The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu has tasked the electorate in Gonjaland to reject President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the December 7 polls. According to him, President Mahama has failed to fulfill the numerous campaign promises which lured the electorate in Gonjaland to … Read more
Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have resumed activities to protest against allegations of a takeover of some properties of the Authority. It follows what the workers say is a breach of contract by the management of the VRA in the processes of protecting the assets of the authority. A statement issued by the … Read more
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has indicated that government will continue to use revenue from the country’s oil and gas resources to pay its borrowing. “We are going to continue to set aside the oil revenues to pay down some of the borrowing. There is nothing that says we should only be refinancing,” he … Read more
Mr John Jinapor, Deputy Minister of Power and National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Parliamentary Nominee for Yapei/Kusawgu, has said the party (NDC) will not engage in politics of insults but would campaign on its record to retain power. He said NDC’s record in all sectors of society including education, health and roads infrastructure was unmatched adding … Read more
Two contenders of the December elections, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have clashed over the claims of the latter that the government will lead the country once again to the load-shedding era known in our local parlance as ‘dumsor’ early next year. Addressing a press conference last Wednesday, … Read more
Watching President John Dramani Mahama on television on the campaign trail, the Head of State cut a forlorn picture of a man at his wits end. He appears to be out of touch with the reality on the ground, and making promises, which he knows too well that the people he has been addressing do … Read more
“Let me be very frank, money has been one of the challenges; we just have to be frank, open and transparent with the people of Ghana and limit a bit of the politicking,” John Jinapor, Deputy Minister of Power, has said about the energy challenges facing the country. It is instructive that the deputy minister … Read more
Deputy Minister for Power John Jinapor has justified government’s continuous purchase of power from Core d’Ivoire. Figures from Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) revealed that Ghana was importing 185 megawatts of power from Côte d’Ivoire while thermal power plants idle in Ghana. John Jinapor says buying power from Ghana’s neighbours is more sustainable and cost effective … Read more
The crippling power problems will return immediately after the general elections in December if President John Mahama and the NDC are retained in power, the New Patriotic Party has predicted. This will result from an expected estimated 700 megawatts shortfall in power supply early next year, the NPP’s Director of Policy, Boakye Agyarko. Ghana is … Read more
Deputy Power minister John Jinapor has confessed that finding the needed funds to keep power supplies stable has remained a challenge for government. “Let me be very frank, money has been one of the challenges,” the deputy minister told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday. John Jinapor was in the studio to dispel fears that … Read more
Deputy Power minister John Jinapor has confessed that finding the needed funds to keep power supplies stable has remained a challenge for government. “Let me be very frank, money has been one of the challenges,” the deputy minister told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday. John Jinapor was in the studio to dispel fears that … Read more
Deputy Power minister John Jinapor has attributed the recent erratic power supply in parts of Accra to the rains. According to him, some of the transmitting lines become vulnerable when they are hit by the storm during heavy rains. Parts of Accra including Achimota, East Legon, Amasaman and Dome have been experiencing intermittent power outages … Read more
It would be recalled that somewhere in 2010, the United Kingdom media carried chilling reports about how the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama, was lobbied by a British Cabinet Minister to get a postponement for the ban imposed on Armajaro Holdings, one of the cocoa buying companies who were found culpable for smuggling the … Read more
Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor, has called on demonstrating workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana to exercise restraint over their demand for the removal of the Managing Director of the state power distributor from office. Scores of workers of ECG picketed the company’s head office on Monday, 3 October, destroying company property in … Read more
Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor says Monday’s protest by workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) demanding the removal of the Managing Director was premature. He says even if Robert Dwamena’s tenure of office has expired it does not lie within the powers of the workers to call the shot. He would rather the … Read more
Calm has returned to Buipe in the Central Gonja District of Northern Region after a standoff between the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. The office of the Electoral Commission was closed down on Thursday when police and military could not control a crowd incident of the two political parties disagreeing over a … Read more
Calm has returned to Buipe in the Central Gonja District of Northern Region after a standoff between the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. The office of the Electoral Commission was closed down on Thursday when police and military could not control a crowd incident of the two political parties disagreeing over a … Read more
Calm has returned to the Central Gonja District of the Northern Region, where two vigilante groups of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), clashed on Thursday September 22, over the ongoing voters’ transfer exercise. The NPP’s attempt to stop occupants of two mini buses suspected to be aliens … Read more
Supporters of the New Patriotic Party in the Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency in the Northern Region have disclosed they will resist any attempt by alleged members of the National Democratic Congress to bus electorates from other parts of Ghana to the Buipe registration center. Party supporters are accusing one John Achulo, an uncle of the incumbent NDC … Read more
The Electoral Commission’s office in the Central Gonja district of the Northern region has reportedly been shut down Thursday following a clash between supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Officers of the commission locked up the offices and reached the police after members of the two rivalry parties … Read more