Ghana Committed Drivers Association (GCDA) has kicked against former President John Mahama’s promise to legalise ‘Okada’ business (use of motorcycle for commercial purposes) should he be elected president again in the December 7 elections. According to the drivers, ‘okada’ business is in contravention of The Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (LI 2180) sub-regulations 128 & 84 which states expressly about the ...

The measures put in place to deal with the ravages of the corona virus pandemic on the Ghanaian economy by President Akufo-Addo are beginning to yield results, Dr Ernest Addison, Governor of Bank of Ghana has said. He said this when President Akufo-Addo paid a working visit to the central bank on Tuesday August 25,2020. The BoG Boss said “Your ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has respondented to the now popular book published by Prof Kwamena Ahwoi titled ‘Working with Rawlings. The book stirred controversy for the bad-timing of its release (months to the December elections) and what some claim to be half-truths. Read the full response from the former President below The Integrity of truth – Statement from the ...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison has reiterated that depositors of all the nine collapsed banks in the country have been paid their locked-up funds. Speaking at a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo during the President’s working visit to the Central Bank on Tuesday, 25 August 2020, Dr Addison said: “We had the [banking sector] reform in ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said claims by former President John Mahama that the One Village One Dam initiative has not materialized are false and should be ignored. Dr Bawumia said 10 dams have been built in Bole, where Mr Mahama comes from and wondered why the opposition leader would make such claims. The flagbearer of the National Democratic ...

A road safety expert and transport consultant has said a proposal to legalise the use of motorbikes for use as commercial means of transport (Okada) in the country is a bad one. Cecil Gabrah believes the promise to legalise and regularise the activity is a political gimmick. His comments come on the back of a promise by the flagbearer of ...

The Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Clergy (APCC) has apologised to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for saying that persecution of the Church will be one of his legacies in a communiqué it issued a few weeks ago. In a statement signed by its General Secretary Rev. John Armaah, APCC said: “Upon sober reflection on the heading of our recent ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government will waive the requirement of a guarantor as a prerequisite to accessing student loans starting next year, should the incumbent win the upcoming December 7th presidential elections. Dr. Bawumia presenting the key highlights of the governing New Patriotic Party’s manifesto for the upcoming elections said all that will be required to access support ...

The former Central Regional Chairman of the main oppositionNational Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Allotey Jacobs, has said, “Initially, we took the one district one factory for a joke but we’ve realised that it can employ a whole lot of communities”. Mr Jacobs, who joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to officially open the Ekumfi Fruit and Juices factory as well ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said it will soon be impossible for anybody to steal power from the national grid through illegal connection since the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has acquired a new technology that will make power theft impossible. Speaking at the launch of the governing New Patriotic Party’s 2020 manifesto on Saturday, 23 August 2020, Dr ...