President Akufo-Addo’s Free Senior High School policy is doable, a former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has confessed. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the 2012 electioneering scathingly rubbished the feasibility of the policy. But speaking on Morning Starr, Monday, Mr. Ablakwa departed from his party’s stern stance regarding the policy’s attainability stating that: … Read more
Former deputy education minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has urged the Akufo-Addo government to proceed with caution as it prepares to roll out its free education policy. He said although the foundation to the policy was laid by the former Mahama administration, several factors must be considered before the policy is implemented. “… From what I … Read more
John Boadu has lauded the National Women’s Organizer of the NPP for her dazzling performance during her vetting with the Appointment Committee of parliament. To him, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba’s performance was exceptional as she exhibited bravery when questioned by some committee members. “I was impressed by her performance. We must stand for something. The … Read more
Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that minority chief whip, Muhammad Muntaka ‘lied’ over his claims that the minority members of the house were not paid any amount of money for them to approve the President’s nominee for Energy. The North Tongu MP told Adom FM’s Morning Show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’ on Monday … Read more
A member of the Appointment Committee of Parliament has slighted appointees of the then National Democratic Congress government, claiming if then Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, then Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akando, and a former Minister of State at the Presidency, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, were approved, how much … Read more
Even Okudzeto, Kwabena Akando & co were approved -Titus Glover A member of the Appointment Committee of Parliament has slighted appointees of the then National Democratic Congress government, claiming if then Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, then Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akando, and a former Minister of State at … Read more
A member of the Appointment Committee of Parliament has slighted appointees of the then National Democratic Congress government, claiming if then Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, then Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akando, and a former Minister of State at the Presidency, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah, were approved, how much … Read more
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has bemoaned the dismissive nature of Yaw Osafo Marfo, Senior minister-designate during his vetting Friday. Osafo Marfo answering a question from the former deputy education minister regarding the Chinese New Techniques Construction Investment Company (CNTCI), the International Finance Corporation loans and the McMillan Text Book … Read more
Former Deputy Education Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, was ‘humbled’ by Senior Minister designate, Yaw Osafo Marfo when he attempted to question the nominee about some ‘scandals’ that happened during his time as Finance Minister. The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu in the Volta Region taking his time at the committee to ‘grill’ the … Read more
The leadership of the Tertiary Students Confederation of the NPP in KNUST has asked President Nana Akufo-Addo not to look beyond Mrs. Henrietta Mary Eyison for the position of Deputy Minister of Education. A statement signed by the group’s President Enoch Amoako Gyimah and General Secretary Emmanuel Asare has been touting her as the best … Read more
Independent parliamentary candidate for North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region, Mr. Christopher Kofi Eleblu, has declared that he will win the seat in the December 7, 2016 general elections. According to him, his victory is hinged on the fact that the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, has nothing to offer the constituents. … Read more
The Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary Education says the issue of youth unemployment in Ghana is not peculiar to the country. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said countries in Europe and America which serve as greener pastures for their African counterparts are themselves battling with their own unemployment issue. According to him, the political developments … Read more
Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Bawumia and their associates of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) would do best to let the Mahama Posse stew in their own brine, as it were. It was only a matter of time before the key operatives of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), among them Koku Anyidoho, Johnson … Read more
“Desperate measures to rebrand Nana Akufo Addo as a peace loving person will be a wasted effort because Ghanaians know him too well”. That’s how Deputy Minister for Education, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa summarizes his take on attempts by the NPP to disabuse the minds of Ghanaians. With barely 40 days to the December 7 polls, … Read more
Deputy Education Minister Samuel Okujeto Ablakwa says NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to chicken out of an invitation to debate President Mahama is a testimony of the long held view among the generality of Ghanaians that Nana Addo is no match for the President. He said unlike Nana Addo, president Mahama is very much on … Read more
Host of Oman FM’s Morning Show, ‘National Agenda’ has called on President John Mahama to blame his ministers and other appointees for the seeming black out of the government and its achievements in the media. President John Dramani Mahama during an interview with the Ovation Magazine expressed worry over what he calls the control of … Read more
Outspoken Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says Ghanaians should remember Fifi Kwetey as the politician who had to eat back his words after making wild claims against the NPP. She said Ghanaians should treat Fifi Kwetey’s political commentary with ‘the contempt that it deserves’ because he is a ‘serial liar’. The Transport minister Fifi Kwetey … Read more
Deputy Education Minister in charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says President John Mahama has done a tremendous job with the school feeding programme. According to him, the Mahama-led administration has done better with the scheme than the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who introduced it. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, the North Tongu … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer for the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC) has stated the he has the aged people in the Cape Coast North Constituency at heart and has identified them as a priority as he seeks to represent that constituency in parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Kobby … Read more
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Professor Emmanuel Asante has slammed the governing National Democratic Congress for boycotting the presidential debate organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). The NDC, following the IEA’s intention to pitch its presidential candidate, President John Mahama in a one-on-one showdown with the opposition New Patriotic … Read more