The Project Coordinator of the National Road Safety Commission, (NRSC), Henry Asomaning, has stated that the commission is projecting to reduce deaths from road accidents by 600 in 2017. Mr. Asomaning’s claims come on the back of three different accidents in Apam in the Central region and Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region that claimed … Read more
The Project Coordinator of the National Road Safety Commission, (NRSC), Henry Asomaning, has stated that the commission is projecting to reduce deaths from road accidents by 600 in 2017. Mr. Asomaning’s claims come on the back of three different accidents in Apam in the Central region and Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region that claimed … Read more
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has strongly repudiated assertions that the bloody intra-ethnic chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla is politically motivated. “I don’t see anything political in this from where I sit,” he said Thursday March 9, 2017 on the Morning Starr, adding “as far as I know…the Bimbilla and its environs, there are about 33 … Read more
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has entreated feuding factions in the intra-ethnic chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla that claimed 13 lives and rendered many homeless to immediately embrace peace or risk being engulfed in poverty. He said the government will be forced to spend the monies earmarked for development into maintaining law and order in the … Read more
The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, has accused President Akufo-Addo of dishonesty in his speech during Monday’s Ghana at 60 anniversary celebration. “Some of the things that they put in there [[email protected] brochure] were not only inaccurate but were disingenuous,” he told Francis Abban on Morning Starr Tuesday. In what … Read more
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has criticized the decision by TV3 Network Limited to dismiss over 30 of its workers for requesting improved conditions of services. According to the GJA’s General Secretary, Dave Agbenu, the action taken by TV3 is gravely unacceptable and worrying. A letter from management of the station announcing the dismissal of … Read more
A dismissed staff of TV3 has accused management of the station of discrimination in the mass dismissal exercise that occurred Tuesday. According to the worker, who wants to remain anonymous, some staff of the station who took part in the conditions of service protest, are still at work while others have been sent home. He … Read more
The Energy Ministry has blamed the former Mahama administration for the return of the dreaded power crisis popularly called ‘Dumsor’. Several parts of Accra and other places in the country had in recent weeks experienced severe power outages, triggering fears that the debilitating crisis that engulfed the country for over three years, resulting in collapse … Read more
Some Ghanaians living in South Africa have expressed strong desire to return home following brutal xenophobic attacks on some African Nationals in that country, Donald, a Ghanaian in South Africa has said. He told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr on Thursday, February 23, 2017 that “many of us are thinking of coming home.” He … Read more
A policy analyst at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has backed government’s plans to list the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Speaking on the Morning Starr Wednesday, Dr. Manteaw said the move would ensure corporate transparency and accountability. “I agree with government … Read more
A policy analyst at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has backed government’s plans to list the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). Speaking on the Morning Starr Wednesday, Dr. Manteaw said the move would ensure corporate transparency and accountability. “I … Read more
The New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Lawra constituency, Anthony Karbo has shot down calls for President Akufo-Addo to include officials from other political parties into his government. Some Civil Society Organisations have called on the President to form an all-inclusive government as he continues to put together his administration. President Akufo-Addo is … Read more
Kandahar Boys, a vigilante group associated with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has admitted that they had no right to besiege the Tamale Teaching Hospital, locking up the office of the Chief Executive Officer. They were however, compelled to carry out their action in order to prevent a planned picketing at the facility by … Read more
Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has passionately pleaded with Ghanaians to be measured in their expectations of the Akufo-Addo government. “It is important that we also give him a chance. I mean expectations are high but he cannot solve every problem instantly in one year by waving a magic wand,” she told Francis Abban … Read more
The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Patrick Yaw Boamah, has urged President Akufo-Addo to boldly tell Ghanaians what the true State of the Nation (SONA) is. Akufo-Addo will today deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament amidst high expectations from Ghanaians. Article 67 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution requires … Read more
A Senior Lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr. Kwesi Jonah, has advised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to inspire confidence and hope in his maiden State of the Nation Address scheduled for today. According to the IDEG fellow, Ghanaians will expect hope, above everything, from the President in … Read more
President Akufo-Addo will today deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament amidst high expectations from Ghanaians. Article 67 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution requires that: “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before the dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the … Read more
A senior lecturer at the Political Science department of the University of Ghana Dr. Kwesi Jonah has advised President Akufo-Addo to inspire confidence and hope in his maiden state of the nation address scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, 2017. According to the IDEG fellow, Ghanaians will expect hope, above everything, from the President in his … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Sekyere Affram Plains, Alex Adomako Mensah, has sternly condemned the task force set up by the government to trail and retrieve alleged looted state vehicles, describing their modus operandi as outlandish. According to him, the flagrant nature with which members of the force flout laws, meant to ensure law and … Read more
A lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, Dr. Alidu Seidu, has expressed worry over claims that the just ended election of regional representatives to the Council of State was marred by vote-buying. According to him, the Council of State is an important formal institution in the country’s governance structure and … Read more