POLITICS

Minority issues a 24-hour ultimatum to gov’t to clear Global Fund drugs stuck at Tema port

  A minority in Parliament has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the government to clear the Global Fund drugs stuck at the Tema port for more than a year. The Global Fund for Community Foundation donated these medical supplies to Ghana free of charge, however, it has taken Ghana’s government …

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Election 2024: We don’t need military at poling centres – Alban Bagbin

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has urged the government to exclude the military from supervising the upcoming election. According to him, the service should be invited to assist the police in the process only when very necessary. “We don’t want to see the military during elections. When there is a …

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Court sets June 13 to rule on whether to admit Jakpa’s tape into evidence

The High Court in Accra has set June 13, 2024, to rule on whether or not to admit into evidence the audio recording involving the Attorney-General and businessman, Richard Jakpa, in the ongoing ambulance case. This was after the Attorney General objected to an attempt by lawyers for Minority Leader, …

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‘You don’t have the independence to make dangerous and outrageous decisions’ – Ato Forson tells EC

Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for its recent decisions, including the barring and subsequent reversal of political party agents from the ongoing voter transfer process. Dr. Forson contended that the EC lacks the independence to make such “dangerous and outrageous” decisions. Speaking at …

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‘I, Regional Minister and MCE will protect you from soldiers – NPP PC to ‘galamsey’ operators

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Amenfi East has assured illegal miners of his readiness to protect them with support from the MCE and Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah. Ernest Frimpong, who is contesting the Amenfi East parliamentary seat on the ticket of the NPP, has …

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Green Ghana Day: Government is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 64 tonnes – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has said that, as part of protecting Ghana’s environment, the government is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 64 million tonnes. Speaking at the Green Ghana event on June 7, 2024, the President championed the cause of a Greener future as he delivered an impassioned speech at Burma …

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They ride on manipulation of facts, distortions & deception – Dame on dismissal of Jakpa and Ato Forson’s applications

The dismissal of all the applications filed by the accused persons in the Ato Forson trial, including the application for mistrial, shows that there is a group of people who ride on the manipulation of facts, distortions and deception of the public Godfred Dame says the dismissal of the applications …

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Mahama is playing cheap politics – Attorney-General responds to former prez’s comment on Cecilia Dapaah’s cash saga

The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has described ex-President Mahama’s statement that he will reopen the Cecilia Dapaah cash saga if he becomes president again as “cheap politics.” He said the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress is so desperate for power that he capitalises on any public …

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Cecilia Dapaah case: My gov’t will reopen investigations into alleged corruption acts – Mahama

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has stated that his government will reopen investigations into the alleged money laundering case against the former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. The former President wrote on X on Thursday, “My government will reopen investigations into alleged acts of corruption and …

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Lay KPMG audit report on SML-GRA contract before Parliament – Adongo tells Akufo-Addo

Isaac Adongo, Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to lay KPMG’s audit report on the revenue mobilisation agreement between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML) before Parliament. KPMG, an auditing firm, has finalised and presented its …

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