How I Won the 2000 Elections
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has revealed the strategy he adopted in winning the 2000 elections with the Great Alliance. He said Nurturing, perseverance and persistence were the driving...
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Has the Bawku Naba Derailed Akufo-Addo’s Political Train?
Folks, let's be bold upfront to say that the "human factor" constitutes the main challenges facing our democracy. By the technical terminology "human factor", I mean the place, role, and mindset of...
Kufuor Disappointed In Ghana’s Failure To Emerge As Africa’s Financial Hub
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed disappointment over Ghana’s failure to become a financial hub in Africa. According to him, successive governments after he had served his...
Has Akufo-Addo Yet Seen What Kufuor Saw Many Years Ago?
By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 Folks, those who have been carefully monitoring our public comments on ex-President Kufuor will agree that we have more often than not been harsh...
Nana, Bawumia Pair Will Save Economy
Wife of the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has called on the chiefs and people of Kpone in the Greater Accra Region to vote massively for her husband, Nana Addo...
‘Superman’ Rawlings Was Unbeatable – Kufuor
Former President Jerry Rawlings was a 'superman' who was unbeatable in the 1996 elections, former President John Kufuor has admitted. According to him, it took the grace of God and preparation to win...
Stop Complaining, Speaker Applied Law – Deputy Majority Whip
The Deputy Majority Whip in Parliament, wants the Minority to stop lamenting the rejection of their motion to probe President John Mahama by Speaker Doe Adjaho on Thursday. Ahmed Banda says the law...
I Didn’t Endorse Corruption With My ‘Adam Reference’
Several years after his rather infamous comment to the effect that ‘corruption was as old as Adam’, Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, has explained that, the comment was not an endorsement of...
Public Officials Must Handle Power Carefully
Former President John Agyekum Kufour has spoken against corruption and advised public office holders to be careful when they are given any mandate. He said once someone gets into public office they...
Rawlings Was Like A ‘superman’ – Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum in chronicling his journey into politics and subsequently the presidency; has stated that it took him a great deal of determination to win the election of 2000, after...
Osei-Akyeampong Vindicates PCG
A major part of the awarding of the doctoral degree has to do with the recipient’s ability to critically and independently think and decide for him- / herself. And so I was quite flabbergasted by...
‘Try the NPP Market’ – Akufo-Addo To Savelugu Residents
“We have an expression in Akan, and I’m sure it’s the same in Dagbani, which says that you go to two markets before you can tell which is the better one. I have come to appeal to you and the...
The Church Will Not Be Cowed By Politicians – Christian Council
The Christian Council of Ghana says it will not be cowed into silence on key matters affecting the welfare of Ghanaians. General Secretary of the Council, Reverend Opuni Frimpong, says irrespective...
Spiv Malory Is At It Again
You guessed right! It is that time of the year and the electoral season again. And this time the employee-scamming editor-publisher of the so-called Africawatch Magazine has decided to change tack....
‘Article 72’ Suit Against Mahama Won’t See Light of Day
Deputy Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu says he doubts the suit filed by a Sunyani-based lawyer challenging the powers of the president under Article 72 will see the light of day. The...
Kufuor’s Man Dares Critics To Go To Court Over Kempinski Deal
A Deputy Tourism Minister under the erstwhile Kufuor administration has said it cannot be the case that the Kufuor administration committed Ghana to a foreign agreement without Parliamentary...
Extend Presidential Term To Six Years – Abu Sakara
A former presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, has joined calls for an extension of the tenure for presidents of the country. Recently, former...
NHIS Exists In Name; Not In Reality – Bawku Naba Laments
The Bawku Chief has lamented about the collapse of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the country. Garu Naba Garu says the NHIS exists only in name with the situation on the ground very...
Presby Church Not NPP – Prof. Martey
The outgoing Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Reverend Prof. Emmanuel Martey has said it is erroneous to describe the church as having a soft spot for the opposition New Patriotic Party...
Kufuor’s Government Leased Land To Foreigners Without Parliamentary Approval
Leaked confidential documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca reveal the Kufuor administration committed Ghana to an agreement with a foreign company for development and operation of a...