An Accra High Court has dismissed an application filed by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to join the suit involving some 40 former members of parliament who have sued the Attorney General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them. The MPs who served under the Kufuor’s administration claimed each is entitled … Read more
Forty former lawmakers including current Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo and acting chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay have sued the Attorney General and the Finance Ministry over their pensions. The ex-MPs, who served during the Kufuor administration, are demanding at least GHc 233,495 each, totaling Gh¢10 million (including interest). According … Read more
The Attorney-General (A-G) and the Ministry of Finance have been sued by forty (40) Members of Parliament under the erstwhile Kufour administration over pensions owed them. The forty are demanding at least GHc 233, 495 each. The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and private legal practitioner, … Read more
Some die-hard supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, have been going the extra mile for their party by keeping watch of the special voting ballot boxes being kept in a safe room of the police station. This is to ostensibly prevent any attempt at rigging in an election … Read more
The general feeling that not every ordinary voter who jumps with glee at every English word spoken from the height of a campaign scaffold by a politician really understands what is said has found a funny proof at a mini rally of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the Upper East region. The night rally … Read more
A former People’s National Convention (PNC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga, Mr David Apasera, is seething with rage over what he claims was an alleged role of the National Chairman of the party, Mr Bernard Mornah, towards his exclusion from the Electoral Commission’s list of aspirants in the upcoming elections. After being offered huge … Read more
The division within the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency has hit a top point as election watchers say the prospect of the parliamentary seat slipping back to the People’s National Convention (PNC) in the 2016 polls cannot be ruled out. The conclusion comes after scores of NDC supporters, who have … Read more
Thursday’s nationwide filing of nomination forms by presidential and parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2016 general elections saw a rare public shower of the Ghana Cedi notes by the parliamentary candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) for Bolgatanga Central, Thomas Akurugu. The 44-year-old chartered accountant, moments after submitting his forms at the office of … Read more
Four determined-looking parliamentary candidates have emerged in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency to succeed the incumbent lawmaker, Emmanuel Akolbire Opam-Brown, who lost his bid for a third term at the primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) conducted late in 2015. The parliamentary candidates are not considered yet by the Electoral Commission (EC) as contenders for … Read more