POLITICS

Youth in Afforestation program participants around the nation have started an indefinite strike on August 1 in order to demand payment of their six-month allowance arrears. They claim that despite holding numerous meetings with stakeholders to demand arrears, their problems have still not been resolved. “Our underpaid allowances are the …

A former Energy Minister and leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Boakye Agyarko has urged the National Executives to give out the deputy positions to persons that are firm in decision making in order to break the 8-year jinx. According to the NPP presidential candidate aspirant, the …

On July 27, 2022, the New Patriotic Party’s Women’s Wing in the New Juaben South Constituency conducted a conference at Koforidua to prepare for the upcoming 2024 elections under the direction of Regina Bempong. The first conference, with the theme “Empowering Our Women to Break the 8,” aimed to, among …

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) seeks to gain a second term in office in the general election of 2024, Justin Frimpong Koduah (JFK), the party’s National Secretary, has urged party members to be tolerant of critiques and come together to welcome viewpoints. According to Frimpong Koduah, party members should …

Members of Parliament (MPs) have been asked by Speaker Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin to demonstrate their importance to Ghanaians by carrying out their statutory obligations. “The MP’s job as a soldier for the people is one of their most important responsibilities. There is much to be done to liberate our …

According to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, the Zongo villages in Ghana have improved under the Akufo-Addo administration. When he opened a two-story classroom building for the Tunga Zongo Community in Dansoman, Accra, on July 27, 2022, he made the observation. The Zongo Development Fund, a development organization established by the …

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has reassured teachers who haven’t received pay in the last seven months that the government will pay any arrears owed to them. Due to delays in completing their biometric registration, which would allow them to obtain their staff identity numbers, some instructors have …

According to Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, about GH400 million has been lost due to ghost identities on the National Service Scheme(NSS) and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) pension plan. The Vice President claimed that 14,000 ghost names on the NSS and …

William Ato Essien, the founder of the now-defunct Capital Bank, and two other defendants will be sentenced on November 17 for stealing around GHc130M in liquidity support from the bank, which caused it to fail. This occurred during the closing of the defense for the third defendant, Rev. Fitzgerald Odonkor, …

On Friday, July 29, 2022, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic, turned the first sod for the Dome to Kitase Road, a crucial link connecting the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions. At the sod-cutting ceremony, President Akufo-Addo highlighted that over the years, a number of political parties and …