The outgoing Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu-Kwakye, has questioned the rationale for the appointment of young persons in Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, considering that he and his young colleagues were heavily criticized by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) then in opposition. According to him, when President John Mahama and late President John Mills took the … Read more
The outgoing Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu-Kwakye, has questioned the rationale for the appointment of young persons in Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, considering that he and his young colleagues were heavily criticized by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) then in opposition. According to him, when President John Mahama and late President John Mills took the … Read more
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it –always”—Mahatma Gandhi. At long last, the electoral battle has ended and sooner than … Read more
Romantic novelists and poets often portray the notion that there is nothing as painful as unrequited love. However, losing a quadrennial national election where your chances of redeeming yourself depends on several parameters can be extremely painful. And no one should underestimate that especially in our winner takes all democracy. So, I can understand the … Read more
Veteran journalist and an Nkrumahist, Kweku Baako, is in disbelief that the Convention People’s Party (CPP), an Nkrumahist party, failed to merge with its ideological ally, the People’s National Convention (PNC), ahead of the general elections. His surprise comes after the PNC forged a parliamentary coalition with the Progressive Peoples’ Party (PPP) in a bid … Read more
The Information Minister has described as baseless and useless claims by the NPP that President John Mahama and his brother tried to bribe its Northern Regional Chairman. Dr. Omane Boamah challenged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to provide more evidence of its claims that the president tried to bribe its Northern regional Chairman, Bugri Naabu. … Read more
The Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has advised the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to hold back on its penchant to hype infrastructural projects. Nana Akomea endorsed the recently inaugurated Circle Interchange – controversially touted by the NDC as equal in standard to road infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates’ … Read more
Deputy Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the Vice Presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) Dr. Muhamadu Bawumia is only playing out a partisan motive by seeking to downplay the newly constructed Kwame Nkrumah Interchange. “There is no dispute that it’s a major piece of infrastructure that would significantly address one of the … Read more
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has criticized government for what he says is an attempt to deceive Ghanaians with an interchange in spite of its poor performance in managing the economy. Dr Muhamadu Bawumia said one interchange cannot be good enough a record to celebrate considering the vast resources … Read more
The Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has advised the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to hold back on its penchant to hype infrastructural projects. Nana Akomea endorsed the recently inaugurated Circle Interchange – controversially touted by the NDC as equal in standard to road infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates’ … Read more
THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED KWAME NKRUMAH INTERCHANGE The initial title of this article was, “Any idiot can borrow money and build projects.” I had to change it because those who might not read beyond the headline would, as usual, accuse me of insulting the President. But that is the essence of this article. And this is … Read more
The initial title of this article was, “Any idiot can borrow money and build projects.” I had to change it because those who might not read beyond the headline would, as usual, accuse me of insulting the President. But that is the essence of this article. And this is not an insult to the President. … Read more
There is the need for the electorate in Ghana to ignore all the pre-election surveys pointing to which direction the December 7 elections will go, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a Deputy Minister of Communications, has said. According to him, the surprise outcome of the US election of Tuesday November 8, which saw Donald Trump winning, has … Read more
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has asserted that government is deliberately dragging its feet in retrieving the GHC51 million judgment debt because it is an interested party. The Attorney General’s Department has filed a notice at the Supreme Court to discontinue a case it filed about a fortnight ago against businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in … Read more
Government would be releasing a total of GHC1 million to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital next week to shore up its function, a deputy Communications Minister has said. Felix Kwakye Ofosu said the money is partly to settle a GHC670,000 outstanding budgetary balance and the GHC153,000 remainder meant for drugs. The expected amount will add to … Read more
A Deputy Communications Minister has dismissed a claim by a former Attorney-General that the president stopped legal proceedings against a businessman who is to refund GHC51 million to the state. Felix Kwakye Ofosu said this claim by Martin Amidu is nothing more than ‘recycled propaganda of the opposition New Patriotic Party’ (NPP) bent on tarnishing … Read more
With 31 days to the elections, uncertainty over the number of contestants and several litigations in court, will the general elections come off on the constitutionally set date -December 7? Three panelists of Joy FM’s news analysis show, Newsfile Saturday remain confident the elections will come off. In the optimist corner – law lecturer Clara … 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
The Deputy Minister in charge of Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu has challenged the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) to show proof that government is using the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to intimidate Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom. The PPP has expressed its displeasure at EOCO for inviting Dr. Nduom to come and explain the source … Read more
The electorate stands the most to lose from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) decision not to avail its flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, to debate President John Mahama, Deputy Communication Minister, Felix Kwakye-Ofosu has said. Speaking to Citi News, he said the ongoing impasse over a potential one-on-one debate between the two leading contenders in the 2016 … Read more