Member of Parliament Subin in the Ashanti Region, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has expressed disappointment in the Ghanaians media. The MP says journalist must help us MPs to ensure effective running of the nation by following up on issues that are raised in Parliament and various places but journalists in the country have failed to do … Read more
In an effort to curb the rampant spate of accidents on the N1 highway, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikoi Central, Patrick Yaw Boamah has petitioned the Ministry of Roads and Highways for more footbridges on the highway. According to the Police, since it’s commissioning, over 200 pedestrians have died, majority of who were … Read more
Deputy Minister of Communications, Hon. George Andah, has hinted that the vision of the Akufo-Addo-led administration is to make Ghana the digital hub, most businesses will like to operate. According to him, the vision sits very well with the fact that technology is clearly and unarguably the game-changer as global digital technology has become a … Read more
Tanzanian opposition number two Tundu Lissu was arrested on Thursday, three days after having called President John Magufuli a “dictator”, party sources said. No reasons were given for the arrest of Lissu, a member of parliament, the Chadema opposition party chief whip and a leading lawyer. Government spokesman Hassan Abbas gave no specific reason for … Read more
An urgent motion has been filed in Parliament to have the house rescind the controversial AMERI power deal it passed in 2015. The motion, according to Citi News sources has been filed by the Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament, K. T Hammond, who was the ranking member of the Energy Committee at the time the … Read more
It has emerged that the government has used GH¢5.24m from the state coffers to undertake various activities as part of the Ghana@60 celebrations. This revelation contradicts the President’s announcement that the funds for the year-long celebrations will sourced from private sector. A Deputy Minister for Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng made the revelation while addressing some issues … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Bongo constituency, Edward Bawa has said the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not given proper briefing on the contaminated fuel scandal that hit the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). President Akufo-Addo for the first time spoke on the BOST issue during … Read more
Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, is claiming that 250 Hyundai i10 vehicles bought in 2012 by the government during the administration have not been paid for. “There are no documentations covering the purchasing of these vehicles and their whereabouts are also unknown,” Mr. Jinapor disclosed on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM … Read more
Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Ms. Freda Akosua O. Prempeh, has cautioned officers at the Rent Control Department (RCD) to desist from extorting money from clients who patronise their services. The deputy minister, who doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, in an exclusive interview … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanton constituency in the Northern Region, Mr. Mohamed Hardi Tuferu, has bemoaned the practice where successive governments leave projects started by their predecessors to go waste. According to him, his ‘heart bleeds’ anytime he drives around and sees projects initiated with state funds by one government or another going waste … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says attacks against his government by the Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, do not bother him. According to him, having been in the same political party with the maverick politician, he was aware of his nature, and therefore, has become used to his outbursts. “Regarding Kennedy Agyapong’s … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is undaunted by public pronouncements of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The maverick politician has been critical of his party’s government since it assumed the reigns. He recently took a swipe at the president for virtually leaving out Central … Read more
A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has stated that his party was not in full control of affairs of the economy seven months upon assumption of power. According to him, “the NPP continues to allow the … Read more
Some kingpins of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led by the Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation over the weekend stormed Assin Dompem, the hometown of maverick Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong, to seek audience with him to end the constant bashing and insults on the party The vociferous Assin North MP has … Read more
A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has described the notion by Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Mafo that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) capitation grant in the Ashanti Region to jeopardize the health status of the people living there as inciting and unacceptable. “It does not … Read more
Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Ms. Freda Akosua O. Prempeh, has revealed that the Akufo-Addo-led government will soon revive the defunct Bank for Housing and Construction (BHC). Speaking in an interview with Today, Ms. Prempeh, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, revealed that her ministry … Read more
Elders of Tetegu and leaders of communities affected by the spillage of the Weija Dam in Accra have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impress upon the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to dredge the Densu River to its original depth of 25 feet. The Weija Dam which is on the Densu River … Read more
Several authorities in the Mamprugu Traditional Area including the Chief of Bunkprugu, Naasimong Bukari, have raised security concerns over the collapse of a bridge that links Nalerigu to the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo district in the Northern Region. The Nalerigu-Sakogu bridge is one of the structurally deficient bridges on the abandoned Walewale Bunkprugu road. Our affiliate radio station, … Read more
The president’s nominee for District Chief Executive for the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo, John Kofi Alhassan has been rejected for the second time by assembly members and government appointees. The massive rejection comes after an almost two-hour process in Bunkpurugu on Friday July, 13, 2017 intended to confirm his nomination. Popularly known as J. K, the former assembly … Read more
It seems anti-corruption campaigner and member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford, is not out of the woods yet despite his apology to outraged members of Ghana’s legislature, who are bent on grilling him for supposedly insulting them. Casely-Hayford has been cited for a possible contempt of Parliament after he said at a programme … Read more