Has Mahama ruined the return of Mahama? I do not wish to find myself in the camp of those who harbour a fallacious view that highly qualified family members and friends of the elected president of the country must not and cannot hold positions in government. Let us however be blunt, and rightly so, for … Read more
Donald Trump spent his life running a family firm and the White House is no exception: the first 100 days have given his adult children an unprecedented role even if the first lady lives in the shadows. Here is a look at the president’s tight-knit, wealthy celebrity clan, who with the arguable exception of his … Read more
It was on Tuesday, the 3rd of January, the first work day of 2017 when President Salva Kiir Mayardit inked the polemical appointment of Gen. Gregory Deng at J1. It was exactly the third day of the New Year and the New Year’s wishes were still fresh in everyone’s mind. With that appointment, President has … Read more
It was on Tuesday, the 3rd of January, the first work day of 2017 when President Salva Kiir Mayardit inked the polemical appointment of Gen. Gregory Deng at J1. It was exactly the third day of the New Year and the New Year’s wishes were still fresh in everyone’s mind. With that appointment, President has … Read more
Democrats have called for US President-elect Donald Trump’s naming of his son-in-law as a top adviser to be reviewed over concerns of nepotism and conflict of interest. A group wants the Justice Department and Office of Government Ethics to scrutinise “legal issues” related to the appointment of Jared Kushner, 36. His lawyer says the post … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump likely cannot appoint any of his children to head any Cabinet agency or department of government due to anti-nepotism laws. An anti-nepotism law enacted in 1967 prevents public officials, including the president, from appointing any relative to head an executive agency. Trump’s transition team has floated his son Donald Trump Jr. as … Read more
President John Mahama is not practicing nepotism, presidential staffer Dr. Clement Apaak has said. Responding to a comment by former GIMPA Rector Prof Stephen Adei that “one out of every four public sector appointment comes from the President’s area of origin,” Dr. Apaak told Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show on Monday, 8 August … Read more
A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management Public Administration, GIMPA, Prof. Stephen Adei has accused President Mahama of practicing nepotism. He contends that, per his research findings one out of every four of the President’s appointments come from his area of origin. This practice, he believes, will not augur well for national cohesion, … Read more