By James Kofi Annan Dear Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur, a while ago, while you were addressing the 42nd General Council meeting of the Church of Pentecost, you charged Christians in the country to criticize your government if they see that things are going wrong. I am currently far away touring the globe, and … Read more
It was first described as a shocking twist, when news broke out that Vice-President, H. E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, had cancelled his planned Public Lecture expected to be a response to the Lecture delivered last week by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The story attracted quick responses from several executive members of the National Democratic Congress who … Read more
A Deputy General Secretary of the governing National democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has refuted claims that the Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur was to respond to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s ‘state of Ghana’s economy’ at the National Theatre on Thursday September 15, 2016. Speaking on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, the deputy scribe of the … Read more
Dear Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur, a while ago, while you were addressing the 42nd General Council meeting of the Church of Pentecost, you charged Christians in the country to criticize your government if they see that things are going wrong. I am currently far away touring the globe, and I initially wanted to … Read more
A Deputy Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Anthony Abayifa Karbo, has stated that the Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur can freely compare himself with other economists in NPP but not Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. He said the Vice president could be at par with the likes of Dr. Anthony Osei Akoto former … Read more
Following his recent lecture delivered last week Thursday, functionaries of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government continue to subject Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party, to verbal attacks, with Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur now leading the charge, and seeking to force it on Ghanaians that the renowned economist and banker … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians and Muslims in particular to always tell the truth as it is required of them by God. Addressing Muslims marking this year’s Eid-Ul-Adha celebrations at the Independence Square in Accra Monday, the President warned against persons who take advantage of people’s ignorance to misinform … Read more
Vice-President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur has promised that government will respond to NPP Vice-Presidential candidate after he lambasted government for its reckless management of the economy. “..at the appropriate time, we shall respond in full measure to all the lies that have been told” he said chanting an NDC slogan, ‘Ey3 zu, ey3 za’ at … Read more
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur says their political opponents had it wrong when they said government was spending more on interest paid on loans than investing in the economy. He said they failed to demonstrate an understanding of basic economics at a lecture chastising government. Speaking at Ashaiman during the launch of the National … Read more
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has rubbished the recent assessment of Ghana’s economy by former deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, suggesting he doesn’t know anything about economics. The former deputy governor, who is also the running mate for the New Patriotic Party on Thursday delivered a lecture in Accra in … Read more
Vice President Amissah-Arthur is expected to be the special guest of honour at the event. The NDC is expected to launch its zonal campaign in the Greater Accra Region Sunday afternoon as it targets 25 seats and 60 percent of the votes in the region. The campaign launch will focus on the eastern parts of … Read more
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur appears to have been pricked into action after a long Rip Van Winkle slumber at the helm. Even before traveling up North to seek audience with Gonja chiefs in a bid to reverse the inroads made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), he had served sufficient notice of what he … Read more
Drama greeted the entry of Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to the campus of the Bolgatanga Nurses’ Training College Thursday over the nationwide withdrawal of trainee nurses’ allowances by government. The first day of the Vice President’s 2-day tour of the Upper East region, in what began with the inauguration of a regional election campaign … Read more
The 2016 election campaign of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East region has officially taken off with a directive on supporters to first of all sweep the party clean of internal strife before the polls. Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur issued this directive Thursday at the inauguration of the party’s regional … Read more
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has joined the polemics club – a place he would regret showing affinity for. He is reported to have dared the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to bring it on. The party, he said, would surely meet its match when it opens fire on its main opponent, the ruling National … Read more
The Commander of the Motor Traffic Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Patrick Adusei Sarpong has announced that road safety rules are not applicable to presidential motorcades. According to him, motorcades are free to run at any speed as far as the presidential convoy is concerned. He explained that presidential and high … Read more
Four persons including two journalists, GTV’s Nutor Bibini Nutor and Radio Gold’s Bernard Allotey and two security men, who sustained minor injuries in vice presidential convoy accident have been treated and discharged from the 37 military hospital Sunday. Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur’s convoy and some journalists were involved in an accident on the Winneba-Cape … Read more
[L-R] The second car for the veep lying upside down in the bush and the saloon car that rammed it Ghana’s vice president, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has narrowly escaped an accident, which has left four persons, including journalists and presidential bodyguards injured. A saloon car which failed to heed to the signal of the veep’s … Read more
Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur is a Ghanaian economist. He was Governor of the Bank of Ghana before his appointment as the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. Amissah-Arthur has a B. Sc in Economics from 1974 and an M.Sc in Economics from 1980. Before becoming Governor, he has held many positions in the Ministry of … Read more