Category: Politics

President of the PRO-FORUM, a pro-NDC group made up of professionals, Ambassador Sam Pee Yalley has said it would be prudent for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to come into a consensus and announce John Dramani Mahama as the 2024 flagbearer. He believes the former president is currently the most marketable and the best...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) says investigation is ongoing in respect of alleged bribery by Airbus SE, a European multinational aerospace corporation, in respect of the sale and purchase of military aircrafts for the Republic of Ghana during Professor John Evans Atta Mills’ administration with Mr John Dramani Mahama as Vice President. The...

Presidential Staffer Mr Dennis Miracles Aboagye has said that the sudden rise of the Cedi and the recovery against the dollar is as a result of the ‘unflinching’ support and confidence of Ghanaian citizens in the government. He said the support Ghanaians are giving to the government is bearing fruits. “We fall, we rise,” he said....

The Akufo-Addo administration is working around the clock to ameliorate the economic conditions Ghanaians are saddled with at the moment, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu-Bempah has said. He noted that the efforts of the government have resulted in the Cedi gaining against the Dollar and drop in fuel...

The Majority in Parliament has strongly defended its walkout during the vote of censure motion filed against Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Deputy Leader of the caucus, believes the Minority failed to do due diligence in pushing for the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as the Finance Minister. During the debate of the matter on...

Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, said the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee, which investigated the Censure Motion  against Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, violated his rights. He noted that the Finance Minister was not given the requisite opportunity to defend himself in line with constitutional requirements. Mr Dame...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has commended the Minority for the efforts they made to get Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta removed from office through the censure motion despite not being successful.  In his view, history will eternally remember that Mr Ofori-Atta was the first Minister to face a censure vote. In a tweet...

Former Member of Parliament for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak is campaigning for the election of Johnson Asiedu Nketia as the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In his view, Mr Asiedu Nketia is not susceptible to manipulation. “You simply cannot get him to join you to do the wrong thing. He’s straightforward. He’s the type of...

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, has said the procedure he adopted to handle the censure motion which was filed by the Minority for the removal of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was firmly rooted in law. Delivering his ruling on the report submitted to him by the 8-memeber ad hoc committee, in Parliament on Thursday December...

Dr Dominic Ayine, Co-chair of the 8-member ad hoc committee that was formed to handle the censure motion filed by the Minority for the removal of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that the probe revealed that the Minister miseducated himself. Seconding the motion for the debate on the report of the committee in Parliament...