Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of her National Front (FN) party. The move comes just a day after she reached the second round of the French election, where she will face centrist Emmanuel Macron. Ms Le Pen told French TV she needed to be … Read more
The 2017 budget statement is not meant to sway votes for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) but to lead to positive change in the lives of citizens, Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has said. Following the presentation of the 2017 budget by the Finance Minister recently, a section of the public and some critics have indicated … Read more
The former Deputy Finance Minister Mona Helen Kabuki Quartey has stated that the 2017 budget read by the Finance minister Ken Ofori Atta is not deceptive contradicting her colleague Cassiel Ato Baah Forson who described it as ‘deceptive’ and ‘populist’ which will cause future problems for Ghana. She admitted its populist but disagreed that it … Read more
Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of “saviours” like Adolf Hitler. In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, conducted as Donald Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners, … Read more
The incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government must act with circumspection regarding calls by groups for the abrogation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Ghana and European Union (EU), Franklin Cudjoe, the president of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, has said. According to him, it would be suicidal for the NPP, which prides itself … Read more
It’s pathetic that a few days to elections, the most important discussion dominating our airwaves is not about the capacity of the contenders to make this country a better place but about something as trivial as an ethnic group. A word whose western inspired origin and very connotation speaks to servitude and backwardness. A word … Read more
The “Trump Train” (once a Twitter hashtag and then a successful metaphor of the assertive, and to date unstoppable, reform wind blown by Donald Trump) is finally arrived at the White House. But this is very likely not the final destination of its journey. The Trump Train could soon arrive in Europe. And it would … Read more
Governments from Asia to Europe reacted with stunned disbelief on Wednesday to the victory of Donald Trump in the U. S. presidential election, while populists hailed the result as a triumph of the people over a failed political establishment. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the result … Read more
Veteran journalist Kweku Baako Jnr says the public backlash against Bank of Ghana (BoG) for purchasing gold watches for retiring staff is driven by emotional and not rational arguments. Nonetheless, it is a controversy which history shows, the masses will always win. The Central Bank has been on the defensive after news broke that it … Read more