Ghana’s Parliament should take steps to purge itself of increasing bribery allegations, constitutional lawyer Nana Akwasi Awuah has counseled. According to the legal practitioner, allegations of bribery against the second arm of government are worrying and if care is not taken, the august house will lose its essence and relevance. Over the years, high profile … Read more
Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, a Deputy Minister Designate for Local Government and Rural Development, on Thursday, rejected claims of being culpable of revenue loss to the State in contracts to renovate the Accra Sports Stadium and other stadia in 2008. When asked by the Appointments Committee of Parliament if he did receive illegal money of … Read more
Mr Osei Bonsu Amoah, a Deputy Minister Designate for Local Government and Rural Development, on Thursday, rejected claims of being culpable of revenue loss to the State in contracts to renovate the Accra Sports Stadium and other stadia in 2008. When asked by the Appointments Committee of Parliament if he did receive illegal money of … Read more
Whether the COCOBOD CEOs salaries are cut or not, the monthly pay of some top officials of the board remain higher than that of the president of the Republic of Ghana! The new chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has stressed the need and relevance of government’s plan to cut down the salaries of … Read more
The former Attorney General and Foreign Affairs minister under the Kufuor administration celebrates his first birthday as president of Ghana since taking over power on January 7, 2017. The veteran politician first ran for President in 2008 and in 2012, both times as the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), but lost on both … Read more
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in the third and fourth parliaments during the Kufuor administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them. According … Read more
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in the third and fourth parliaments during the Kufuor administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them. According … Read more
A nominee for Deputy Minister for Finance, Charles Kofi Asare Adu Boahen has fended off claims that he still holds allegiance to the United States of America. But 46-year-old investment banker was emphatic when he appeared before the Parliament’s Appointment Committee on Tuesday that he does not hold dual citizenship. During the vetting, the ranking … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board including Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn in today [Tuesday]. Mr. … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board include Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn in today [Tuesday]. Mr. Owusu-Agyemang … Read more
Forty former lawmakers including current Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo and acting chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay have sued the Attorney General and the Finance Ministry over their pensions. The ex-MPs, who served during the Kufuor administration, are demanding at least GHc 233,495 each, totaling Gh¢10 million (including interest). According … Read more
Forty former lawmakers including current Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo and acting chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay have sued the Attorney General and the Finance Ministry over their pensions. The ex-MPs, who served during the Kufuor administration, are demanding at least GHc 233,495 each, totaling Gh¢10 million (including interest). According … Read more
A former Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Constituency, David Apasara, has defended the joint decision by some MPs to sue government over pensions owed them. David Apasara and thirty-nine other former MPs under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over the issue, demanding at least GHc 233,495 each … Read more
Forty (40) former Members of Parliament, who served under the Kufuor Administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them, demanding at least GHc 233,495 each. Among the plaintiffs are the Senior Minister in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the acting New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Freddie Blay and … Read more
Forty (40) former Members of Parliament, who served under the Kufuor Administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them, demanding at least GHc 233,495 each. Among the plaintiffs are the Senior Minister in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, and the acting New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, Freddie Blay and … Read more
At a time when the country has been divided over the size of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s cabinet, a former minister in the Kufuor administration has joined the wagon of defense of the incumbent government. Stephen Asamoah Boateng who served as Information Minister in the former President Kufuor’s government noted that different times call … Read more
Government has indicated that it is scrapping the free fertilizer distribution policy aimed at aiding Cocoa farmers in the country. This was because the policy had failed to the target farmers, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, CEO of COCOBOD told Starr Business. He said the abolished programme will be replaced by the re-introduction of the mass cocoa … Read more
Members of the ‘elephant’ family – the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) – yesterday paid glowing tribute to the memory of Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, the man under whose leadership as national chairman the party first tasted political power under the Fourth Republic. At a memorial service held at the Ridge Church in Accra and attended by … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said he is yet to recover from the death of the former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. Nana Addo, who is currently out of the country for the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, in an audio posted on his Facebook … Read more
Today marks one year memorial of the late former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey. The incumbent party will today remember the late gem whose lifetime was of a massive significance to the leading side. To commemorate the late icon, the NPP will hold a ceremony in his honor. The party … Read more