POLITICS

In partnership with the Ghana Police Service, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has begun the process of hiring 15,000 jobless Ghanaian youth nationwide to work as Community Protection Assistants (CPAs) (GPS). This complies with the Agency’s mandate to provide jobs for the nation’s unemployed young and to support the Ghana …

Lawyer and senior member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has responded to the seismic events that shook the party and government earlier this week. He thinks the party handled a plan to obstruct government activity in Parliament successfully and that the ultimate result will be that …

Nkrabeah Effah Dartey, the attorney for accused Chinese galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang, has predicted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will triumph in the impending presidential election in December 2024. He asserts that the NPP has outperformed Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, in terms of managing the …

Kofi Owusu Hene, also known as Kofi Kapito, the head of the consumer protection agency, has lamented the situation of his party, the in power New Patriotic Party (NPP). Kofi Kapito accused the party’s leadership and council of elders of watching on helplessly as some members, including President Nana Addo …

On October 27, 2022, former president John Dramani Mahama gave a speech to the people on the grave economic situation. The former leader discussed the stark truth of the nation’s economic problems and the implications for the average Ghanaian in a paper titled “Building the Ghana we desire.” In outlining …

Martin Kpebu, a lawyer, urges President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to vacate his office. Therefore, he has urged Ghanaians to participate in the “Ku Me Preko Demo Reloaded” in order to compel the President to step down. On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the private attorney said on Facebook: “Ku Me …

Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader and minister of parliamentary affairs, has criticized those who oppose the government’s agenda to build 111 hospitals across the nation. Last Tuesday, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu gave persuasive arguments for why the government’s decision to carry out such capital-intensive projects, even during this period, should be …

On Saturday, October 29, 2022, in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, will receive the Most Effective Regional Minister Award-Africa category. On the same evening, Mr. Osei-Mensah will be inducted, along with other well-known figures from the continent, into the Ghana-Nigeria Achievers Award Hall of Fame. The …

Four employee unions in Ghana’s public universities have stated that they will not end the current sit-down strike they started on Monday, October 17, 2022, to demand better working conditions. The unions made this disclosure in a statement that was released on October 25, 2022, and was co-signed by the …

The Ghanaian Automobile Dealers Union has made suggestions about organizing protests against the administration. Dealers are clamoring for the Finance Minister’s resignation after blaming him for the weakening cedi. They assert that they will take their demand to the streets if the President doesn’t fire his Finance Minister. The President …