme Court set down 5 issues for determination
The Supreme Court has outlined five key issues it will make a determination on in the ongoing Presidential Election Petition brought before it by the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 Presidential Election, John Dramani Mahama. This was announced afterparties to the case filed their memoranda of issues. The 2nd Respondent Akufo-Addo for instances filed ...
Read More »NDC, NPP split seats on parliament’s Appointment, Business committees
Parliament has announced members of the Appointments Committee with both parties represented in the house having 13 slots each. The last appointment committee had 16 NPP MPs against 10 from the NDC side. The new committee has as chairperson, the first deputy speaker and MP for Bekwai, Joe Osei-Owusu. The vice-chair is Alexander Kwabena Afenyo-Markin. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Mathew Opoku ...
Read More »Het kabinet wil Nederland inderdaad aan de avondklok
Het Binnenhof in Den Haag, ‘s nachts.Beeld ANP Nederland krijgt, als het aan het kabinet ligt, een avondklok. Vanaf 20.30 uur ‘s avonds moet iedereen binnen blijven tot 04.30 uur ‘s ochtends. De maatregel is van kracht zolang de lockdown duurt, dus voorlopig tot 9 februari. Wendelmoet Boersema20 januari 2021, 13:56 Het kabinet wil deze maatregel echter niet nemen zonder ...
Read More »Kabinet wil avondklok van 20.30 tot 04.30 uur
Het kabinet wil de coronamaatregelen weer verzwaren. Het komt nu met een avondklok en strengere regels rond reizen, visite en quarantaine. Die avondklok zou mogelijk op vrijdag al ingaan en lopen van 20.30 uur tot 04.30 uur. Winkels, ook supermarkten, moeten dicht om 20.15 uur. Tobias den Hartog en Edwin van der Aa20 januari 2021, 13:50 BEELD ANP Dat plan hebben ...
Read More »Kabinet scheldt schulden gedupeerde ouders toeslagenaffaire kwijt
Alle schulden die gedupeerde ouders uit de toeslagenaffaire hebben bij overheidsinstanties zoals de Belastingdienst en bij Toeslagen, worden kwijtgescholden. Dat heeft staatssecretaris van Financiën Alexandra van Huffelen vandaag bekendgemaakt. Twee advocaten die gedupeerden bijstaan zetten hun zaken, ondanks de blijdschap bij de ouders, wel door. Politieke redactie 18 jan. 2021 Laatste update: 09:29 Ook schulden bij andere instanties zoals het ...
Read More »Nana Fredua blasts Ghanaians over coronavirus protocols
NPP Stalwart, Nana Fredua has admonished Ghanaians to heed the President’s call to comply with the COVID-19 safety protocols. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his 22nd nation address on COVID-19, cautioned Ghanaians against another lockdown if they don’t strictly adhere to the protocols to curb the transmission of the pandemic disease. He said; “We do not want to go ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo scraps ministries; reduces ministerial appointments by a third – Report
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has done away with eight of the new ministries he created in his first term. It is trite knowledge that the President has no space to create a large number of ministries and appoint 123 ministers because of Ghana’s hung parliament status. In the end, there were 59 ministers with various designations; 16 regional ministers; ...
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