The vociferous Member of Parliament for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong thinks that some world leaders were clandestinely working to make President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo “unpopular.” To him, that is why they have “unleashed” their representatives in Ghana, High Commissioners and Ambassadors to verbally attack President Akufo-Addo’s government. The motive, according to Mr Agyapong, ...

President Akufo-Addo has promoted five Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCOP) and 16 Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP). Those who have been newly-promoted include the Director of Police Public Affairs, David Eklu who was elevated from his previous ACP position to DCOP rank. The promotions which followed the recommendations of the Police Council also take effect from January 1, 2020. A ...

I have read a story attributed to you on a number of credible news platforms in which you indicated that Ghanaians had regretted voting out the NDC in 2016. I don’t know the research which informed your conclusion, so I won’t argue with you on that. As a Ghanaian who voted in 2016, however, I just want to speak for ...

Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, says it is an insult and unacceptable for the government to pay beneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation Programme, only one out of the six months’ salary arrears. 83,000 beneficiaries are owed six months by the government. The affected persons have over the last months held several demonstrations to push government ...

The Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) Plc will, on Monday, 30 December 2019, seek to raise GHS260 million additional funds via a 12-year Ghana cedi denominated bond. This will represent Tranche E4 under the GHS10-billion programme. The bond sale was opened to the investing public on 24 December 2019 and will mature on 15 December 2031. In a statement, ESLA ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, says he will not honour any invitations by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after he sued to stop the police from examining his phone records and gaining access to his Facebook account. Mr. Gyamfi, in a letter from his lawyers to the CID on December 23, said honouring the invitation could ...

Findings of investigations into alleged criminal acts that led to the collapse of some banks in country will soon be made public, President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians. Insolvency arising out of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds as well as bad institutional governance among other factors caused the Bank of Ghana to revoke the licences of some nine indigenous banks. ...

An Accra High Court has set aside the decision by the Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo, to disallow and surcharge a construction company based on its audit report. The Auditor General had disallowed and surcharged Joshob Construction Company Limited a total of GH¢11,777,823.40 which is its IPC 10 pending payment. Not satisfied with the decision, the company took the Auditor General ...

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bswumia has revealed that all the 275 ambulances imported by the Akufo-Addo administration will be digitised. He explained that through the digitalisation, all the ambulances that will be distributed on 6 January 2020, will be tracked and monitored in order to know where and how they are being used. Dr Bawumia made this known during the National ...

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has praised the government for it’s Year of Return declaration. According to him, the initiative has placed the country in the good graces of Africans in the diaspora and raised the reputation of the country. “It’s branded Ghana beyond what we could pay for. We had a whole congressional delegation and as ...