It has come to our notice, that the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo will be commissioning some projects within the Savannah region belonging to H.E John Dramani Mahama. Some of these projects include but not limited to: The Buipe Hospital, The Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Hospital and the Bamboi Polyclinic. Knowing the calibre of person Akufo-Addo is, and his deliberate refusal to give credit to H.E John Dramani Mahama for the numerous projects he executed, was executing or secured funding for before leaving office in 2016, we wish to state the facts and demand that for once, President Akufo-Addo, does…
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The issue of handling spouses of Political office holders is not a new one; it has engaged the attention of all governments since the advent of the 4th Republic. Under various administrations, considering their sensitive positions, there had to be a consideration of how to support the spouses of the President and the Vice President in fulfilling the roles that our modern democracies expect them to play, such as empowering women, girlchild education, reproductive health issues, teenage pregnancy, assistance to widows, fighting early marriage, preventing mother to child transmission of HIV, STEM for girls, and even as far as the…
the member of parliament for techiman north; lawyer elizabeth ofosu-adjare has donated brand new four(4) tyres to the ghana ambulance service in techiman north today. the donation, which was done on her behalf by her constituency executives was an urgent demand to her office by the service during the mp’s working visit to the ghana ambulance service on last monday. they explained to the mp that their vehicle is immobile and cannot respond to emergency calls as result of worn-out tyres. they further stated that any attempt to solicit help from stakeholders proved futile. the district commander and his staff…
Former President John Mahama says allowances for the spouses of Presidents and Vice Presidents are already provided for under the budget of the Office of the President. In a statement responding to the debate on the recommended emoluments for allowances for the spouses of Presidents and Vice Presidents, Mr. Mahama explained that these allowances date back to the Rawlings Administration. “Some recommendations were made to provide allowances to the spouses of the President and Vice President and additionally, as a gesture of reconciling with our past, the spouses of former Presidents and Heads of State.” “Since this convention was established…
The opposition National Democratic Congress has issued out a statement to urge its supporters and the General public to participate in the ongoing Population and Housing Census. The Ghana Statistical Service has began the census processes where a number of enumerators have been engaged to undertake this important exercise. Kindly read the full statement issued out by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress The National Democratic Congress by this press release wishes to urge the public to show keeninterest in the ongoing 2021 National Population and Housing Census and make sure they arecounted. The census exercise which was…
The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Abdul-Rashid Hassan Pelpuo, is not entirely satisfied with the disciplinary actions taken against the soldiers who assaulted some residents of Wa in the Upper West Region. Giving updates on the issue in Parliament on Thursday, July 8, 2021, the Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul indicated that three of the soldiers have been demoted. “Eight other soldiers who were identified have been charged, tried, and awarded 30 days each in detention by the disciplinary board of the Ghana Armed Forces. The Staff Sergeant has been reduced to Corporal rank, a Corporal has been reduced…
The Ghana Bar Association, GBA, has expressed outrage over the recent “acts of violence” by some operatives of security agencies in the country. The GBA in a statement condemned these incidents “launched by security operatives under the pretext of maintaining peace.” “Under no circumstance should operatives of the security agencies under the pretext of maintaining peace, manhandle and assault people or use physical force which sometimes results in the death of the victims. The rule of law must prevail at all times in our dear country.” Concerns about growing insecurity heightened following the killing of social activist, popularly referred to…
The family of the late social activist, Ibrahim Muhammed, alias Kaaka, whose killing by assailants sparked a protest in Ejura in the Ashanti Region, has written to the Committee of Inquiry looking into the circumstances of his death and the events that ensued, that they will not take part in the ongoing hearings. The family in a statement explained that the events in the past few days have left them “less certain of the scope, focus, real intent and even the utility of the ongoing inquiry.” The family reps were expected to make an appearance on Friday, July 10, 2021…
Interesting revelation from Hon. Joyce Bawah MogtariAide to former President Mahamain a Facebook post few hours ago regarding the decision by President Akufo-Addo to pay his spouse and that of his vice president a whooping amount of money as monthly salaries. After the news broke up about this decision, there has been a continous call by the general public for president Akufo-Addo to immediately withdraw his decision to make this payment. While people describe this salary as insensitive to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian, others see the action by the president as another way of giving the resources of…
Folks, something serious is really happening in the Akuffo Addo government which all must take a keen observations and judge for yourself if indeed the Akuffo Addo government really respect the very people who voted for him. For God sake president Akuffo Addo should credit Ghanaians with some level of intelligence, at least for once. You look in the face of the poor government employee and tell them you only increased their salary by 4% because there is no money, when in fact your abysmal performance has caused the prices of goods and services to increase astronomically causing a corresponding…