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
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his Government’s commitment to make Science and Technology education the centre-piece of the nation’s development. He said Science, Technology and Innovation were the fundamental driving force for development and modernization; and government would spare no effort at giving critical importance to education in that sphere to accelerate the … Read more
Accra, Jan. 14, GNA – Ghana has, since 1992, held seven consecutive free and fair democratic elections in a peacefully atmosphere. Under the Fourth Republic, the country has had three smooth and peaceful transition of power from one democratically elected political party to another and six from one government to another. Unlike some African countries, … Read more
The seat of government – Flagstaff House – will soon be changed, Minister of Information-designate and presidential spokesperson Mustapha Hamid has disclosed. The edifice was christened Jubilee House by the Kufuor administration following its construction to commemorate Ghana’s 50th independence anniversary but was renamed Flagstaff House in 2009 by the Atta Mills government. But with … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo orally agreed to grant his predecessor his wish to have his official residence as part of his retirement benefit. That is the claim by the Tamale Central Member of Parliament Inusah Fuseini in a discussion on Joy FM’s news analysis programme Newsfile, Saturday. According to him, the two presidents in a discussion … Read more
play videoHajia Alima Mahama is Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development Here is a playback of an exclusive interview Badwam’s Omanhene Kwabena Asante had with Minister-designate for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama. The Member of Parliament for Nalerigu and former Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs under the Kufuor government speaks … Read more
Actress Adu Safowaah has revealed a startling tale of how she ended up on Ghanaian TV screens years after selling second-hand clothing, mostly known as ‘obroni wawu’ for a living. According to her, she used to sell used clothing at Kantamanta market in Accra. The beautiful actress who has featured in about 15 movies and … Read more
“I am inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa because all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really…. I hope that everyone is equal but people who have to deal with black employees find this not true…You should … Read more
The Mills and Mahama administrations in the last eight years treated former president John Agyekum Kufuor “very badly” as far as the ex-president’s entitlement to a home was concerned, Minister-designate of Information Mustapha Hamid has said. Parrying criticism that President Nana Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not treat immediate former president … Read more
Legal Practitioner Abraham Amaliba has questioned the competence of the individuals being nominated as ministers by President Akufo-Addo. According to him, the president appears to be selecting individuals who failed as ministers under former President John Kufuor. Speaking on the Morning Starr Friday, Amaliba who is also a member of the opposition NDC’s legal team, … Read more
I am a bit puzzled, that the majority of Ghanaians who voted for change, are already lamenting, just because some form of change has only started with the creation of new ministerial portfolios, an increase of seven (7) from what existed in the previous government, realignment of a few, and in some cases a merger … Read more
President Akufo-Addo with some of his minister nominees President Nana Akufo-Addo’s list of nominated ministers indicates that his government will have 29 substantive ministers. Under Ghana’s fourth Republic, the number of Ministers who were appointed to serve varied under different governments. While former President Jerry John Rawlings chose 19 and 25 ministers in his two … Read more
Among the thirty-seven persons appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo into various ministerial positions in his government, ten of them are women. The number represents twenty-seven (27%) of the ministerial appointees. The NPP in the 2016 Manifesto promised to appoint at least thirty percent (30%) of women into public office positions. “The NPP, under … 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
Former Member of Parliament for Bantama, Cecilia Dapaah has been nominated for the newly created Aviation ministry. Her mandate involves working to develop Ghana’s aviation industry to make it very competitive within the sub-region. This also ties in with the government’s target to make Ghana a hub for West Africa to attract large volumes of … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained the creation of a new ministerial portfolio to handle Zongo affairs, under the name, Inner City and Zongo Development. The Zongos in Ghana are settlements in the cities mainly populated predominantly by settlers from northern Ghana. At a press conference at the Flagstaff House in Accra on … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s list of nominated ministers indicates that his government will have 29 substantive ministers. Under Ghana’s fourth Republic, the number of Ministers who were appointed to serve varied under different governments. While former President Jerry John Rawlings chose 19 and 25 ministers from 1993 to 2001 respectively to serve under his government, John … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for Bantama, Cecilia Dapaah has been nominated for the newly created Aviation ministry. Her mandate involves working to develop Ghana’s aviation industry to make it very competitive within the sub-region. This also ties in with the government’s target to make Ghana a hub for West Africa to attract large volumes of … Read more
From 1993 to 2017, the number of Ministers who have been appointed to serve have varied under different governments. While former President Jerry John Rawlings chose 19 and 25 ministers from 1993 to 2001 respectively to serve under his government, John Agyekum Kufuor had 31 ministers serving from 2001 to 2008. The infographic below captures the … Read more