The Parliament of Ghana has summoned the Local Government Ministry and management of the Births and Deaths Registry to explain the basis for their declaration that certain Ghanaian names are unworthy for registration. According to the Members of Parliament, the decision by the Births and Deaths Registry is illegal and should come to Parliament if … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu, will serve two more years after his retirement, 3news.com has gathered. The senior-most police officer was expected to proceed on his mandatory retirement this year. But the appointing authority has given him two more years to serve as the head of the Ghana Police Service. He was … Read more
Office of the Special Prosecutor will not be described as a witch-hunting unit by political opponents if the prosecutor has credibility in the eyes of all the political parties and the general public, a former Commissioner at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short, has said. According to him, whoever … Read more
The President Nana Akufo Addo has appointed the Convener of pressure group, Let my vote Count Alliance (LMVCA), Mr David Asante as the new Managing Director of Ghana Publishing Company. His appointment Citi Business News understands takes effect from the first of August, 2017. Ghana Publishing Company was established in 1965 as a corporation, but … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed former Chief Justice, Georgina Wood unto the Council of State. This is in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i). This section of the Ghanaian Constitution mandates that “one person who has previously held the office of Chief Justice” be appointed to serve on the Council of State. Mrs Wood’s appointment … Read more
The company at the center of a $1.3 million gold scandal, Green Global Resources, has implicated high ranking officials of the Ghana Police Service in the deal, but failed to mention names. Speaking at a press conference in Accra Tuesday, the Director of Strategy and Business Development of the licensed US gold buying firm, James … Read more
The Ghana House of Port Agents (GHOPA), a group of importers, has asked shipping companies at the Tema port to bring an end to excessive charges on imported goods. According to the group, since the announcement of the abolition of the 1% Special Import Levy by the Akufo-Addo-led government, owners of shipping lines have introduced … Read more
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has assured the government is on course to seal leakages The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has assured the government is on course to seal leakages in the system which are affecting revenue mobilization. He has given an indication that the government is resorting to different mechanisms to block … Read more
The appointment of Justice Sophia A. B. Akufo as incoming Chief Justice (CJ) and her earlier working relationship with the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo could influence her role in the justice delivery in the country, a private legal practitioner, George Loh thinks so. “I have known Justice Sophia Akufo well for over forty-years. Indeed … Read more
The demolition exercise embarked on by officials from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Thursday morning seems to have incurred the wrath of some traders whose structures were completely destroyed. The visibly angry victims expressed their displeasure at President Akufo-Addo for endorsing the exercise at the expense of their businesses and monies … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo is targeting the 8.5 trillion dollars underperforming global fund to be used to boost the growth of the Ghanaian economy, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed. Speaking at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC, Ken Ofori-Ata asserted that the President is thinking of creating a highly business friendly … Read more
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu was on Sunday inducted into office in Accra. His induction took place at the Ghana Police Church at 37 in Accra. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed Asante-Apeatu in March 2017 taking over from John Kudalor who was on retirement. Speaking at the ceremony, Asante-Apeatu assured of accountability … Read more
Princess Anne, daughter of the Queen of England, has laid a wreath at the Christianburg War Cemetery at Osu, Accra as she begins her two-day visit to Ghana. Princess Anne is the sponsor of the Varkey Foundation’s Making Ghanaian Girls Great, Ghana’s first interactive distance-learning project. The Princess will be engaged in a live interactive … Read more
Princess Anne, daughter of the Queen of England, has laid a wreath at the Christianburg War Cemetery at Osu, Accra as she begins her two-day visit to Ghana. Princess Anne is the sponsor of the Varkey Foundation’s Making Ghanaian Girls Great, Ghana’s first interactive distance-learning project. The Princess will be engaged in a live interactive … Read more
Ghanaians share their views on who the founder of Ghana is debate In recent reports, the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, stated that it was false claims for people to say Dr. Kwame Nkrumah founded independent Ghana. His comment revives the long-standing debate about the actual founder of Ghana especially after the president, … Read more
A lawyer and a human rights advocate, Akufo-Addo became the president of the young oil-producing West African nation January 7, 2017 after his third attempt. He was floored by late president John Evans Atta Mills and immediate past president John Mahama in the 2008 and 2012 elections respectively. The Oxford-trained is Ghana’s fifth president under … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has implored Deputy Regional Ministers to remain loyal to their substantive Regional Ministers or risk his wrath. According to the president, he will not countenance any act by the Deputy Ministers that undermines the authority of their superiors. Nana Akufo-Addo said this when he swore into office 10 Deputy Regional … Read more
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is 73 years today, March 29, 2017. A lawyer and a human rights advocate, Akufo-Addo became the president of the young oil-producing West African nation January 7, 2017 after his third attempt. He was floored by late president John Evans Atta Mills and immediate past president John Mahama in … Read more
“If the number of ministers is an indication of performance and development, Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah would have appointed 6000 ministers to run his administration.” According to the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper Kwasi Pratt Jnr , the number of ministers a president appoints is an indication of the his/her ability … Read more
A civil society group, Right Alliance-Ghana, has described as needless and unnecessary, several of the 110 ministers and deputies appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It said though the appointments are within the powers of the President, a lot of them are “needless duplication of the roles and functions of others,” noting the large … Read more