POLITICS

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the ranking member of the Parliament’s Finance Committee, predicts that the ongoing debt restructuring will result in significant job losses in the financial industry. The Ajumako lawmaker stated in a Facebook post that among other things, the anticipated layoffs will also impact projects with foreign funding. …

Oliver Barker-Vormawor’s attorneys under the direction of Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, have declared that they would appeal the High Court’s decision not to halt the committal procedures against their client. The Ashaiman District Court committed the principal convener of #FixtheCountry on August 1 of last year to stand trial at the …

By the end of December 2022, the Akufo-Addo-led administration would have blown through over GHC340 on the contentious national cathedral’s construction. This comprises GHC225 million paid directly to the Secretariat and GHC113 million given directly to Sir David Adjaye, the Consultant. In a status report on the National Cathedral presented …

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed concern on the trip to China by its members for commercial purposes. This occurs before China begins to waive the quarantine rule for visitors on Sunday, January 8, 2023. The union encouraged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to assess the “situation …

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 …