The Member of Parliament for Lawra Anthony Karbo will be appointed as the deputy Minister of Roads, according to a yet-to-be released statement from the Presidency. Karbo, a former deputy communications director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), will serve under Kwaku Ofori Asiamah if he sails through the vetting. A former morning show host … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the current depreciation of the cedi being experienced in the value of the cedis is not unprecedented. He says the fall in the currency’s value in the first quarter of the year is a recurring problem that happens every year. The value … Read more
The Majority and Minority Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday slugged it out as they began a debate on the Budget Statement and Economic Policy for the 2017 financial year. The contention was more on the gross domestic product (GDP) projection, revenue targets, expenditure projections and other indicators captured in the budget presented by the Minister … Read more
Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has called on opposition parties to support the good initiatives by President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government. Speaking on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah urged the parties, particularly the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to stop predicting doom for the government. He urged detractors of … Read more
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, has called on opposition parties to support the good initiatives by President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government. Speaking on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah urged the parties, particularly the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to stop predicting doom for the government. He urged detractors of … Read more
At the last State of the Nation Address (SONA), President John Mahama took the nation on a tour of his achievements under four-year tenure. At the first SONA, President Akufo-Addo, sources say, will take the nation on another tour – which will be the reality of Ghana’s economy before he ends with his signature theme … Read more
The Member of Parliament for OfoaseAyirebi, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has hinted that the president will use his ‘State of the Nation Address’ today to make key policy announcements that will give hope to the Ghanaian people and not to chastise the previous government. He indicated that the State of the Nation Address will be … Read more
Although President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be highlighting tax reduction in his maiden State of the Nation Address today, 21 February, the details of that will be contained in the government’s economic budget to be presented to parliament by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, has said. … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be using the State of the Nation address in laying the foundation for his inability to fulfil the litany of promises he made to Ghanaians ahead of last year’s elections, Inusah Fuseini, former Minister of Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, has said. According to … Read more
With the swearing-in of the last batch of ministerial nominees on Friday, President Akufo-Addo is set to announce the names of deputy ministers this week. Even though the president has a tight schedule this week with the delivery of his maiden State of the Nation Address (SoNA) tomorrow, Tuesday, February 21, to parliament among other … Read more
President Akufo-Addo is expected to name his Regional Ministers and their deputies within the week A former Nanumba North District Chief Executive (DCE) Salifu Saeed has been confirmed and will be unveiled as the next Northern Regional Minister by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkpurugu Constituency Solomon Namlit Boar … Read more
The CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has implored media houses to be creative as the nation migrates from the analog to digital broadcasting. Kwaku Sakyi-Addo says the move when completed would create space for additional radio and television stations to be licensed. This, he believes would create a “fragmentation of the market” and … Read more
Former President John Mahama has withdrawn a request to keep his Cantonments residence as a retirement package following public controversy over his decision. A letter sighted by otecfmghana has the President’s signature confirming he is no longer interested in keeping the house at the No.3 Prestige Link at Cantonments in Accra. According to the letter, … Read more
Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has vowed to stage a ‘one-man demo’ against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo if he allows former President John Dramani Mahama to keep his Cantonments official residence as part of his retirement package. According to him, the President “must not allow” any such … Read more
Managing editor of the Al Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Bature has blamed the NDC’s abysmal failure and current state on its Flagbearer, John Mahama’s refusal to heed to wise counsel. He said this on the back of an ensuing row between the ex-president and the President Akufo-Addo following the President’s decision to covert his official residence … Read more
play videoKojo Oppong Nkrumah, spokesperson for Akufo-Addo a decision is yet to be reached Spokesperson for the President, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has refuted claims about an agreement between the current government and Fmr. President John Mahama to keep his residence as his retirement home. According to him, a formal request from Mr. Mahama was presented … Read more
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor is yet to be given a house after exiting office eight years ago. Spokesperson, Frank Agyekum, said the conditions for the resettlement of the former president was not met by the erstwhile Mahama administration as required by the Chinery Hesse Committee. However, he indicated that the former President until recently … Read more
The Akufo-Addo government has rejected claims by former President John Mahama’s office that an agreement has been reached allowing Mr Mahama to keep his Cantonments official residence as his retirement home. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who speaks for the new government’s side of the transition team, stressed there was a request from President John Mahama, asking … Read more
After his swearing-in on Saturday, January 7 as President of the Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will receive briefing on the state of the nation Monday, January 9, an official of his Transition Team has said. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told TV3’s Nana Kweku Aduah in an interview on Friday that the president-elect has already been … Read more
The President-elect’s representatives on the Transition team is entitled to forfeit allowances and other benefits which accompany their work, government’s Spokesperson on the team, Hanna Tetteh has said. The President-elect’s team said the gesture formed part of measures to save what they call an ailing economy from further tumbling. The working committees and the nine members from … Read more