POLITICS

Former polling station executives and electoral area coordinators in the New Juaben South Constituency, represented by Hon. Michael Okyere Baafi, have been counseled not to view themselves as “outcasts.” The legislator made the request on Thursday during a separate interaction with the most recent party leaders in each of their …

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has received praise from the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Ghana, Rev. Dr. Stephen Wengam, for his excellent and dignified leadership of Ghana. He was speaking when he invited a few Ghanaian Assemblies of God Executive Presbytery members to pay him a …

On December 29, 2022, a sizable crowd of the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) supporters gathered at the party’s headquarters at Asylum Down in the Greater Accra Region to pray for a stable cedi in 2023. The party stated, “We want the cedi to be stable against the dollar in …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) forecasts that fuel costs will decrease at the pump starting on January 1. It attributes the anticipated price decline to the cedi’s strengthening versus the US dollar (some 26 per cent in the second pricing window). Additionally, the cost of petroleum has somewhat decreased …

Dr. Clement Apaak, the deputy-ranking member of the Parliament’s Education Committee, has criticized the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for bringing back the quota system for colleges of education. Akufo-Addo and Bawumia’s NPP government, according to the Builsa South member, owe Ghanaians an apology for breaking a promise they made …

Lariba Zuweira Abudu and Francesca Oteng Mensah were sworn in as minister and deputy minister of gender, child, and social protection, respectively, on December 28, 2022, by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. They were cautioned to maintain a fair balance between their legislative and executive responsibilities. Congratulating the appointees, President …

The discretionary reduction on the FOB value of products and the HDV of automobiles has been reversed, which has been welcomed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The change becomes effective on January 1st, 2023. The Special Prosecutor stated in a statement on Thursday that the new guideline effectively …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged all interested parties to work together to create a new Ghanaian civilisation where the rule of law is not only a catchphrase but rather a guiding principle for the nation’s growth. According to the President, “all of us, from …

The GHC80 million budget allocation for the cathedral’s construction was rejected by those who, according to the chairperson of the board of trustees for the National Cathedral, did not get the idea behind the project. When one is working for God, resistance is common, according to Apostle Kwadwo Nimfour Opoku …

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader, has reiterated the president’s appeal for all Ghanaians, particularly the NPP in the Suame Constituency, to support the administration in its efforts to put the nation back on the growth trajectory it had between 2017 and March 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic. During the 2022 …