Otiko, Others To Be Passed Today
The Majority in Parliament are today expected to use their numbers to push through minister-designate for Gender and Social protection Otiko Afisa Djaba, whose approval is being resisted by the...
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We Don’t Need 40-Year Dev’t Plan – Gyan-Baffour
The Minister designate for Planning, Prof George Gyan-Baffour, says Ghana does not need a forty-year development plan. According to him, the plan is problematic, as it depicts rigidity. “A...
Bawumia Must Get Serious and Stop the ‘propaganda Attitude’
“We are no longer in the campaign season, the election is over. Now it’s time to rule the nation with seriousness. When they were in opposition, Dr Bawumia will always lambast the government...
Kayayei To Demonstrate Against Minority Over Otiko
More than 5000 head potters also known as kayayei are mounting pressure on the Minority in Parliament to approve the appointment of Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba. The nomination of Ms. Otiko Afisa Djaba as...
Gov’t May Audit $14m Veep Residence Contract – Akomea
The Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has revealed that government may launch a full scale audit into the building of the new Vice Presidential residence...
Otiko In New York For UN Summit
Minister-designate for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba – whose approval is hanging in parliament after she had gone through the vetting process – is in New York representing the...
Former Prez Rawlings Explains Why God Should Lead NDC
Former president Jerry John Rawlings has said his call for God to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is for members of the party to recognise and appreciate the divinity in noble principles....
Group Declares Support For Otiko Djaba
A group calling itself the Western Region New Patriotic Party (NPP) Zongo for Change has declared its solidarity with the Minister designate for Gender and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba,...
In Praise of Otiko’s Refusal To Bend
I was not expecting to be impressed by the ministerial nominee for Gender, Children and Social Protection. I was still annoyed with her for refusing to condemn Kennedy Agyapong when he accused the...
In Praise of Otiko’s Refusal To Bend [Article]
I was not expecting to be impressed by the ministerial nominee for Gender, Children and Social Protection. I was still annoyed with her for refusing to condemn Kennedy Agyapong when he accused the...
NDC Denies Approving $13.9 Million For Veep Residence
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disputed the allegation made by Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that the ex-President John Dramani Mahama, approved 13.9 million dollars for an...
Of Some Honourables and A Haunted House
“Every lie is a poison, there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.” Leo Tolstoy MY HEART NEARLY missed a beat...
Ghana Yet To Become ‘land of Milk and Honey’ Many Pray For
Former president J. A. Kufour has bemoaned Ghana’s inability to capitalise on its oil find to become a nation that rubs shoulders with other oil producing countries. According to him, “although...
NDC Never Approved 13.9 Million Dollars For Veep’s Residence
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has disputed the allegation made by Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that the ex-President John Dramani Mahama, approved 13.9 million dollars for an...
Forgive Me If I Offended You – Fmr IGP, Kudalor Begs Ghanaians
The immediate past Inspector General of Police, (IGP) John Kudalor has asked Ghanaians to forgive him if in the discharge of his duties as the number one policeman he unknowingly wronged anyone....
$13.9m Vice Presidential Villa; Lawyer Accuses Mahama of Rent-Seeking Behavior
A law lecturer at the Central University is upset over the decision by ex-president John Mahama and his government to sink a whopping $14 million into a second vice presidential villa. Yaw Oppong...
Ayorkor Botchway Sends Hanna Tetteh Off With A Party
In a magnificent show of respect and maturity, rare in Ghana Politics, foreign affairs minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway has held a send-off party for her immediate predecessor Hanna Tetteh. The...
Produce Your National Service Certificates
A private legal practitioner is challenging Members of Parliament, especially those on the minority side to produce their National Service Certificates as they seek to disapprove the Gender Minister...
Why the Minority Does Not Approve Otiko As Gender Minister
The Minority in Parliament has explained that they do not want Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba to be approved as a minister of state because she did not take part in the compulsory national service after her...
The Minority in Parliament has justified its decision to reject the approval for the minister-designate for Gender and Social Protection Otiko Afisa Djaba. Parliament has been debating the...