NPP Scribe Blasts EC Boss
A Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has taken a swipe at the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Madam Charlotte Osei. Speaking on Ark FM in the Brong...
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Assets Declaration For Aspirants Unnecessary – Political Scientist
A Political Scientist and Former Governance Adviser to the United Nations, Prof. Baffour Agyeman Duah, is questioning the relevance of the Electoral Commission’s directive for presidential and...
Bagbin Backs EC’s Directive On Asset Declaration
Ghana’s Majority Leader in Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has lauded the Electoral Commission (EC), for insisting that presidential and parliamentary aspirants declare their assets to be eligible to...
Assets Declaration Is ‘unconstitutional’
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), is kicking against the Electoral Commission’s demand for presidential and parliamentary nominees to declare their assets with the Auditor General to make...
Declare Assets Or Lose Your Candidature – EC To Nominees
Ahead of the deadline for the submission of nomination forms on Friday, September 30, the Electoral Commission (EC), has reminded presidential and parliamentary nominees they will not be eligible to...
2016 Candidates Risk Being Disqualified Over Assets Declaration
Aspiring presidential and parliamentary candidates run the risk of being disqualified from contesting the 2016 election if they fail to declare their assets with the Auditor General. Director of...
GhC6bn Lost In 3 Years Through MMDAs, Others – IMANI
Ghana has lost nearly GHc 6 billion over a three year period, according to a report from policy think tank, IMANI Africa’s. The amounts were officially reported missing or misused between 18...
NPP Waiting For NDC’s Response To 170 Facts Presented By Dr. Bawumia
The Office of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has noted the discussions on his Public Lecture on the theme – “The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of Concrete or Straw” – and continues to...
Use Votes To Fight Corruption
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the birth of the great, charismatic and incorruptible first president of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. This anniversary is very significant because it occurs just a...
Gov’t’s Fight Against Graft Not Enough – Emile Short
The former Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has shot down government’s claim that it has done enough to fight corruption....
Debate On The Petroleum Exploration And Production Bill Does It Guarantee Ghana A Fair Share Of Oil Revenue And Protect The Interest Of Ghana?
On Friday 19th August, 2016, the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security locked horns with the Africa Centre for Energy Policy represented by Dr. Adam Amin, Natural Resource Governance Institute...
Timing of NPP’s Action Against Mahama Over Ford Gift Wrong – Pelpuo
The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, has chastised the Minority over its failed attempt to get Parliament to investigate President John Mahama for his acceptance of the Ford...
Read the Minority’s Motion Which Was Rejected By Speaker Adjaho
Steps taken by the Minority in Parliament to cause a Parliamentary probe into a controversial gift to the President was rejected on Thursday. Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, single-handedly...
US-Based Company Dupes Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Ghana for over $109 Million
A US-based company has duped the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) of over $109 million, the 2012 Auditor General’s report has revealed.
The company, known as the American Tanker...
The Government, Private Institutions and Individuals Owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) about GH¢1.6 Billion in Electricity Bills
The government, private institutions, and individuals owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) about GH¢1.6 billion in electricity bills as of 2014.
The acting Director of Finance of the ECG, Mr...
Ghanaian Assemblies Continue to Violate Financial Regulations Causing Finacial Loss to the State
(Kumasi,GNA) – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, has expressed deep concern over the continued disregard for public financial regulations by Metropolitan, Municipal and District...