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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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16 NPP MPs rejected President’s Ministers
Posted on | CommentIt is turning out that some New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) voted against some of President Akufo-Addo’s personnel he nominated to become ministers. Contrary to claims that it was only the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs … Read more →
Gov’t begins processes to raise $5bn on international capital market
Posted on | CommentGovernment has commenced processes for the 2021 International Capital Market Funding Programme. The Programme is to raise $5 billion to support growth-oriented expenditures in the 2021 Budget and to conduct liability management of both Eurobonds and Domestic Bonds. A statement … Read more →
I no longer belong to NDC; I support Akufo-Addo, Bawumia – Allotey Jacobs
Posted on | CommentFormer Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs has declared that he no longer belongs to the NDC. To him if the NDC says it has suspended him, he has also “dismissed” himself from … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo meets cabinet over govt’s agenda for 2021
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has met his cabinet ministers to discuss the government’s agenda for 2021, Information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said. Mr Oppong Nkrumah who is also lawmaker for Ofoase Ayirebi added that the agenda discussed will reflect in the … Read more →
Alan Keyeramanten to present 2021 budget
Posted on | CommentTrade and Industry Minister-Designate Alan Kyeremanten is now expected to present the 2021 Budget. This is what our sources have told us. It follows the inability of Finance Minister Designate, Ken Ofori Atta to return to Ghana on time, from his medical leave. … Read more →
Full Text: John Mahama’s address on Supreme Court verdict
Posted on | CommentPetitioner John Dramani Mahama has broken his silence on the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Thursday, March 4 as regards his petition to have results of the 2020 elections dismissed. The petition was unanimously dismissed. But in his address, Mr … Read more →
Mahama to speak at 5pm today after losing election petition
Posted on | CommentFormer President, John Dramani Mahama who was contesting the validity of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) declaration of the 2020 presidential election is expected to later today speak on the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict dismissing his case. The petitioner’s speech is … Read more →
We can’t order re-run of 2020 polls – Mahama’s Election Petition dismissed
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has dismissed the election petition brought before it by John Dramani Mahama, the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). “The petitioner did not demonstrate in any way how the errors affected the declaration … Read more →
Judgement day today: Supreme Court to deliver election petition judgement
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court is today, Thursday, March 4, 2021, expected to deliver its judgment on the December 2020 presidential election petition. Former President John Mahama who re-contested the election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), took the … Read more →
Hawa Koomson, Oppong Nkrumah, 11 other ministerial nominees approved by Parliament
Posted on | CommentParliament has by a majority decision and consensus approved the nomination of 13 ministerial nominees of President Nana Akufo-Addo. While 10 were approved by consensus, three were approved by a majority vote on the floor of the house after extensive … Read more →
Osei-Owusu refutes Minority’s claim of rejecting 3 nominees
Posted on | CommentThe Chairman of Parliament’s Appointment Committee, Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, has refuted claims by Minority members of the Committee that three nominees of the President for ministerial roles have been rejected by the committee. According to him, the Appointment Committee has … Read more →
Parliament: 12 more test positive for COVID-19 after re-testing exercise
Posted on | CommentParliament has recorded 12 more cases of the COVID-19 virus within its enclave. Most of the cases involve auxiliary members of the House with a few being Members of Parliament (MPs). These persons tested positive after a Coronavirus re-testing exercise … Read more →
Minority’s 4 reasons for rejecting Hawa Koomson; No. 4 shocking
Posted on | CommentThe NDC members on the Appointment Committee of Parliament have given reasons for their rejection of three ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo. Among these three is Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East Constituency Mavis Hawa Koomson, who is the Minister-designate … Read more →
Appointments Committee approves 22 Ministers, Oppong Nkrumah and 7 others pending
Posted on | CommentTwenty-two ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo have been unanimously approved by the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Asaase Radio’s parliamentary sources have confirmed. Asaase Radio can also reveal that the committee wants clarification on five others while three may require majority decision via … Read more →
I’ll not join NDC again – Allotey Jacobs
Posted on | CommentAllotey Jacobs, former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he never return to the party even if his suspension is lifted. In an interview with Oti-based Radio Safari, he said, “I will never join that party … Read more →
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