POLITICS

To guard against invasion by unlicensed miners, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has sent a special task team of police officers. The ministry has also gotten in touch with the National Security and Defense Ministries to arrange for military deployment “on special occasions” to deal with illegal mining …

Sophia Akuffo, a former Chief Justice, has expressed her dissatisfaction of former president John Dramani Mahama’s recent remarks in which he claimed that President Akufo-Addo had stacked the judiciary with NPP-affiliated judges. Sophia Akuffo condemned Mahama’s comments, calling them needless and perhaps damaging to the integrity of the judiciary. The …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has been urged to resign amid significant losses in the cocoa sector that occurred while he was in charge by the minority leader in parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson. Even though Ghana is the world’s second-largest producer of cocoa, many …

The present Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, is the best Ghana has had in a long time, according to Kwabena Owusu Sekyere, the Ahafo regional chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party. Since the IGP took office, he claims, operations and public confidence in the Police have …

The Member of Parliament(MP) for the Eastern Region’s Akim Abuakwa South Constituency, Honourable Samuel Atta Akyea, who is in charge of the Parliamentary Adhoc Committee looking into an alleged anti-IGP audio, has drawn criticism for how he has conducted himself. Hon. Atta Akyea’s remarks during a Committee meeting held to …

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, a flagbearer candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), predicts victory in the election, which is set for November 4, 2023. In support of the assertion, Dr. Akoto pointed out that, given the vision he has so far expressed, he is the only candidate who has …

The campaign team backing Kennedy Agyapong’s bid for the flagbearer position is confident that Kennedy Agyapong will win the next NPP presidential election on November 4 with a landslide. They stress Agyapong’s unwavering dedication to leading the ruling party to victory in the general election of 2024. On Wednesday, September …

Sarah Adwoa Safo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya, has apologized to the NPP leadership and its members for her recent behavior. The MP was out of the House of Parliament for an extended length of time and refused to come back to assist in passing crucial legislation for …

In an article titled “Citizens – Standing Strong With The Bank of Ghana,” Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta stated that for the past seven years, the Bank of Ghana “has been prudent, strong, resilient and functioning efficiently, and had been barely noticed until the interruption of unprecedented global events.” He said …

Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s Finance Minister, defended the ability of central banks to operate with negative equity, pointing out that such losses made by central banks should not be considered in the same light as those experienced by commercial banks or businesses. His comments were in response to criticisms and requests …