The Leadership of the Privileges Committee of Parliament has warned three absentee Members of Parliament (MPs) that failure to honor their invitation will cost them their seats. The committee has been struggling to hold hearing after it was forced to abort its first day engagement with Ayawaso Central MP and Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey. Dome Kwabenya MP, Sara Adwoa Safo, who was billed to appear before the committee told the media she was unaware of any invitation by the committee. Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong who sought permission for medical review in the United States has asked for...
Sports Minister lobbies Qatar for dismountable World Cup stadium
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has commenced discussion with authorities in Qatar for Ghana to benefit from Qatar’s post-World Cup infrastructure sustainability strategy. Qatar has built eight (8) awe-inspiring dismountable stadiums to host what is expected to be the biggest World Cup in history. And with the country not needing all the facilities after the global showpiece, Qatar has put in place a sustainability strategy for many of the World Cup facilities, including donating some of the stadiums to partner countries after the world cup. With Ghana enjoying great bilateral relations with Qatar at governmental level, Ghana’s...
Gyakye Quayson application dismissed, trial to begin July 12
The criminal court 3 of the Accra High Court has dismissed Gyakye Quayson’s application praying the court to strike out three of 5 charges levelled against him. The embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North is facing charges of deceit of Public officer (Count 1), forgery of passport or travel certificates (Count 2), knowingly making a false statutory declaration (Count 3), perjury (Count 4) and false declaration for office (Count 5) owing to him contesting for the 2020 elections. Lead counsel for Gyakye Quayson, Lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata told the court that counts three of the counts (3,4, 5) are related...
Wa Naa condemns flogging of youth seen in leaked sex video
The Wa Naa has said his Palace did not give orders for the public flogging of a girl and boy at its forecourt on Tuesday afternoon. Through his spokesperson, he has disassociated himself and condemned the floggers of persons seen in a leaked sex video. The Overlord of the Wala Traditional Council, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, speaking through his spokesperson said the act has the potential to drag the reputation of the palace into disrepute and gave the assurance that the perpetrators of the “barbaric act” would be fished out to face the full rigours of the law. He...
The majority should prepare for the worst if they bring back Agyapa – Muntaka Mubarak
The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, says the Minority in Parliament will vigorously oppose the Agyapa Minerals Royalty deal should it be reintroduced in the Mid-Year Budget Review. According to him, the government has failed, since the time the deal was withdrawn from Parliament, to properly engage with stakeholders as well as the Minority side in order to build consensus for approval. He also noted that the government over the years has failed to build trust with both the Minority and the people of Ghana in terms of their management of state finances thus, it will be injurious for the...
British High Commissioner wades into the arrest of Fix the Country convener
Inspector General of Police(IGP), George Akuffo Dampare has warned the British High Commissioner to Ghana to stay off the case involving the arrest of the #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker Vormawor because it is in breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. IGP Dr George Akuffo Dampare, sent a four-page response to the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, over a tweet she made on May 17, 2022, expressing interest in the case of the arrest of Oliver Barker-Vormawo The convener of the #FixTheCountry movement had been arrested on the day in what the police said was due to...
Lightening kills student in Ho; Family suspects ‘thunder god’ struck him
Lightening accompanied by a thunderstorm on Monday struck three teenagers in Ho, killing one and left two others unconscious. Emmanuel Dorli, 17, known in Ho as a coconut seller, died instantly when the lightening struck during a late afternoon rainfall Monday (May 30, 2022). As of midday Tuesday, the body was still lying in the open, covered with plantain leaves. The incident happened opposite the regional head office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The deceased was a student of the Sokode Senior High Technical School. Two female students Two female students who were walking together with the...
IGP’s 15 questions to British High Commissioner
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has provided fifteen questions to the British High Commissioner to ponder over to help her appreciate the efforts being made by the Police Service to ensure that Ghana remains a peaceful country. The questions were contained in a letter dated May 20, 2022 and addressed to the British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, over her tweet following the arrest of one of the conveners of the #FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker Vormawor over a traffic offence. Madam Thomson in her tweet wrote, “Oliver Barker Vormawor, convener of #FixTheCountry movement, arrested again, I understand for a...
IGP issues strongly-worded response to British High Commissioner’s Tweet on Barker-Vormawor
The Police Administration has issued a strongly-worded response to what they described as uninformed, biased comment made by the British High Commissioner to Ghana on the arrest of Convener of FixTheCounctry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, on 17th May, 2022. In a tweet on Tuesday May 17, Harriet Thompson said regarding the arrest that, “Oliver Barker Vormawor, convener of #FixTheCountry movement, arrested again, I understand for a motoring offence on his way to court. I’ll be interested to see where this goes…”. But in a statement issued by the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare on Tuesday May 31, the Police said “we consider you tweet...
John Boadu on why he deserves another term as NPP General Secretary
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu says he deserves another term in office because almost all members of the current National Executive Committee are moving out of office, or seeking new positions in the party. The current National Chairman, Freddie Blay is not seeking re-election. The current National Treasurer, Kwabena Abankwa-Yeboah is not seeking re-election, he is rather eyeing the national chairman position. The current National Organiser, Sammy Awuku is not seeking re-election. There are indications he may be entering the Member of Parliament race in a constituency in the Eastern Region. He has been linked to the Akropong North...