Judicial Scandal: Declare Chief Justice Committee Illegal

Following the explosive investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a committee constituted by the Chief Justice found about 30 judges in the High Court and Circuit Court culpable of bribery. Many judges were subsequently dismissed, leading to a melee of court suits against the judiciary. High Court Justices Paul Uuter Dery, Mustapha Habib Logoh, and … Read more

Judicial Scandal: Declare Chief Justice Committee As Illegal

Following the explosive investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a committee constituted by the Chief Justice found about 30 judges in the High Court and Circuit Court culpable of bribery. Many judges were subsequently dismissed, leading to a melee of court suits against the judiciary. High Court Justices Paul Uuter Dery, Mustapha Habib Logoh, and … Read more

ECOWAS Court Asks Ghana To Hold On With Impeachment of Justice Dery, 2 Others

ECOWAS court asks Ghana to hold on with impeachment of Justice Dery, 2 others Ghana has been advised not to proceed with impeachment proceedings against three of the country’s High Court judges implicated in the 2015 Anas judicial bribery scandal. Justices U. P. Dery, Mustapha Habib Logoh and Gilbert Ayisi Addo in November 2016 sued … Read more

Journalists Re-Awake To Hold Gov’t Accountable In 2018

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has declared 2018 as the year of re-awakening for journalists in the country, assuring Ghanaians of the media’s dedication to playing its watchdog role with the utmost responsibility. While admitting that 2017 was a challenging moment for the Association, it said the media is poised to hold the responsibility and … Read more

Impeachment of EC Chair, Deputies To Be Done ‘in-Camera’

A Supreme Court judge has been appointed to preside over the committee to investigate the chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei and her two deputies. Mrs. Osei and her deputies – Sulley Amadu and Mrs Georgina Opoku-Amankwa – have been accused of corruption and breaches of the law, which if found culpable, will lead … Read more

Shortage of Drugs Hits NHIS In Lawra

Holders of the National Health Insurance Scheme card living in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region have expressed worry over the lack of supply of drugs under the scheme. The subscribers, mostly women and the aged, complained that though the NHIS covers some types of ailments as well as some basic drugs, often, … Read more

Allegations For My Impeachment Bogus – Charlotte Osei

Following the desire of some faceless official(s) at the office of the Electoral Commission seeking the impeachment of its chairperson, Charlotte Osei,  in a petition to the President and the Attorney General over some alleged mischievous activities described as “abuse of power”, the commissioner has debunked the claims by the council, chaperoned by a practicing … Read more

Carenet Ghana Makes Strides In Social Development

Carenet Ghana, one of the local implementing Partners of the GSAM Project has made some strides in awakening the spirit of communal and participatory democracy among citizens in the Volta Region. Social accountability does not only facilitate social development but provides an avenue for awareness creation amongst citizens on issues such as allocation of budgets … Read more

USAID Supports GSAM Project In 100 Districts

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing funding of 9.3 Million US Dollars for the implementation of the Ghana’s Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (GSAMs) project in 100 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs) in all the ten regions. This comes in two components: 50 Districts for Social Accountability (SA) and 50 Districts for … Read more

Talking of the African Heirloom [Article]

Often than not, we tend to be oblivious of certain realities around us till self-reflection and assessment set in then we are stung by eureka. I tend to find myself in such predisposition. For centuries now the world has witnessed the transformation of Africa. As a continent mostly termed as a “developing one’, Africa has … Read more

We Will Hold Government Accountable In Health Sector

The Health sector Non State Actors have pledged to ensure accountability and improvement in the health sector to enhance standards of living. The Non State Actors is a group of Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations in the Health sector that have come together with a mutual interest. According to them there are lots of challenges … Read more

Report Crime; Ensure Speedy Trials – Kyei-Baffuor Urges

Mr George Kyei-Baffuor, a local governance advocate says the best mode for communities to address crime in their midst is to report the offenders to the police for prosecution. He was however, quick to blame the inability of law enforcement agencies to ensure speedy adjudication of cases brought before them as a major setback. Speaking … Read more

Justice Dotse, Joyce Aryee To Speak At OneGhana Movement Launch

Justice Jones V. Dotse, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana is set to chair the launch of the OneGhana Movement on Friday, June 2 at the British Council in Accra. The keynote address at the launch will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee, a former C. E.O of the Ghana … Read more

NCCE Persuades GES To Adopt Civic Education Manual

National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is advocating the adoption of civic education in the Ghana Education Service (GES) curriculum for schools. The Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations at the NCCE, Samuel Asare Akuamoah noted in an interview that the absence of the course in the schools is a major contributing factor affecting the … Read more

Africa Short of ‘true Leaders’ – Prof Alabi

Retired Rector of the University of Professional Studies Accra, Professor Joshua Alabi has advised the youth in the country to adhere to their dreams and never be afraid to climb higher heights. Professor Alabi, speaking at a program organised by the Young Leaders Ghana (YLG) as part of the maiden ‘Legacy Lecture Series’, said many … Read more

MP Prescribes 3 Ways Parliamentarians Can Be Made Accountable

Member of Parliament for Oforikrom in the Ashanti Region, Emmanuel K. Marfo has suggested what he termed three “practical and realistic” ways that electorate can utilise to demand accountability from parliamentarians. Speaking on Connect FM political program, Asem Yi Dzi Ka, he first mentioned that citizens must understand MPs’ workload as their representatives to push … Read more

Critical Media Minds For Critical Times

The Freedom of Information Bill has waited for nine years, and, still counting.  The Broadcasting Bill has not spent so much time at the labour ward, but, has delayed too much for comfort.  New Info Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, has vowed that Insha Allah, the bills will come into law and into force this year. … Read more

Critical Media Minds For Critical Times

The Freedom of Information Bill has waited for nine years, and, still counting.  The Broadcasting Bill has not spent so much time at the labour ward, but, has delayed too much for comfort.  New Info Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, has vowed that, Insha Allah, the bills will come into law and into force this year.  … Read more

Accountable Leadership Builds Trust – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged leaders to be accountable to citizens in order to build trust in public institutions. He explained that citizens are entitled to know what public funds are used for. For him, this is one of the important ways to build confidence in public institutions of the country. “Every month … Read more

Minority Blames ‘uncooperative and Obstructionist’ NPP For Inability To Pass RTI Bill In 2016

The Minority says its members made “strenuous efforts” to have the Right To Information (RTI) Bill passed into law in the Sixth Parliament. That Parliament with Edward Doe Adjaho as Speaker had the current Minority as Majority and vice versa. In a statement to mark the 2017 International Press Freedom Day, the National Democratic Congress … Read more