Former President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that he is averse to the recent military cooperation agreement signed between Ghana and United States of America. The agreement which was ratified by parliament on March 23 under some controversial circumstances gives American soldiers unimpeded access to certain key installations. According to the agreement Ghana will be … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that he is averse to the recent military cooperation agreement signed between Ghana and United States of America. The agreement which was ratified by parliament on March 23 under some controversial circumstances gives American soldiers unimpeded access to certain key installations. According to the agreement Ghana will be … Read more
The minority caucus in parliament has declared its support for a demonstration scheduled to take place Wednesday March 28 to resist against what they describe as “Akufo-Addo Government’s betrayal of the Ghanaian people”. A group calling itself Ghana First Patriotic Front had claimed Monday March 26 that it got the support of minority Members of … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has condemned the dawn raid on the residence of Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor. It alleged that the move is carefully engineered by the government to silence opposition critics such as Dr Kwabena Donkor. The Minority in a statement also contended that the raid had nothing to do with the … Read more
The minority in parliament has condemned the invasion of the residence of former Power Minister, Dr Kwabena Donkor, by the Police Criminal Investigations Department over the AMERI power deal. Personnel of the Police CID acting on a warrant, stormed the residence of Dr Donkor in Accra to search and retrieve evidence that could result in … Read more
The Minority in Parliament is challenging the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Aidoo, to make public funds accrued so far under the Cocoa Stabilisation Fund. The Fund, according to the Minority, was introduced during the tenure of John Dramani Mahama – precisely in October, 2014 – “as a risk-mitigation mechanism … Read more
Who expunged the NDC’s ethos of probity, transparency and accountability? Some supporters of the NDC at a rally If we revisit Ghana’s political history, we will acknowledge that Ex-President Rawlings and his cohorts founded the NDC Party based on the principles of transparency, probity, and accountability. It is however on record that prior to the … Read more
The Centre for Progressive Governance (CenProG) has added its voice to the argument of whether former president John Dramani Mahama should contest for president for the NDC in the 2020 General Elections. In a press statement released on Monday, CenProG said the former president should be allowed to make the decision to contest or not … Read more
Madam Catherine Ablema Afeku, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Art who doubles as Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira constituency has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is determined to address challenges facing the constituency and ensure smooth development of the area. The people are therefore urged to support the Government … Read more
The much talked about Marine Drive Project meant to transform the Coastal line from the Osu Christianborg Castle to the Arts Center into a tourism enclave may not materialize. This follows a strong objection to the project by the Ga Dangme Council led by Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle and 33 other prominent sons and daughters … Read more
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey has criticized successive governments over what he says is the adoption of tax reforms as short term policies towards economic development. He argues that the relatively longer periods of maturity of tax reforms have compelled governments to rush through the process of implementing … Read more
ACEP’s Dr. Adam insults Ghana as they triple-dip and gorge on free UK money (1) From the point of view of taxpayers, that video is an example of a pointless vetting exercise by a largely ill-prepared group of MPs most of whom considered themselves “small boys” in the matter. In the case of the Ghana … Read more
Government has announced plans to issue a 15 year bond to settle all outstanding debts in the energy sector. The move is also aimed at improving the financial strength of the State Owned Enterprises (SoEs) in the energy sector and make them competitive. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia disclosed this when he addressed a session … Read more
Government has announced plans to issue a 15 year bond to settle all outstanding debts in the energy sector. The move is also aimed at improving the financial strength of the State Owned Enterprises (SoEs) in the energy sector and make them competitive. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia disclosed this when he addressed a session … Read more
When Ghanaians decided to reject Akuffo-Addo at the polls in 2008; it was for a very good reason that the majority of Ghanaians took that bold and wise decision not to have a Leader who would destroy the unity of this dear nation of ours. In 2009, when the mandate was given to the good … Read more
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that he was right by referring to ex-President John Dramani Mahama as an incompetent person during the 2016 electioneering period. Dr Bawumia said the positive impact that just a fraction of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s policies and programmes has made in the lives of Ghanaians so far … Read more
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that he was right by referring to ex-President John Dramani Mahama as an incompetent person during the 2016 electioneering period. Dr Bawumia said the positive impact that just a fraction of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s policies and programmes has made in the lives of Ghanaians so far … Read more
Parliament is today (Tuesday) expected to pass the bill that will allow the government to cap its budgetary allocation to statutory funds at twenty-five percent. The bill, on Monday, March 27, passed the consideration stage. When passed, all allocations to the eight statutory funds will not exceed twenty-five percent of all government revenue for this … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Abena Osei-Asare, got the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) members agitated when she said in 2016 alone the NDC government wasted a whopping GH¢4 billion on “needless upfront tax exemptions” on duties to individual corporate groups instead of the … Read more
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has dismissed claims that he supervised an economy which focused on taxation at the expense of production. He explains that he cannot be blamed for what the NPP believes is the huge tax burden brought onto businesses. “…When the economy takes a hit, you would have to make sure that … Read more