A former Deputy Finance Minister has cautioned Ghanaians to brace up for difficult times because of challenges he envisages government’s decision to scrap some taxes might pose for the economy. Casiel Ato Forson said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s decision will worsen the predicaments of Ghanaians rather than mitigate them. Reacting to the tax … Read more
The Majority in Parliament has defended the facts about the economy as presented by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his State of the Nation address, following the Minorty’s claims the address was fraught with inaccuracies. Speaking during a debate on the address on the floor of Parliament, the Minister for Planning, also the MP for Wenchi, … Read more
Introduction and a trip down memory lane The NDC was formed by a ruling Military Junta that wielded enormous state power in the run up to the 1992 elections. Indeed the PNDC attracted a good number of Nkrumaists adherents so by the time the NDC came into being a good number of former CPP and … Read more
African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs has asked Parliament to investigate the confusion that rocked the country’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. According to the Centre, the House must also put in place measures to prevent such “embarrassment” in the future. Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament was left stranded outside the legislative … Read more
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs has asked parliament to investigate the confusion that rocked the country’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. According to the centre, the House must also put in place measures to prevent such “embarrassment” in the future. Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, was left stranded outside the … Read more
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs has asked parliament to investigate the confusion that rocked the country’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament. According to the centre, the House must also put in place measures to prevent such “embarrassment” in the future. Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, was left stranded outside the legislative house in … Read more
The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa believes the leadership of Parliament should investigate the confusion that rocked Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS parliament in Abuja, Nigeria recently. The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament initially refused to swear in the Ghanaian delegation, because of some confusion … Read more
Ghana risks being sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for failing to disclose full financial data to the fund at the time it signed onto the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF), the Majority in Parliament has said, pointing to the GHS7 billion that it claimed had not been accounted for. The sanction will be … Read more
The Majority NPP Caucus has described as dangerous attempts by the Minority NDC to discredit the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim of a missing GHC7million from the government’s treasury. In their view, if they are to go by the explanations churned out by the Minority to refute Dr. Bawumia’s claim, they can only conclude … Read more
Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto is the Food and Agriculture Minister-nominee for the Nana Addo-led NPP government which assumed office on January 7th, 2017. He is the immediate past Member of Parliament for Kwadaso in Ashanti region and served as the Minority Spokesperson on Agriculture throughout the period (2009-2019). This could explain why he was the President’s choice … Read more
It appears the Nana Akufo-Addo government may move the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) from the supervision of the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Agriculture. Shortly after Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto was named as the Minister for Agriculture, pending parliamentary approval, some observers pointed out that the new government may change the supervisory role … Read more
A civil society group in the agriculture sector wants President Nana Akufo-Addo to reconsider his nominee for the agric ministry. According to Food Sovereignty Ghana the minister-designate for the sector, Dr Afriyie Osei, is not the right man to head the ministry. The communications director of the group, Edwin Kweku Andoh Baffour, said Dr Akoto … Read more
A civil society group in the agriculture sector wants President Nana Akufo-Addo to reconsider his nominee for the agric ministry. According to Food Sovereignty Ghana the minister-designate for the sector, Dr Afriyie Osei, is not the right man to head the ministry. The communications director of the group, Edwin Kweku Andoh Baffour, said Dr Akoto … Read more
President Nana Akufo Addo has named persons to lead key business related ministries under the NPP government. The four have been named as minister designates for Finance, Trade, Agriculture and Energy and Petroleum respectively. The announcements were made at a brief ceremony at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday. Mr. Ken Ofori Atta will be replacing … Read more
There is currently a raging confusion within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over persons to occupy the various parliamentary positions when parliament begins sitting of the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic later this week. Some names have already been penciled for as prospective occupants of those positions including the post of Second Deputy Speaker … Read more
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has mentioned three additional names for ministerial positions subject to parliamentary approval after his inauguration. The names are Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture; Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, and Mr Isaac Asiamah, the Ministry of Youth and Sports. … Read more
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the senior national football team, the Black Stars, of his unflinching support when he is officially sworn in as president of Ghana. This came to light when a delegation from the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government which included Isaac Asiamah, the minority spokesperson on sports, and Mustapha … Read more
The Volta Regional Caucus in Parliament of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has nominated the Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, James Klutse Avedzi for the Minority Leader position of the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic to be constituted on January 7. The 25 member group is confident that their candidate who’s also … Read more
The Minority Spokesperson for agriculture who doubles as the outgoing Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is likely to be the next the Minister of Agriculture pending parliamentary approval. President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted of the appointment during an address to Zongo Chiefs at his residence. “The Member of Parliament … Read more
The Minority Spokesperson for agriculture who doubles as outgoing Member of Parliament for Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is likely to be the next the Minister of Agriculture pending parliamentary approval. President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted of the appointment during an address to Zongo Chiefs at his residence “The Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, Dr. Afriyie … Read more