In a cursory glance through a 100-page NDC manifesto, Tuesday, president John Mahama has promised a jewelry production village to be sited in the Ashanti Region if his government is retained in office. The village will be built in conjunction with the institute of jewelry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The … Read more
Technical and vocational education will be given its pride of place in the next government of the National Democratic Congress. That’s according to President John Mahama during his novel presentation of the highlights of the 2016 manifesto of the NDC. With three months to go for the 2016 elections, political parties have been criticized for … Read more
The immediate past Chairman of NPP-Germany, Mr Alhassan Yakubu Tali has reminded President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC that Ghanaians are not prepared reward eight years of mismanagement, unprecedented corruption and reckless borrowing with another four-year term. Addressing a meeting of NPP supporters in Dusseldorf over the weekend, Mr Alhassan Tali noted that the … Read more
The immediate past Chairman of NPP-Germany, Mr Alhassan Yakubu Tali has reminded President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC that Ghanaians are not prepared reward eight years of mismanagement, unprecedented corruption and reckless borrowing with another four-year term. Addressing a meeting of NPP supporters in Dusseldorf over the weekend, Mr Alhassan Tali noted that the … Read more
The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) running mate for the 2016 general election, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has delivered a damning assessment on the economic management of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the past eight years. According to Dr Bawumia, the President John Dramani Mahama has destroyed the strong economic foundation built by former President … Read more
Ghana is today dolling out more to pay interest payments than it spends on infrastructural or capital projects annually, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Speaking during a public lecture on the state of the economy, Dr. Bawumia said while the norm is to have a situation where infrastructure expenditure is far above interest payments, Ghana … Read more
About 66% of Ghana’s total debt is accumulated under President John Mahama, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate for the 2016 general election has said. He said as a result of the mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy and “reckless” and “unbridled” borrowing; the country doles out more cash to make interest … Read more
Sokoto (Nigeria) (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday praised Nigeria for its recent gains against Boko Haram Islamists but did not endorse military claims that the group’s leader Abubakar Shekau has been wounded. Speaking at a press conference in the ancient northern city of Sokoto, Kerry congratulated Nigeria for reclaiming swathes … Read more
John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) was the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001–2009) and Chairperson of the African Union (2007–2008). His victory over John Atta-Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings’ second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country’s independence in 1957. … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has mocked the 2016 budget delivered in Parliament on Friday by the Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper. Immediately after the Minister finished reading the budget, the Minority members, who had occasionally interrupted his speech with boos and chants, whipped put placards with the inscription ‘Dead Goat Budget’. As at the … Read more
Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper, says government has created thousands of jobs for the youth of the Ghana through the various projects that are being undertaken. He made this statement on the floor of Parliament when he was reading the budget for 2016. “The fixed and mobile telephony and internet subscriptions as at August 2015 … Read more
Aspiring flag-bearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo will begin his nationwide campaign tour onTuesday, July 29, at Akoto Lante in the Odododiodio constituency, in Accra. Going back to his roots, the venue for this event will be Akwei’s House, the historical meeting ground of the United Party (the Danquah-Dombo-Busia family), not far … Read more