Member of Parliament for Kumbungu in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak, has described as a waste of resources the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) plan to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), into the Northern Development Authority (NDA). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had early on reaffirmed his commitment to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development … Read more
Member of Parliament for Kumbungu in the Northern Region, Ras Mubarak, has described as a waste of resources the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) plan to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), into the Northern Development Authority (NDA). President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had early on reaffirmed his commitment to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development … Read more
The Northern Regional Council of Elders of the New Patriotic Party has called on the Akufo-Addo government to prosecute all government officials who are found to be corrupt either in the outgoing regime or in his own government. The council advised that the president must not let cases of financial malfeasance go unpunished. Addressing a … Read more
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, has said the chieftaincy institution needs reform to make it more meaningful in our current governance system. He said there is still an obstacle bars the active participation of traditional authorities in the governance of the country and his administration would work closely with traditional authorities to address this … Read more
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his commitment to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). He said the yet to be rebranded Northern Development Authority (NDA) will serve as a catalyst to eradicate poverty in the three regions of the north. President elect, Nana Akufo Addo who is on a three-day “Thank you … Read more
President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his incoming administration’s commitment to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). He said the yet to be rebranded Northern Development Authority (NDA) will serve as a catalyst to eradicate poverty in the three regions of the north. President elect, Nana Akufo Addo who is on a … Read more
President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his incoming administration’s commitment to restructure the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). He said the yet to be rebranded Northern Development Authority (NDA) will serve as a catalyst to eradicate poverty in the three regions of the north. President elect, Nana Akufo-Addo who is on a three-day … Read more
“As The Globalisation Project Unfolds, It Exposes Its Bankruptcy At The Philosophical, Political, Ecological And Economic Levels. The Bankruptcy Of The World Order Is Leading To Social, Ecological, Political And Economic Non-Sustainability, With Societies, Eco-Systems, And Economies Disintegrating And Breaking Down. The Philosophical And Ethical Bankruptcy Of Globalisation Was Based On Reducing Every Aspect Of … Read more
After a keenly contested general election, the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, on Friday declared Nana Akufo-Addo as President-elect, making him the fifth president of Ghana’s fourth republic. The NPP Flagbearer secured the Presidency at the third time of asking beating the incumbent, President John Mahama with 53.85 percent of valid votes cast. Nana … Read more
We have come to the end of what is possibly the ‘noisiest’ election of my lifetime. With the climax being the announcement by the Electoral Commission chairperson Charlotte Osei that the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won the polls with 53 percent of votes cast while the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) … Read more
The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bugri Naabu has indicated he will not condone any violent attack by party supporters on members of the National Democratic Congress in the region. He has therefore warned that any member who engages in violent attacks will have him to contend with. Daniel Bugri Naabu expressed … Read more
A group calling itself, Northern Agenda for Change has jabbed President John Dramani Mahama for failing to bridge the yawning development gap between Northern and Southern Ghana as promised during the 2012 elections. The group pinpointed the defunct Savannah Accelerated Development Authority under President Mahama’s watch to buttress its point. Addressing the media in Tamale, … Read more
A group calling itself, Northern Agenda for Change has jabbed President John Dramani Mahama for failing to bridge the yawning development gap between Northern and Southern Ghana as promised during the 2012 elections. The group pinpointed the defunct Savannah Accelerated Development Authority under President Mahama’s watch to buttress its point. Addressing the media in Tamale, … Read more
One does not need any critical assessment of President John Mahama’s promises to conclude that his last minute job creation ‘overtures’ are mere cosmetic aimed at winning votes. Mahama forgot his role in the joblessness of scores of Ghanaians Prior to the implementation of some policies to address the unemployment situation two years ago, the … Read more
“In the end, we shall not remember the torture, maltreatment, evil deeds and the words of our enemies, but the silence of our dear friends,” according to Martin Luther King. Therefore, as a loyal citizen of Ghana, failure to constructively criticize the leaders of the day will amount to the retardation of the development we … Read more
All the rot related to the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) is traceable to President John Mahama, thus, his reluctance to prosecute his “kinsmen and others who raped the public purse,” former Attorney General Martin Amidu has said. SADA is an independent agency set up to coordinate a comprehensive development agenda for the northern savannah … Read more
Three political parties have affirmed their support for the medium term development plan of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), the SADA Master Plan. The NDC, NPP and the CPP said the 25-year plan represented a credible blueprint, which, if properly implemented, could help to transform the fortunes of the Northern Savanna Ecological Zone (NSEZ) … Read more
A consortium of Non-Governmental Organizations advocating the development agenda of the three regions of the north, known as the Northern Development Forum (NDF), has called for peaceful elections on December 7. Alarmed by the myriad of chieftaincy, land, political and other related conflicts that have plagued Northern Ghana over the years, Chairman of the Northern … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s first term in office has been buffeted by several scandals that have cost Ghana huge sums of money in lost revenue and, in some cases, embarrassed the country. Here are eight of such scandals: 1. Bus branding scandal: Last year, investigations into the branding of 116 Metro Mass Transit Buses involving … Read more
The opposition New patriotic Party(NPP) says the upcoming elections have no credibility because of vote buying, fraud, intimidation, and violence from the governing NDC. Ghana’s much-anticipated presidential and parliamentary elections are proving to be muddied as the incumbent leader, John Dramani Mahama is on a vote-buying spree to compromise NPP officials from the north and … Read more