The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development has disclosed that over 500 youths, who were previously engaged in illegal mining have received training in Technical and Vocational skills and have been supported with start-up tools and equipment, through the Alternative Livelihood Programme. Addressing the media in Accra Wednesday, Hajia Alima Mahamasaid the beneficiaries were drawn from 35 severely affected ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will return mining concessions which have wrongfully taken from their original owners back to them if he wins the December polls. Speaking at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi Wednesday while introduidng his runningmate to Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Mr Mahama said an NDC government will ensure equitable distribution of national resources. “The other time, ...

The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said plans by theNational Democratic Congress (NDC) to cancel the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal if it wins power raises the risk of the deal. Opposition NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, said recently that his government will cancel the deal because it fails the test of transparency. However, Executive Director of ACEP, Benjamin ...

The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako Jnr has taken a swipe at flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama. The former President courted controversy when he recently called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to debate him on infrastructure. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) however won’t have it. Deputy General Secretary of ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the Volta Region was not singled out for any special military operation in the run-up to the conduct of the voter registration exercise, and there was certainly no political or ethnic agenda. According to President Akufo-Addo, despite the fact that deployment of the military personnel along the country’s borders was a nationwide exercise, and ...

The presidential candidate of the Coalition of Independent Political Aspirants (CIPA), Mr. Kofi Koranteng, says the decision to regularise Okada business is a risky one. The Okada business he suggested is increasing due to the lack of jobs and the non-existence of industries. To him, the tendency for the youth to engage in Okada business will drastically reduce if they ...

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 ...