President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in four Ministers of State on Tuesday, April 4 to occupy various roles at the presidency in some key ministries. The four are Sarah Adwoa Safo, Minister of State at the Office of the President – Public Procurement; Brian Acheampong, Minister of State at the Office of the President; Dr … Read more
Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo has revealed that she drives cars produced by her father’s Kantanka Automobile Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Kantanka Group of Companies. Speaking during her vetting by the Appointments Committee of parliament as Minister-designate of Public Procurement on Monday, 27 March, the Deputy Majority Leader said: “I am driving daddy’s … Read more
Procurement minister-designate Sarah Adwoa Safo is before the Appointments Committee of Parliament vetting the last batch of 54 nominations for ministerial posts. The lawyer who is also the Deputy Majority leader has justified the decision of the Akufo-Addo government to create the position of the Minister of State in charge of public procurement. There is … Read more
Civil organization, Odekro has apologised to Deputy Majority Leader Adwoa Safo for naming her as one of the worst performing legislators in the Sixth Parliament. In a report launched on Tuesday Ms Safo was listed among some 49 others who made no contribution in Parliament during its four-year tenure. She was named together with former … Read more
play videoMike Oquaye has just been sworn in as Speaker of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic Newly sworn-in Speaker Prof Michael Aaron Oquaye has asked the country’s 275 legislators to play their part to ensure the aspirations of Ghanaians, for which they were voted into office, are fulfilled. According to him, there are … Read more
The seventh Parliament of the 4th Republic has officially elected Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye as the Speaker of Parliament, to steer affairs of the chamber for the next four years. The former two-term Dome Kwabenya MP was accepted by the National Democratic Congress minority in parliament without any difficulty. This became necessary after the life … Read more
President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has dropped hints he will appoint renowned heart surgeon Dr Kwabena Frimpong Boateng as Environment, Science and Technology minister when he assumes power next week, Saturday January 7. Nana Addo also suggested Dome-Kwabenya MP Adwoa Sarfo will also have a place in his yet to be announced government. The President-elect made drooped … Read more
It would be illegal for the Chair of the Electoral Commission to use her discretion to withhold and recount results of the December 7 presidential election should a first count show the results to be too close to call, a former Deputy Second Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye, has said. According to the former … Read more
Members of Parliament have urged the Attorney General’s Department to expedite work on the Land Bill, which seeks to address land-related disputes in the country. The Land Bill, which is a consolidated form of all bills dealing with the land sector, makes provision for gender empowerment, which means that land acquired by one’s spouse in … Read more