Category: Politics

 The Minority in Parliament has accused the NDC Government of presiding over Ghana’s descent into a narcotics transit hub, citing a string of cocaine and heroin seizures both locally and abroad. In a strongly worded statement, the caucus catalogued incidents including the interception of 3.3 tonnes of cocaine at Poku Junction in Cape Coast in...

The Minority in Parliament has renewed its demand for the government to provide comprehensive documentary evidence on the expenditure incurred during the voluntary evacuation of Ghanaians from South Africa amid recent xenophobic attacks. The demand follows a September 7 briefing by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in which he disclosed that government...

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has received a petition from the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities, urging urgent measures to address barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. The petition was formally presented by the Coalition’s Convener, Mr. Gilbert Boateng Agyare, and received on behalf of the Caucus by Deputy Minority Leader and Member...

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman Paul Afoko has formally filed his nomination to contest the party’s National Chairmanship election, pledging to reunite the party, strengthen its grassroots structures and lead efforts to return it to power in 2028. Mr Afoko submitted his completed nomination forms at the NPP headquarters in Accra on Tuesday,...

Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) of attempting to divert conversations around losses incurred by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The International Monetary Fund, in its recent report, stated that the significant scaling up of Domestic Gold Purchase Programme operations in...

 The Majority Leader and Chairman of the Business Committee, Hon. Mahama Ayariga, has presented the Business Statement for Parliament’s emergency meeting scheduled to end on Friday, 28th August 2026. Hon. Ayariga explained that the recall was necessitated by urgent parliamentary business that could not be deferred. The House is expected to consider, among other matters,...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has formally taken note of public allegations of extortion levelled against Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, and says it will assess whether the matter falls within its statutory mandate. In a public notice issued Monday, the anti-graft body said it was aware of the allegations made by Ghana Gold...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has dismissed as false and defamatory a wave of personal attacks he says have been directed at him over the past week, insisting they are a deliberate attempt to divert attention from questions he has raised about losses recorded under the Bank of Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme....

 The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called for a full parliamentary inquiry into the operations of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) following concerns over losses reported under the Bank of Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme. In a statement signed by Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Patricia Appiagyei, the caucus said the losses were identified in an...

Dr Palgrave Boakye-Dankwah, spokesperson for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, says his incarceration will not derail his bid to contest for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) national chairmanship. Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsnight, he said supporters of the former Ashanti Regional Chairman would pick up nomination forms on his behalf before the end...