MPs Consider Oti Bless’ Nomination
A motion has been moved in parliament to approve the nomination of Deputy Local Government Minister-designate John Oti Bless, less than two months to the elections. Ghana heads to the polls on...
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One Constituency, US1 Million
Social indiscipline in every society takes on the magnitude, corresponding to the level of the discipline of the leadership—CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO I have to repeat myself, my dear reader, that...
NPP Has No Strategy To Develop Ghana
A leading member of the the NDC and former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Prof Kwamena Ahwoi has urged the electorate to vote massively for President Mahama in the December 7th...
Fabulous Volta Chiefs Move Mountains
The chiefs of the Volta Region have fabulous energy that can move mountains, President John Dramani Mahama has said. According to him, their energy and enthusiasm shown during his visit there this...
NDC Campaigns With Helicopters In Brong Ahafo Region
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent a high-powered delegation to campaign in the Brong-Ahafo Region reportedly using helicopters. This, according to sources, follows threats by the...
MP Fights DCE In Parliament Over GH?45,000 Common Fund Cash
Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Mponua, Isaac Asiamah, is at loggerheads with the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Stephen Yeboah, over delays in releasing an amount of GH?45,000...
Gov’t Hoarding My Common Fund Share
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Mponua, Isaac Asiamah, has accused government of deliberately holding back his share of the Common Fund. The MP raised the issue in parliament on Wednesday...
Two Claims of Nana Addo Fact-Checked – 1 Entirely True, Another Half-True
Nana Akufo-Addo’s claim about Ghana’s GDP growth rate was found to be half true while his claim about the unemployment of hygiene workers was found to be entirely true. He was speaking at the New...
Vincent Oppong-Asamoah Must Resign Or Be Removed!
I have not been closely following affairs between the political operatives of the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) assigned to the Ministry of Sports, on the one hand and, I suppose, the...
Claims By Bawumia Fact-Checked, Only One Entirely True
The National Patriotic Party (NPP) launched its 2016 manifesto in Accra, this Sunday and a team of fact-checkers subjected five claims made by the party's Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Mahamud...
God Is My Witness
President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday said if his critics would not praise him for the wonderful work he has done for the last four years, they should not criticise him either. "For the last four...
NPP Will Be ‘rudely Shocked’ On December 7
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has chastised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for “deliberately ignoring” achievements including massive infrastructure...
Use All Means To Win 2016 Polls – Chief To Minister
The Chief of Sefwi Asawinso in the Western Region, Nana Adu Kwesi II, popularly known as Nana Koo Taa, has urged the Western regional minister Paul Evans Aidoo to resort to any means possible, to win...
Don’t Dare Vote Against Mahama – Sefwi Chief
The Chief of Sefwi Asawinso in the Western Region, Nana Adu Kwesi II has pledged his and the unflinching support of the people of Sefwi Asawinso for President Mahama. According to him, anyone who...
Power Sharing Sure Way In Solving KMA Impasse
A Former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kwadwo Adjei-Darko has suggested that power sharing is the surest way to solving Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) long standing impasse....
Local Gov’t Expert Suggests Power Sharing To Solve KMA Feud
A Local Government expert says the bloody fight for a new presiding member in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly can only be attributed to partisan politics at play between the governing National...
Financial Management Act To Regulate SOEs Borrowing
The Government is confident that the newly passed Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, Act 921, will help regulate the borrowings of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), as part of measures aimed at...
Let’s Work Hard To Keep the NPP At Bay – Chief of Staff Urges NDC
The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah has urged members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stay vigilant and intensify the door to door campaign to ensure one touch victory for...
Apologise Or Meet Us In Court – DKM Customers To Asiedu Nketia
The General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, should render “an unreserved, unconditional, unqualified apology” to victims of the recent...
Sunyani Goes Agog Ahead of NDC Manifesto Launch
The choice of Sunyani as venue for the NDC manifesto launch has energized party activists and foot soldiers in the Brong Ahafo Region who are embarking on an all-out campaign to win more votes....