A Deputy Minister of Finance, Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, has laid before Parliament a loan agreement of $60.6 million as a Third Additional Financing for the Ghana Covid-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response project. The Deputy Minister did the presentation of the loan agreement for and on behalf of the Minister of Finance. The Finance Agreement is...
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Stephen Ntim says he is determined to lead the party to victory in the 2024 elections. According to him, with the support of his party members, defying all odds to win the next elections is his only aim. Mr. Ntim says it will not be in...
The Minority in Parliament has kicked against government’s request for parliamentary approval for three loan agreements amounting to $500 million. This includes the request for $150 million for Primary Health Care Programme, $200 million to finance the Ghana Digital Acceleration Project and $150 million to support public finance management for service delivery programme. Speaking to...
The leadership of the Majority in Parliament as well as leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have asked all lawmakers on the side of the government to be present in Parliament when the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presents the 2023 budget statement. This comes after the lawmakers who are asking Mr Ofori-Atta to go have threatened...
The Minority in Parliament has cautioned the government to discard its plan to sell off the abandoned Saglemi Housing project. The facility birthed by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, was meant to be a 5,000-residential unit facility to ease the accommodation deficit in the country. It sits on a 300-acre land with one...
Private legal practitioner Godwin Edudzi Tameklo who is also a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has thanked former President John Dramani Mahama for the support he gave when the NDC was defending the Jomoro seat in court. Mr Tameklo indicated that Mr Mahama was part of the process of defending the seat right from the get-go. On...
The Member of Parliament for the Jomoro constituency, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has won the election petition case against her eligibility as an elected MP over her alleged Ivorian citizenship. The Sekondi High Court presided by Justice Dr. Richmond Osei Hwere dismissed the petition and declared the MP eligible on grounds that she lost her Ivorian citizenship...
The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr Richard Ahiagbah has said that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will demonstrate to the 8-member ad hoc committee that is investigating the allegations against him that he did not flout the law in supporting the National Cathedral project. He stated that the Finance Minister does not...
Journalist, politician and former Minister of State in the John Kufuor administration, Mrs. Elizabeth Akua Ohene has questioned the credibility behind investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas latest documentary titled Galamsey Economy. According to her, the investigative journalist deceived the populace and needs to answer some serious questions from the video he aired at the Accra...
Mr Kojo Bonsu has said he will campaign on the legacies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) if he is elected by the party as the flagbearer for the 2024 general elections. When asked whether he will be falling on the legacies of John Mahama in campaigning or any other person in the NDC in the event...