President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has cautioned the Akufo Addo government to urgently resolve issues with the Compact 2 agreement of the Millennium Challenge Account or face a possible withdrawal of the funds by the Trump administration of the US. His comments come after President Akufo-Addo announced during his maiden State of the Nation … Read more
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA), has said that the Council of State’s mandate must be reviewed to make its decisions more binding on the President. Some civil society groups have questioned the relevance of the Council over its apparent insignificant role in the country’s governance structure, following recent developments, and have thus called … Read more
The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA), has said that the Council of State’s mandate must be reviewed to make its decisions more binding on the President. Some civil society groups have questioned the relevance of the Council over its apparent insignificant role in the country’s governance structure, following recent developments, and have thus called … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa East has charged President Akuffo Addo to speedily introduce a legal instrument to parliament to back the new ministries he has created. Joseph Yeileh Chireh said the instrument which would clearly spell out the mandate of the new ministries need to be introduced quickly to avoid a turf war. … Read more
The President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has urged government to sell some of its vehicles to foot the bill for the Ghana’s 60th anniversary celebrations. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the week disclosed that government intends to spend GHc20 million on the celebration with support from the private sector. But … Read more
The President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has urged government to sell some of its vehicles to foot the bill for the Ghana’s 60th anniversary celebrations. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the week disclosed that government intends to spend GHc20 million on the celebration with support from the private sector. But speaking … Read more
US president Donald Trump is governing the world’s most powerful country as though it were his “family business”, for which reason Africa, given its history of being ruled by “strongmen”, will not need to emulate his style of governance, international journalist and author Esther Armah has said. Mr Trump on Friday, 27 January signed an … Read more
The Women’s Wing of NPP-USA has followed with interest the saga of Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba’s vetting by the Appointments Committee for the position of Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection. All discerning individuals would agree that her performance at the sitting was highly creditable, if not stellar. She placed her responses in the … Read more
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has criticised the NPP Government’s plan of creating new regions and districts to what the country already has. President Nana Addo during the election campaign promised to create a new region out of the Western Region, a move which has been justified by the minister-nominee, Mr Dan … Read more
The founding president of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has suggested an end to mandatory National Service. Ghanaians who study in public tertiary institutions are mandated by law to serve the country in various capacities for a year upon graduation. But Mr Cudjoe, who was a guest on Citi FM’s ‘The Big Issue’ on Saturday, February … Read more
Otiko Afisa Djaba is a “pale shadow” of the immediate past Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur, founding president of civil society group Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has said. Mr Cudjoe’s description of Ms Djaba as such follows the former’s vetting by parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, 30 January at which … Read more
The President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has described as needless the role of the Council of State in the country. “I don’t subscribe to a council of state, I think it is needless,” he said on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday. Ghana’s 1992 constitution mandates the … Read more
IMANI Africa’s founding president Franklin Cudjoe has criticised the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament for his “autocratic” stance during vetting. Mr Joe Osei Owusu on Monday, 23 January, abruptly “ruled out” Tamale North MP and member of the committee Alhassan Suhuyini from questioning Energy Minister-designate Boakye Agyarko any further after a heated back-and-forth … Read more
Kufuor defends Nana Addo’s appointments, as well as his creation of new ministries, urging Ghanaians to trust that he will deliver on his promises during the campaign season Former President John Kufuor, has asked critics of Nana Addo’s appointments, to be optimistic of the new President’s ability to change the current situation of the country. … Read more
President of Policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo needs about $2 billion dollars to revive the country’s rail sector. “We need about two billion dollars for that sector,” he said on The Big Issue on Saturday. He explained that Joe Ghartey, the Minister nominee for Railways Development should … Read more
President of Policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo needs about $2 billion dollars to revive the country’s rail sector. “We need about two billion dollars for that sector,” he said on The Big Issue on Saturday. He explained that Joe Ghartey, the Minister nominee for Railways Development should … Read more
IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has expressed some reservations over the number of ministries created by the new government and called for a merger of the new portfolios with the existing ministries to save cost. Mr Franklin Cudjoe, the President of the Policy Think Tank, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview, that … Read more
IMANI Centre for Policy and Education has expressed some reservations over the number of ministries created by the new government and called for a merger of the new portfolios with the existing ministries to save cost. Mr Franklin Cudjoe, the President of the Policy Think Tank, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview, that … Read more
IMANI Centre for Policy and Education plans to launch an anti-corruption crusade to increase public awareness on the menace and ensure transparency and accountability in the public sector, starting from the Presidency. The President of the Policy Think Tank, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, who told the Ghana News Agency, in an interview on Wednesday, said the … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has justified his decision to create six new ministries, explaining they would help in the efficient implementation of government policies. He says the new ministries have specific tasks that they are expected to achieve in the realising the promises he made to Ghanaians on the campaign platform. Speaking at the … Read more