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Prez. Mahama orders fuel tax cuts, cheaper transport
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President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
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Cost of Chinese chairs must be probed – Akoto Osei
Posted on | CommentThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, yesterday made a passionate appeal to the Speaker to let parliament thoroughly discuss the refurbishment of the chamber and the cost involved. The NPP MP, who is also the ranking member … Read more →
What Prez. Mahama and Pope Francis discussed
Posted on | Comment“Holy Father, good to meet you” – Prez Mahama“God bless you” – Pope Francis“Thank you very much” – Prez MahamaPope Francis welcomed the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.They met for about 20 minutes. Among … Read more →
We ‘erred’ in criticising Kufuor’s trips – NDC
Posted on | CommentThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) has acknowledged that it erred by overly criticising ex-President John Kufuor’s frequent travels during his tenure as President of Ghana. “We do agree that we might have erred in the past to have overly criticised … Read more →
Ghana could witness a coup d’état – Chairman Wontumi
Posted on | CommentThe future of Ghana looks bleak if the Electoral Commission of Ghana should continue with its open display of bias, Mr. Antwi-Boasiako has warned. Ghana, first experienced coup d’état in February 24th, 1966 and since then, the nation has recorded … Read more →
‘Name, shame and jail’ corrupt officials – Emile Short
Posted on | CommentA Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has emphasized the need for major stakeholders in the country to use what he describes as the “name, shame and jail” approach to fight … Read more →
3 arrested for smoking wee at NDC congress
Posted on | CommentThree persons have been arrested for allegedly smoking ‘Indian hemp’ at the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regional congress in Tamale. They were picked by the security at the congress grounds. Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh confirmed … Read more →
Ghana’s Parliament import more furniture from Italy
Posted on | CommentJust days after parliamentarians received heavy criticism for importing furniture from China ro refurbish their chamber, it has emerged that Parliament is importing more from Italy for their offices. Local furniture companies have criticized government for ignoring them to import what they … Read more →
GH¢270 missing from tier 2 pension fund
Posted on | CommentReports reaching DAILY GUIDE indicate that the Tier 2 Pension Fund Account—the centre of recent public workers’ agitation—is in arrears of over GH¢270 million, owing to government’s inability to honour its statutory obligation. Public sector workers embarked on a two-week … Read more →
Revealed: GH¢64.4m office for new districts
Posted on | CommentThe Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Julius Debrah, made it known in parliament yesterday that the government was using at least GH¢1.4 million, to construct administration block for each of the 46 newly-created districts across the country. This translates into at least GH¢64.4 million that would be spent on the … Read more →
Asiedu Nketia is a dictator – NDC member
Posted on | CommentThe Brong Ahafo Regional chairman aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Raphael Kubadzi, has accused the party leadership of dictatorship. According to him, the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, during his vetting, shouted at him to “shut up” … Read more →
MCE blows over Gh¢60,000 on funeral donations
Posted on | CommentThe Municipal Chief Executive of Ejura Sekyeredumase Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Bawah Braimah has been accused of allegedly spending about Gh¢60,998.46 of Internally Generated Fund (IGF) meant for developing the Municipality on funeral donations. According to … Read more →
Greedy & lazy NDC Ministers – NDC Regional Chairman attacks Mahama’s men
Posted on | CommentThe aggressive Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sorfo Azorka has descended heavily on some influential members of the party, including ministers of state, for masterminding the NDC’s loss of 10 parliamentary seats in the … Read more →
Are Ghanaians expecting us to “sit on plastic chairs?” – Minority Leader
Posted on | CommentMinority Leader in Parliament, Hon Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, says if Ghanaians are uncomfortable that Parliament re-fitted the main chamber of the House with colourful sets of furniture from China and would prefer Parliamentarians “sit on plastic chairs” to deliberate on … Read more →
New gadgets at parliament go off
Posted on | CommentThe newly-installed ICT electronic gadgets and microphones in Ghana’s reconfigured parliament, ceased to work shortly after the Speaker, Edward Doe Adjaho, had started with the correction of ‘Votes and Proceedings’ in the House yesterday. The development created anxiety amongst the MPs, especially the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) members, who … Read more →
Prez. Mahama declares war on Ebola: It has orphaned thousands
Posted on | CommentThe Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President John Dramani Mahama has said the Ebola epidemic has rendered thousands of children in affected countries orphans and has called for a discussion on how to halt the … Read more →
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