Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, Deputy Minister-Designate for Finance has maintained that the outstanding arears the New Patriotic Party(NPP) administration inherited from the NDC government could be more than GH¢7 billion Cedis. He said there were still many outstanding obligations of government but those that had come to the attention of the Ministry of Finance was what … Read more
Interested persons who want in-depth information about the operational activities of the various vigilante groups in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) should do so by writing a request letter to the party national secretary for full disclosure of their work, Deputy General Secretary Nana Obiri Boahen has directed. “If you want information about the activities … Read more
A Deputy Finance Minister designate, Charles Adu Boahen has warned against capping the number of banks in the country. Calls for a cap on the number of banks in the country have increased following the rising number of banks in the country. There are currently 33 banks operating with the number expected to rise to … Read more
Deputy Minister-designate of Finance Charles Adu Boahen has refuted suggestions that he holds dual citizenship. Asked by Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu during parliament’s Appointments Committee on Tuesday, March 28, whether he was still a citizen of the United States of America, the Harvard-trained investment banker said: “I have held dual citizenship since it was first … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn in Board of Directors of the Cocoa Marketing Company to work tirelessly to lift Ghana’s Cocoa production to 1 million tonnes per annum. Speaking after administering two oaths to the 11- member board, the President said Ghana’s Cocoa sector has been awash with widespread corruption which are under … Read more
Late Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Professor Albert Adu Boahen was broke as a historian and continued to be broke, his son has revealed. Charles Adu Boahen said his father’s plight made the good old professor advise his children against pursuing history. Mr Adu Boahen said his father wanted them to study … Read more
Mr Charles Kofi Asare Adu Boahen, a son of the late Professor Albert Adu Boahen who has been nominated as a deputy minister of finance has explained that he used to be an American citizen but has since renounced it. Appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, he said he has since surrendered … Read more
A nominee for Deputy Minister for Finance, Charles Kofi Asare Adu Boahen has fended off claims that he still holds allegiance to the United States of America. But 46-year-old investment banker was emphatic when he appeared before the Parliament’s Appointment Committee on Tuesday that he does not hold dual citizenship. During the vetting, the ranking … Read more
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwaku Boahen is wondering why men of God are all quite in spite of the increased misfortunes in the country. According to him, the deafening silence of the prophets who were vociferous during the erstwhile Mahama regime is ‘sickening’. Citing to recent Kintampo falls disaster as … Read more
Government has indicated that it is scrapping the free fertilizer distribution policy aimed at aiding Cocoa farmers in the country. This was because the policy had failed to the target farmers, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, CEO of COCOBOD told Starr Business. He said the abolished programme will be replaced by the re-introduction of the mass cocoa … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has refuted allegations that the party’s vigilante group, Invincible Forces, has forcefully taken over the Kintampo waterfalls. The Invincible Forces were alleged by a traditional ruler at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region to have driven away the authorities of the waterfalls and … Read more
After 30 years of studying the brain as a guide to building faster computers, Kwabena Boahen may have given his fellow researchers a much-needed template for finishing the job. His story, as a Stanford professor and Ghanaian emigrant, exemplifies what America has to gain — or lose — by inhibiting immigration. You might not know … Read more
Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has vowed to “fight” like a wounded tiger against a suit filed against him by Kofi Adams, National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, although he has not been served, he would meet Mr Adams in court once … Read more
Twenty-five stolen state vehicles have been retrieved from former government officials as well as members and sympathisers of the outgone Mahama administration and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has revealed. According to Mr Boahen, Kwame Baffoe, alias Abronye DC, Brong … Read more
Only weeks after chiding congresspeople’s indolence and piping detail, I find myself caught in the mediocrity I have been crusading against. It’s all courtesy one of the motherland’s finest journalists. Ajoa Yeboah-Afari, former GJA president and unarguably one of the motherland’s greatest journalists caught me out. She sent the terse text message: ‘I think Prof … Read more
The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied allegations he is planning on confiscating the vehicles of Dr Agyenim Boateng (Gyataba), a former presidential aspirant of the United Front Party (UFP) in the 2016 elections. His denial comes on the back of an allegation levelled against him by Dr Agyenim … Read more
Lawyer for National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has said his client will sue the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Obiri Boahen, for alleging that he stole vehicles belonging to the state. The vehicles; two land cruisers and three pickups, were confiscated in the wake of … Read more
Lawyer for National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has said his client will sue the Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Obiri Boahen, for alleging that he stole vehicles belonging to the state. The vehicles; two land cruisers and three pickups, were confiscated in the wake of … Read more
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service did a “shoddy” job with regards to its investigation into the ownership of five cars seized from the private home of NDC National Organiser Kofi Adams. The five cars were released to Mr Adams after he had provided all the necessary documents covering them to … Read more
The Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, is outraged that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), released the five vehicles it confiscated from the National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams. Mr. Obiri Boahen believes the police were not thorough enough in their investigations of the true ownership … Read more