As part of activities leading up to a seminal lecture celebrating 30 years of Parliament and Ghana’s democracy, Speaker Alban Bagbin met with the Northern Region Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) in Tamale. The engagement focused on Parliament’s role in ensuring peaceful elections and addressing legislative challenges. Bagbin assured journalists of Parliament’s commitment...
Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku Mantey, has revealed that the government’s plan to establish a recording studio for artists was met with resistance from some members of the music industry. Despite the government’s 2020 manifesto promise to build an ultra-modern recording studio with reduced fees for musicians, the project has yet...
The Ministry of Finance, led by Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has initiated the release of GH¢700 million, the first tranche of an additional GH¢1.5 billion, to support the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in bailing out remaining Asset Management Companies (AMCs), including Blackshield Fund Management Ltd. This move aims to alleviate the financial burden on...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed pride in his administration’s achievements over the past eight years, stating that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) election strategy is built on its record of governance. Addressing the 13th Biennial/51st Annual Conference of the Methodist Church of Ghana in Kumasi, Akufo-Addo highlighted his government’s accomplishments in the economy,...
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has condemned Samuel Atta Akyea, Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, for his derogatory comments about their flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama. Atta Akyea had called Mahama a “drunkard” and “alcoholic” during a rally on August 27, 2024. In response, NDC General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey issued a statement on August...
Minister for Finance and Economic planning , Dr. Amin Mohammed Adam has asserted that the government as so far spent GH₵10 billion on road infrastructure from January, 2024 to June, 2024. At a press briefing on Thursday, August 29, Dr. Amin Mohammed disclosed that all road infrastructures commissioned this year, 2024 was full funded from...
Backstage rivalries are heating up between Ghanaian dancehall artists Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr, known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, and Livingstone Etse Satekla also known as Stonebwoy. Shatta , in a post on X issue a bold challenge, calling out his rival to a musical face-off to settle the question of who is the...
Social media users have criticized John Dumelo, the NDC parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West-Wuogon, for his remarks about Lydia Seyram Alhassan, the NPP MP for the same constituency, during a TV3 community manifesto event on August 28,2024. When NPP supporters chanted “V8” – a reference to a 2017 scandal involving Dumelo and a state-owned vehicle...
Bank of Ghana seeks to promote financial inclusion and, on that basis, encourages all citizens of legal age to own a bank account or mobile money account. As part of the Know-Your-Customer policy, during account opening, financial institutions require certain information from you (the customer) to be able to identify and contact you when the...