POLITICS

The Electronic Levy Act should be repealed, according to the opposition National Democratic Congress, in order to relieve Ghanaians of their alleged economic difficulties. The party contends that in order to relieve Ghanaians’ financial hardships, the government must also take into consideration the immediate elimination of the COVID fee and …

Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communications Officer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has demanded that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta be fired. The NDC Communications Officer also requests that Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia be dropped from the purportedly “solid” Economic Management Team by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Speaking to journalists …

President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today officially launched Phase I of the Sunyani Airport Rehabilitation Project. The president stated that the government’s plan to develop the nation’s aviation industry and realize Ghana’s aim of becoming an aviation center in West Africa depends on the renovation …

A number of initiatives carried out by the government through the Zongo Development Fund (ZDF) in the Ashanti Region have received commissions from Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. As part of his two-day visit to the Region, Vice President Bawumia dedicated furnished classroom buildings, a water system, and a community sports …

Osei Kofi Acquah, a member of the Asante Youth Association (AYA), believes that in order to bring development projects to the Ashanti area, parliamentarians there need to improve their lobbying abilities. Despite the region’s contribution to the overall country’s economic progress, he claimed that MPs had neglected to advocate for …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated the Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, and Member of Parliament for Walewale, Lariba Zuweira Abudu as Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection. Her appointment is subject to the approval of Parliament. The President has also nominated Member of Parliament …

The National Steering Committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked all former executives to give the party everything property they still retain, including any vehicles. At the committee meeting on July 26, 2022, the decision was made. They were instructed to follow the committee’s instructions in a …

The fishing season for inshore and artisanal fishers along Ghana’s coast has officially begun according to Hon Hawa Koomson, Minister in Charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. The Minister opened the closed fishing season at the Tema canoe basin in the Greater Accra area, which ran from July 1 to …

Sam Nartey George, the ranking member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications, has spoken out against the GHS5 cost that would be applied to the usage of the yet-to-be-introduced self-application for SIM card re-registration. He asserts that Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalization, is not authorized to …

The impacts of the slave trade, according to President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, have been disastrous to both the African continent and the African Diaspora, with the entire time of slavery impeding Africa’s progress in terms of its economy, culture, and psychology. President Akufo-Addo emphasized the need …