POLITICS

After the Minister of Health publicly acknowledged that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has failed, former president John Dramani Mahama demanded his resignation. Kwaku Agyemang Manu claims that the program is no longer effective and acknowledges that he no longer uses the service in favor of paying for his …

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president, has urged hospitals and other healthcare facilities around the nation to work with the private sector to provide and maintain necessary equipment so that the institutions can serve patients with the best care possible. Although government continues to invest heavily in the health sector …

Kennedy Agyapong, a prospective presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that he will never drop out of the race. Tuesday night, the Assin Central Member of Parliament gave a speech to party members in the New Juaben North seat in the Eastern Region. He urged …

Ernest Yaw Anim, a newly elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for the Kumawu by-election in the Constituency, has refuted claims that he is a member of Alan Kyeremanten’s group, stating that he did not win the primary on the support of any NPP presidential candidate and that his …

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives, claims that a damning and enlightening study on illicit mining written by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister for environment, science, technology, and innovation, asks for a national investigation. In his report, former Inter-Ministerial Committee on …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a former New Patriotic Party (NPP) member running as an independent candidate are challenging the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 23rd May 2023 Kumawu by-election. The Party on Sunday 23rd April 2023 elected Ernest Yaw Anim a native of Kumawu Bodomase …

The Diocese of Sehwi Wiawso has been asked to pray for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his administration as they carry out their duties with honesty and humility. The President urged believers to continue preaching and spreading messages of goodwill to mankind in order to create a peaceful society …

Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency, has asked the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the allegations made by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, in his report on illegal small-scale mining, or galamsey, …

According to John Jinapor, the reports from Frimpong-Boateng indicate that the “commitment to fight galamsey is not there, it is just mere talk, it is rhetoric and that this government is not showing the capacity, the desire, the willingness and the seriousness to tackle it.” The former Environment Minister Prof. …

As the former chair of the Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng wrote a 37-page report accusing government employees and some senior Presidency officials of engaging in galamsey and undermining his efforts to combat the threat. The Office of the President has responded (IMCIM). “Throughout our struggle …