The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the people of Ghana that his government, God-willing, from January 2017, will not abandon any project on the basis that “it was started by a political opponent.” According to Nana Akufo-Addo, everywhere he has been on his tour of the … Read more
God has already settled on the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) as winner of the December polls, President John Mahama has said. Speaking at Kyebi in the Eastern Region, where he is on a five-day campaign tour, Mr Mahama, who is seeking a second and final term in office said God has already ordained the … Read more
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the massive turnout at rallies on his five-day tour of the Volta Region is an indication that Ghanaians really want change. Nana Akufo-Addo attested that the massive turnout also manifests that the stronghold of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is tumbling. Nana Akufo-Addo who … Read more
A Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Samuel Adu Gyamfi says it would be impossible for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to secure 30 percent of votes cast in the Volta Region. He was reacting to assertions by a former Volta Regional Minister under the Kufuor administration, … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice-Presidential candidate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has once again demanded that government responds to his 170 economic claims contained in a lecture where he denounced the Mahama administration as incompetent. His reminder comes after President John Mahama also repeated his challenge to debate the main opposition leader Akufo-Addo whom he has accused of peddling lies about the … Read more
Government has been advised to check the country’s rising debt stock. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, who gave the advice recently in an interview with journalists in Accra, said government should invest in projects that would help lessen the debt burden of the country through investment into agriculture and other easy-to-recoup … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of the northern part of Volta Region that their age-old petition for the creation of the Oti Region will be considered in his next term. “It is possible to create a new region out of the Volta Region,” he told ecstatic residents of Jasikan, one … Read more
Disqualified presidential candidate for the Great Consolidation Popular Party (GCPP), Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey, has claimed that his late father, Dan Lartey, saved former President Jerry Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings from being prosecuted over corruption related issues under the Kufuor administration. Mr Lartey was reacting to an allegation by the ex-president … Read more
On the campaign trail in the Volta Region, President John Dramani Mahama said on Tuesday that his works will speak for him in the December 7 polls. Speaking at separate rallies of NDC supporters at Nkwanta in the Nkwanta South Constituency and Kpassa in the Nkwanta North Constituency, the President said he had not mentioned … Read more
Ghanaians should trust opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver if he wins the 2016 elections and must “ignore the lies about him”, his wife has said. Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is optimistic Ghana will transform under the watch of the former foreign affairs minister since the “wellbeing of the country has always been on his heart.” … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has for the past four years failed the country, especially the sports sector, Mr Kwadwo Baah Agyemang, Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, has said. According to him, Mr Mahama has not been able to fulfil most of the promises his party made to Ghanaians in their 2012 manifesto, including … Read more
Flag bearer of the All People’s Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said the Kufuor administration tried planting cocaine on him, for which reason he had to close done his pizza restaurants. “There was a conflict in Bawku in 2005, 2006 during the Kufour government and I had a very close uncle who worked with … Read more
Former Trade Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Alan Kojo Kyerematen, has rejected criticisms his failure to deliver on the many presidential initiatives he supervised during his time as minister is the reason for the collapse of several state industries including the Ayensu Starch Factory. In an interview with Metro TV’s Paul Adom Otchere, the … Read more
Deputy Education Minister in charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says President John Mahama has done a tremendous job with the school feeding programme. According to him, the Mahama-led administration has done better with the scheme than the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who introduced it. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, the North Tongu … Read more
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has yet again fired salvos at President John Mahama, describing him as a leader “who doesn’t read” and keeps “embarrassing” himself in public. Mahama threw a challenge Tuesday on a campaign platform, asking the New Patriotic Party (NPP) vice presidential candidate to disclose the cost of the Cedi redenomination when he was … Read more
The Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has described the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) manifesto as a Kalyppo Manifesto. He added that the NPP’s Manifesto has nothing to be discussed. “This press conference is to just position the Volta Region as the World Bank of the NDC,” Mr Anyidoho said … Read more
The Kufuor administration and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) went to the international financial market to borrow $14.8 million to pay judgment debts awarded to construction form, Construction Pioneers (CP) in 2008, Fifi Kwetey, Minister of Transport has said. Speaking at the second edition of the governing National Democratic Congress’ Setting the Records Straight series … Read more
Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has promised to restore the allowances given Islamic teachers when voted into power after the December 7 election. “Since 1957, Zongos have never been mentioned in Ghana’s budget, but my first budget will provide money for the Zongo Development Fund. During the Kufuor administration, Islamic … Read more
President Mahama has dared the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to come clear on the cost of the redenomination exercise undertaken by the Kufuor administration before tagging him as incompetent. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been critical of the Mahama-led regime criticizing his government of mismanaging the economy. President Mahama who has … Read more
President John Mahama has noted if the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fails to recognize his “good works” God in heaven will always be his “witness.” According to him, he used his first term to do what he could to transform the lives of Ghanaians, but if the main opposition decides not to give credit … Read more