John Dramani Mahama, a former president, is remembering the eight Ghanaians who died during the 2016 elections. Mr. Mahama lamented in a Facebook post that “two years ago, for the first time in the history of our country, a President and Government unleashed armed men who ruthlessly massacred eight innocent …
Read More »Minority threatens a hostile parliament for Ken Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta would face hostility in parliament from his side, according to deputy minority whip Ahmed Ibrahim, if he continues in office in spite of public outcry in Ghana. According to him, if the administration wants smooth operations in the House’s business, it should take a lesson from …
Read More »Minority in Parliament vote of censure against Ofori-Atta fails
Less than 183 MPs voted to oust the beleaguered Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in response to the Minority in Parliament’s Censure resolution. On Thursday, 136 members of the National Democratic Congress voted in favor of Mr. Ofori-dismissal, Atta’s but this number fell short of the constitutional threshold of two-thirds needed …
Read More »Majority stages walkout over Ken Ofori-Atta’s censure vote
On December 8th, the majority in parliament staged a walkout in order to skip the secret vote on the censure motion against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The procedure came to a sudden halt when the majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, washed his hands and those of his fellow members of Parliament. …
Read More »“Ghanaians have witnessed a reckless government that has taken a wrecking ball to our economy” – Mahama
According to Ghana’s former president John Dramani Mahama, this is the country’s worst time since the Fourth Republic began. Mr. Mahama said that the events in the most recent elections were the first to take place under the present administration as he described the alleged brutalities that marked the 2020 …
Read More »Ghana’s debt was unsustainable, Stop blaming Covid, Russia-Ukraine war – Occupy Ghana
The nation “would not be in this situation economic crisis but for the government’s failed, risky economic strategy that borrowed heavily from the international market to fund expenditures, pay maturing debt, support the cedi and possibly control the effect of the depreciation on inflation,” according to a statement released by …
Read More »Stop spending on National Cathedral is a “vanity project” because of the economic crisis – Occupy Ghana
Given that Ghana is experiencing an economic crisis, OccupyGhana has advised the government to halt all public spending on the projected National Cathedral. The organization stated in a statement that “any justifications there may have been to warrant investing now non-existent money on the projected National Cathedral, have been destroyed …
Read More »“If you want good roads prepare to pay expensive road tolls” – Amoako-Attah
According to Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Ghanaians have the lowest tolls in the world yet still need quality roads. In a recent interview with the media, the Atiwa West MP compared the situation overseas to that in Ghana and stated that the nice roads in foreign countries …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo commissions Container Terminals, Dry Dock at Takoradi Harbour
On December 8, 2022, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic, officially opened the Atlantic Terminal Services Multipurpose Container Terminal, a brand-new, Dry Bulk Terminal, and the Prime Meridian Dock Company’s Floating Dry-dock at Takoradi Harbour in the Western region. In addition, the President cut the first sod on …
Read More »Don’t touch our pension fund – GNAT to gov’t
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has entered the ongoing discussion about the upcoming Debt Exchange Program that the government plans to implement. The teachers claim that they are interested participants in the domestic bond market, which is supported by the Teachers Fund and its subsidiaries as well as …
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