The 50 ministers and 60 deputy ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo are yet to receive their salary months after they were sworn into office. There was public outcry following the nomination of these 110 appointees appointed between February and March. The opposition condemned the “abnormal” number considering the toll it will have on the public … Read more
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has sworn in a 13-member Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) for the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Accra. According to the Minister, who is also the Chairman of the Board, the Ministerial Advisory Board will enable the Ministry to realise its vision and also help it undertake … Read more
Members of Parliament are expected to be in Parliament today, Tuesday, for parliamentary business after being on recess for about a month. The legislators are expected to receive 14 bills, 10 legislative instruments and 12 papers. “The 2nd meeting of the 1st session of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic will open on Tuesday, … Read more
Ghana is not poor afterall; We did not need Aisha Huang to come and tell us They came from thousands of miles away, crossing oceans and mountains, arrived in the country and went deep into our forests. They knew a lot of things that we, sitting just some scores of miles away, either did not … Read more
The Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, has suggested prosecution against public officials who steal money from the state’s coffers. He said it is not enough for the state to just retrieve monies embezzled and allow the culprit to go scot-free. The Former Minister of State in charge of Finance admitted that … Read more
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the government for its bold step to halt illegal mining (galamsey), that is destroying the environment. He has, therefore, given his blessing to the decision to suspend small-scale mining for six months, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who said he had personally flown over some mining communities in the … Read more
The government and the Association of Small Scale Miners appear to have both taken entrenched positions on the temporary ban on all mining operations in the country. While government insists that the ban is a necessary evil to decisively deal with illegalities and destructions involved in gold mining so as to reposition the sector for … Read more
Joy FM’s Newsnite anchor, Dizfa Bampoh has defended her criticism of the president after appointing a record-breaking 110 ministers to his government. She said she least expected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to burden Ghanaians after he had painted a gloomy picture about the country’s economy. She told Lexis Bill on Joy FM’s Personality Profile … Read more
The government of Ghana is broke and might soon have difficulties paying workers, honouring debt obligations and also meeting payments to contractors they promised a One Hundred Day payment plan by Nana Akufo-Addo, during the 2016 electioneering campaign, because he and his men know where and how to raise money. Already, the Flagstaff House, has … Read more
The government of President Nana Akufo-Addo is “too big” and “fat”, renowned Ghanaian businessman Dr Ishmael Yamson has said. “We have too big a government, our government is too big,” he complained to Moro Awudu on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show on Wednesday, 17 May in an interview that was a foretaste to the Ishmael Yamson … Read more
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has began a sensitisation programme to engage stakeholders and Farmer-Based Organisations (FBOs) on government’s ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ policy. The sensitisation is part of efforts by the Ministry to woo the public and hold broader consultations with stakeholders on how to achieve the objective of increasing food … Read more
Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has pledged the support of her Ministry to work with GCNet to ensure the smooth implementation of Total Revenue Integrated Processing Systems (TRIPS) and Ghana’s business automation project as part of eGhana project with the support of the World Bank. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said the goal of her Ministry is to … Read more
Contrary to President Akufo-Addo’s pledge to “preserve, protect and defend the constitution” and to “do right to all manner of persons” regardless of their ethnic or religious background, appointments by the president so far indicates that he is far from sticking to his own pledge. The aL-hAJJ’s analysis of appointments made by President Akufo-Addo in … Read more
The minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in parliament yesterday raised serious concern over the huge size of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and the economic implications for the nation. It chastised the president for religiously promising to protect the public purse but is doing otherwise. According to the minority, from the way the government … Read more
I have to state with great pain and sorrow that there is no better critical indicator that the future of Ghana is bright under the Nana Addo led NPP government. Having followed closely events surrounding the 100 Days old Presidency of HE Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo and its effect on Ghanaians, I have to … Read more
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has digested the first 100 days of the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government – stating its disappointments and commendations during the period. The Centre, for instance, said it felt badly disappointed by President Akufo-Addo’s decision to appoint 110 ministers which flies in the face of the President’s own declared commitment … Read more
The first 100 days of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has been described as “good” but with more room for improvement by the heads of two institutions, the National Peace Council (NPC) and the Christian Council of Ghana in separate interviews in Accra. However, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw … Read more
Monday, April 17, 2017 marks exactly 100 days since the Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo led-New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was inaugurated. The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) uses this upcoming occasion to assess the Akufo-Addo/NPP government’s performance from its vantage as a democratic governance think tank. We commend the teams of both the John … Read more
ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF DECEPTION, THUGGERY, CORRUPTION AND OSTENTATION – AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT SO FAR BY THE NDC MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY 17TH APRIL, 2017. Honourable Members of Parliament, Members of the Press, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, We are grateful to you for honouring our invitation to share with you our … Read more
Monday, April 17, 2017 marks exactly 100 days since the Nana Addo Dankwa AkufoAddo led-New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was inaugurated. The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) uses this upcoming occasion to assess the Akufo-Addo/NPP government’s performance from its vantage as a democratic governance think tank. We commend the teams of both the John … Read more