Today can report that it has not been easy for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) since some faceless staff of the Electoral Commission (EC) last week petitioned President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impeach the Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Charlotte Osei. The ongoing impasse at the EC, ostensibly between the EC boss and her two deputies, Today gathered, was seriously tearing apart the … Read more
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, who is also the Member of Parliament for Akuapem South in the Eastern Region, Mr. O. B. Amoah, says Parliament will be forced to invite the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, considering the perceived rift between the EC boss and other commissioners. According to him, some workers … Read more
Deputy Local Government Minister, O. B. Amoah has expressed concern over the violent agitations that have characterised the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive list released by the President on Tuesday. Speaking with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive Thursday, O.B. Amoah mentioned that it is a natural phenomenon for people to agitate over positions … Read more
Deputy Minister-nominee for Local Government and Rural Development has promised to support his Minister to revive the once vibrant Aburi Botanical Gardens and other recreational parks to attract tourists and generate revenue for the country. Aburi Gardens, which used to be a busy tourist site as well as a research centre into tropical botany is … Read more
A deputy Local Government Minister nominee, O. B. Amoah, has denied claims that he received GH¢ 75,000 of the Ghc51 million judgement debt wrongfully paid by the state to embattled businessman, Alfred Woyome. According to him, the claims were fabricated by some persons in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to smear him and the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration will begin issuing multi-purpose National Identification cards from June this year, the Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has hinted. There has been so much talk about the issue of national ID cards but very little effective action or results have been achieved even though reports indicate about $50 … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South in the Brong-Ahafo Region and Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu clashed on the government’s 2017 budget when the former accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of plagiarising aspects of the NDC’s 2016 budget. The Asunafo South MP, contributing to the debate on the … Read more
Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu’s decision, to reconstitute delegates on the majority side of Ghana’s Legislature, to the ECOWAS Parliament without consulting his colleagues is what has resulted in the international embarrassment that met the Ghanaian delegation last Friday January 10, 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria during the 2017 Extra Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament. The alleged … Read more
Members of the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) nearly boycotted proceedings yesterday during the consideration of a motion to approve eight out of the 13 Ministers-designate vetted by the Appointments Committee. This deepened the drama in the house over the approval of eight of the nominees instead of 10, withholding the approval of Yaw Osafo-Maafo, … Read more
MANY a times Ghana is quick to pen her signature to international, regional and local treaties as well as being among the first countries to join organisations such as the United Nations (UN), Africa Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and many others. One of such regional organisations within sub-Sahara Africa that Ghana … Read more
A former Deputy Sports Minister, O. B. Amoah, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of misappropriating funds that should have gone into the development of sports infrastructure. The Akuapem South legislator was of the view that his party would do better in the area of sports if voted into power in the December … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Akuapem South, O. B. Amoah, says Ghana’s ailing economy will be fixed again under a New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, the country’s economy has been so badly managed that, it will need a committed leader like Nana Akufo-Addo and his competent … Read more