The Deputy Minority Whip has urged New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentarians to be present and vote to remove Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta from office if they have not been bribed. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story on Wednesday, Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim stated that failure by the NPP …
Read More »National | Politics: Government has not provided IMF with wrong figures – Habib Iddrisu
Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Habib Iddrisu, has dismissed claims that the government provided inaccurate macroeconomic figures to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Tolon MP argued that the IMF with such credibility and credentials could not have accepted just any macroeconomic figures from the Finance Ministry. Habib Iddrisu was …
Read More »National | Regional: Suspending Bosome Freho DCE hypocritical if Wontumi isn’t prosecuted – NDC
Bosome Freho DCE, Yaw Danso The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region says government’s failure to arrest and prosecute Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi shows President Akufo-Addo has lost the illegal mining fight. Speaking at a press conference in Kumasi, the NDC Regional Communication Director observed that it …
Read More »National: ‘Threats to vote out NPP don’t frighten me’ – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said that he is not threatened by calls for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be voted out of office in the 2024 election. He said such threats do not frighten him. The President made this comment in an interview on Kumasi-based OTEC FM on Monday. His …
Read More »Our DCE is not a galamesyer-Youth group begs Akufo Addo
An aggrieved citizens of Bosome Freho District in the Ashanti Region has expressed concern about the suspension of Hon. Yaw Danso (DCE) Bosome Freho District for an alleged tape being circulated in the media fraternity for his involvement in galamsey menace in the district. Responding to the DCEs suspension by …
Read More »National: Ghana’s cocoa not banned – EU Ambassador
The European Union Ambassador, Irchad Razaarly, says there is no ban on Ghana’s cocoa into the European market as speculated in the media space. “We want more cocoa, and we are supporting Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to produce cocoa and other commodities in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner,” he …
Read More »National: Directive for Chairman Wontumi’s mining firm to stop work not enough, A-G must step in – OccupyGhana
OccupyGhana is asking the Lands Ministry to go a step beyond merely directing Akonta Mining Limited to halt operations in the Tano Nimiri Forest in the Western Region. According to the pressure group, the ministry must invite the security agencies and the Attorney General into the fray by furnishing them …
Read More »National: RTI law is not media law, it is for all – RTI Commission
Despite its significance in enhancing the work of journalists, the Right to Information (RTI) Law is not a media law but guarantees the right to information for all citizens, Mr Yaw Sarpong Boateng, Executive Secretary of the RTI Commission has said. The Executive Secretary said the opportunity to access information …
Read More »National: Government assurances not enough, jail Aisha Huang – Ken Ashigbey
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Kenneth Ashigbey Stakeholders in the minerals extraction sector say mere words are not enough in the bid to fight illegal small-scale mining in the country. Executive Director for the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining says government must demonstrate its will by …
Read More »International | National: Asantehene will not attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Queen Elizabeth II Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will be unavailable for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. According to reports, the ruler of the Ashanti Kingdom has communicated the development to Buckingham palace. The queen died on Thursday, September 8, at age 96. …
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