All the ten representatives appointed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will this week be vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Four of them will be screened on Tuesday while the rest of the six will take their turns on Wednesday and Thursday. The committee last Thursday completed vetting of all the 36 … Read more
All the ten representatives appointed by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will this week be vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Four of them will be screened on Monday while the rest of the six will take their turns on Tuesday and Wednesday. The committee last Thursday completed vetting of all the 36 … Read more
Motivated by their ambitions, Republican’s President Donald Trump and New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo both share some common denominators in their leadership styles and reaction to opposition. Apart from the basic political commonality that they both share such as, they were elected in 2016, share the same ideological position, and their … Read more
The Volta regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated Dr. Archibald Letsa on his nomination as the Volta Regional Minister-designate by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Dr. Letsa, a medical practitioner and an entrepreneur, was one of the 10 nominees named by President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday as Regional Ministers-designate awaiting vetting and approval by … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has began swearing in his first batch of Ministers at the Flagstaff House. Parliament yesterday approved the nomination of eight out of the 13 ministers designate vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP). Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides shared the view that the nominees were generally knowledgeable … Read more
Parliament has approved the nomination of 8 ministerial nominees to serve in the Nana Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. A report presented to the House by the Appointments Committee, tasked to vet the nominees, recommended the approval of 8 out of the 13 nominees who appeared before the committee with the minister-nominee of … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that one of the most adored personalities of First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo is Central Regional Minister-designate Kwamena Duncan. Announcing the list of nominees for regional ministers to be sent to parliament for approval, Mr Akufo-Addo noted on Tuesday, January 24 that “he [Mr Duncan] is a great favourite of my … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is confident that persons he has nominated to various offices in the country would help him deliver the ‘best government ever’ in the history of Ghana. The President, who was commenting on the quality of his appointees after presenting a list of Regional Ministers at the Flagstaff House on … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration under Nana Akufo-Addo appears to have softened its stance on the two Guantanamo detainees who were accepted into the country last year. The NPP, then in opposition, had raised concerns about the decision to bring the two into the country. President Nana Addo, who was Flagbearer of the New … Read more
Vetting for Minister nominees appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa will begin today [Friday]. The Ministers nominee were selected from various regions with the highest number coming from the Ashanti Region, followed by the Eastern and Northern Regions respectively. The infographic below captures a regional breakdown of Ministerial nominees who are expected to be vetted … Read more
The Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako has said he is not interested in any ministerial position. Popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, he told Bola Ray on Starr Chat President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo wanted to give him an appointment, but he politely declined. According to him, he will … Read more
Some constituency executives of the governing New Patriotic Party in the northern part of the Volta region have described the recent ministerial nominees announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as discriminatory. The President last week announced a list of 36 ministerial nominees, two of whom are from the Volta region, namely, John Peter Amewu; … Read more
Scores of people continue to throng the Manhyia Palace as the burial and final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II enter the third day. Key among the personalities include President Akufo-Addo, former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor as well as representatives of the various foreign missions … Read more
Ex-president John Kufuor has waded into the controversy surrounding the ministerial appointments by president Akufo-Addo and has charged critics to be measured. Mr Kufuor said the new leader was voted for to carry out his vision of transforming the country and must be given the free hand to appoint those he believes will fulfill that … Read more
I am not here to argue pointlessly about whether the letter dismissing the Mahama-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the former Ghana Cocoa-Marketing Board (CMB), presently renamed Cocobod – for whatever the latter re-labeling may be worth – could not have been written in a more diplomatic or “polite” language, as preferred by Mr. K. … 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
The newly created Planning portfolio by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is to ensure that the agenda of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government stays within the broad framework of the 40-year development plan introduced by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). The issue with the national development plan is that every elected government … Read more
Nana Addo leaves for Mali today on his first presidential trip after inauguration… President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, Friday 13th January, leave Ghana for Mali on an official visit. The trip to Mali will be his first travel as Ghana’s president following his swearing last Saturday. Since after his inauguration as President of … 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
President Nana Akufo-Addo exhibited gross bad faith when his government said there was no agreement between the new administration and the immediate past one regarding ex-president John Mahama’s request to keep his official bungalow as part of his retirement package, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. A hailstorm of controversy greeted Mr … Read more