POLITICS

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has defended the choice it made to reshuffle its parliamentary leadership. People who needed to be consulted, according to the party, were properly engaged. The Party’s general secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, stated that the choice is appropriate and best serves group interests rather than personal …

Ghana is now receiving payments from a World Bank trust fund for lowering emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sometimes known as REDD+, following Mozambique. Ghana received $4,862,280 from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) of the World Bank for lowering 972,456 tons of carbon emissions during the program’s first …

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has justified his choice to oust the party’s parliamentary leadership. According to him, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Minority and Minority Whip Haruna Iddrisu were fired as part of the party’s reform drive to help it win the 2024 …

Koku Anyidoho, a former deputy general secretary of the National Democratic Congress, said he cries for his “beloved party.” Following the shift in the parliamentary leadership, he also considers that the actions of National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia, commonly known as General Mosquito, were justified. Regarding the shift that was …

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the former minister of agriculture, officially handed the sector over to Mavis Hawa Koomson, the caretaker minister. Following the former’s departure two weeks ago, President Nana Akufo-Addo issued a directive through his Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. Dr. Akoto Afriyie presented Madam Koomson …

Today, Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Mr. Alan Kyerematen, one of the front-runners in the campaign to head the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 general elections, met with the clergy to announce his decision to run for president. He will be joined by his wife Patricia Kyerematen. The …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a new leader in charge of its parliamentary caucus. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has been named as the new Minority Leader, according to a letter to the Speaker of Parliament to that effect, which was signed by General Secretary Fifi Kwetey. As deputy minority …

The government’s agenda 111 projects in certain areas of the Ashanti Region have been delayed, which has alarmed the minority in parliament. The contractor hired to build the Kwabenakwa district hospital in the Obuasi East municipality was paid roughly $1 million, according to the Minority, but not even a foundation …

The terms of banks’ involvement in the Domestic Debt Exchange Program(DDEP) have seen major advancements between the Ghanaian government and the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB). Final adjustments to the program’s conditions are included in the revised agreement. These include a commitment to pay a 5% coupon in 2023 and …

According to the Auditor General, the Information Ministry paid itself Ghc151,000 as a Covid-19 payment for working under a lockdown. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Auditor-General, has ordered the Information Ministry to repay around 151,500 to its own management and personnel without permission. In Mr. Asiedu’s examination of Covid-19 transactions for …