The Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi Constituency says the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has done next to nothing to improve the lives of residents in the Western Region. Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah says despite the rich resources found in the region and revenue that accrues to government the people are still wallowing in … Read more
Speaker Edward Doe Adjaho may have arbitrarily used his discretionary powers to quash the impeachment motion sponsored by the New Patriotic Party-led Parliamentary Minority, but President John Dramani Mahama was not completely able to dodge the bullet as Speaker Adjaho and his fellow National Democratic Congress (NDC) scoundrel associates had hoped. For starters, although the … Read more
Residents of the Tamale Central constituency in the Northern region have expressed disappointment over the inability of their Member of Parliament Inusah Fuseini to provide them jobs. According to them, the MP has failed to live up to his campaign promises of providing them jobs and ensuring a secured future for the youth during the … Read more
The Ghana Prison Service says it cannot guarantee conjugal visit for married inmates citing the lack of facilities and resources. Sex is a physiological need that strengthens the bond between couples thus the pleas from some prisoners to be allowed to satisfy their sexual needs in a move to cut down on sodomy in prisons. … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) wants to use the “suspicious” proxy voting agenda to rig the December general election in favour of President John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, the EC intends to rake … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti region, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has welcomed the decision by highlife artiste Lucky Mensah to ditch the NDC for the NPP campaign ahead of the 2016 elections saying it is a natural phenomenon. The musician who has campaigned for the NDC in the past two general … Read more
Obuasi West Member of Parliament (MP), Kwaku Kwarteng, has laughed off President John Mahama’s pledge to give a meter to each household in a Central regional town, Abura. The Minority MP says the President is taking over a job assigned to a public company, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Speaking on Joy FM’s Super … Read more
Rumours that former New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential hopeful, Alan Kyerematen has died in London have been refuted by his special assistant, Nana Yaw Adutwum. Social media publications had claimed the man nicknamed Alan Cash and Alan K died on Tuesday in a London hospital where he had been flown to following an alleged heart … Read more
By Fadi Dabbousi Ok, so Alban Gbagbin has been a member of parliament for a dozen years or more. He has finally woken up to the realisation that his constituents have been hungry ever since. But their miserable situation is a result of his continuous attempt to impoverish them all the more in order to … Read more
To prevent another domestic violence oriented death in her constituency, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has held a sensitization seminar for women in the constituency. Couple of months ago, Ama Osaah, a market woman at the Dansoman market was beaten to death by her husband and it was revealed … Read more
Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Bomah says President Mahama will increase his vote margin astronomically in the northern region compared to what he got in the 2012 elections. He says his conviction stems from the unprecedented and massive show of love by the people in the region for the president and for the NDC as … Read more
Majority leader of Parliament, Hon. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has marketed the Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Hon Haruna Iddrisu, as a good presidential material capable of leading the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for future elections. According to him, the Tamale South Legislator known as the NDC’s heavyweight champion in the Northern Region, possesses … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency has pledged to garner 70,000 votes to back the second term bid of President John Mahama. Haruna Iddrisu says even though there are challenges facing the economy, youth unemployment and problems with the education system, the President has put in place the requisite measures to address … Read more
The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is using politics of deceit ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Baba Jamal Konneh, Director of Communications for the Eastern regional branch of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said. According to him, the campaign promises of the … Read more
He is obviously earning an undeservedly fat check in the Mahama cabinet because the 49-year-old Mr. Fiifi Kwetey acquitted himself creditably as a rotten-mouthed propaganda point-man for the Rawlings-minted National Democratic Congress (NDC) by the blighted lights and rag-tag standards of the latter political juggernaut, of course. I have also followed his bumbling political career … Read more
Steps taken by the Minority in Parliament to cause a Parliamentary probe into a controversial gift to the President was rejected on Thursday. Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, single-handedly shot down the Minority’s motion which occasioned a recall of Parliament. Below is the Minority’s full statement I thank you for the opportunity to move … Read more
High waves have once again destroyed homes and properties of Fuveme residents in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region. The waves which swept through the whole community destroyed the only school in the area. According to a resident of Fuveme, Bright Agbeko, the temporal structure which is used by pupils has also been washed … Read more
Member of Parliament [MP] for Effutu, Hon Alex Afenyo-Markin has urged Right Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey to disclose the names of the politicians who approached him with money and other promises to keep his mouth shut. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey … Read more
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Mponua constituency Isaac Asiamah has lashed out at the Speaker Edward Doe Adjaho, describing him as the ‘worst performing Speaker’ in the history of Ghana. Yesterday the Minority Caucus in Parliament were in a state of dismay when the Speaker dismissed a motion filed by them to investigate … Read more
It is becoming increasingly clear that the delay by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in launching its manifesto is meant to ‘steal’ some new ideas from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), hence the pressure on the presidential candidate of the NPP to release his party’s manifesto. The pressure on the NPP is coming from some … Read more