Ghana Political News Report Articles

Former Ghana’s Ambassador to the USA, Daniel Ohene Agyekum described the actions of Ashanti Regional National Service Scheme (NSS) Director Alex Opoku Mensah as bizarre and unethical of a public servant and demands sacking. The NSS Director Opoku Mensah in a Rambo style stormed the Manhyia District Hospital and ran down nurses at the facility […]Continue Reading

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that Ghanaians made a mistake by voting out his government in the 2016 presidential elections. According to him, in spite of the achievements of his government, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was able to convince Ghanaians that he was incompetent, which led to his being booted out of […]Continue Reading

Business development consultant Kwame Okyere Darko has described the 2023 budget as the most disrespectful budget by any government in the history of Ghana. According to him, the measure proposed by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to reduce the government’s expenditures is an insult to the people of Ghana. “This is the most disrespectful budget ever. […]Continue Reading

A member of parliament has explained that its censure motion against the finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, was only the Minority’s disapproval of the finance minister’s gross mismanagement of the economy. The Minority MP says the censure motion did not set out to remove the minister. “It was our disapproval of the work of the finance […]Continue Reading

Mr Jonathan Asante Okyere, political science lecturer at the Cape Coast University (UCC) in the Central Region has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of creating enmities in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the party’s conference to elect a flagbearer for the 2024 general elections. A former NPP parliamentary candidate for the […]Continue Reading

Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has reiterated his neutrality in the NDC’s upcoming national executive elections. According to the party’s 2020 flagbearer, his current role as the ‘father of the party’, precludes him from rallying behind a specific candidate. Addressing a gathering of party executives and stalwarts in the Upper West Region, he stressed that […]Continue Reading

Social media came in their tons when Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia was spotted aboard a commercial flight on an in-country trip. A photo shared by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni on social media disclosed that the Tamale-bound flight took off in the morning of Saturday, November 26. A smiling Bawumia is strapped with his seat […]Continue Reading

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin believes that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will take a cue from the ordeal suffered over the past few weeks. Between a censure motion from the Minority and a decision by the Majority to kick him out of office, Mr Bagbin is sure that Ken Ofori-Atta has picked lessons for the […]Continue Reading

Aggrieved members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament did not hide their disapproval of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta when he appeared to present the 2023 budget statement on Thursday. Per reliable information available to the media suggests that the aggrieved lawmakers in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) paid less attention to the Finance Minister […]Continue Reading

In a consequential vote at the 26th Congress of the Socialist International, Ghana’s Benedicta Lasi, a lawyer and a member of the National Democratic Congress, has been elected Secretary General of the Socialist International, to succeed Luis Ayala from Chile. Her election was after the tenure of Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the outgoing General Secretary of […]Continue Reading

The Second Deputy Majority Whip, Habib Iddrisu has dismissed claims by the Minority in Parliament that the NPP MPs betrayed them when they backtracked on their stance to boycott the 2023 Budget. According to him, the claim has no substance. “I do not know the betrayal that he is talking about because in the first […]Continue Reading

Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has dismissed allegations of extortion and blackmail against him after releasing his latest exposè dubbed: “Galamsey economy.” According to Tiger Eye PI, the investigative firm of the award-winning journalist, “some persons have resorted to mudslinging and lies” against its CEO Anas following the release of the Continue Reading

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has disputed claims of extortion, and blackmail leveled against him and his team following the release of his recent exposé dubbed “Galamsey Economy.” The recent work of Anas has led to the dismissal of the Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen, who was captured in the exposé making […]Continue Reading

Jackie Ankrah, daughter of Lieutenant General J. A. Ankrah, said although her father overthrew the Nkrumah government, he still did a lot of things worth celebrating. In an interview with Asaase Radio, the broadcaster cum singer said despite her father’s flaws, he has achieved a lot for the country. “We don’t talk about my father […]Continue Reading

The Minority in Parliament has asked Ghanaians to brace themselves up for more hardships after government presented its financial statement on Thursday, November 24. According to the group, the budget does not have anything concrete aimed at ameliorating the current economic crisis the citizenry is facing. For the NDC MPs, the 2023 budget presented by […]Continue Reading

Tachie Antiedu, a private legal practitioner, has backed former President John Agyekum Kufour’s call to abolish the Council of State and replace it with an Upper Chamber. The lawyer and author suggested that the suggestion could benefit Ghana. Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has underscored the need for Ghana to abolish the Council of State […]Continue Reading

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has christened the 2023 financial statement and economic policy presented to Parliament on Thursday as “ɛka mpɛ dede” budget. “ɛka mpɛ dede” in the local Akan language means, ‘debt does not like noise.’ According to him, per the Finance Minister’s presentation, it is evident that the nation has been declared a […]Continue Reading

North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has expressed shock at the decision by the Akufo-Addo administration to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5 per cent. The Finance Minister has proposed in the 2023 budget presentation an increment in the VAT by 2.5 per cent. The standard VAT rate is 12.5%, except […]Continue Reading

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has given assurances that the country will rise again despite the current economic challenges citizens are experiencing. He said, the government has put measures in place to reset the economy, calling on Ghanaians to assist the government to bring the nation back on track. According to the embattled Finance Minister, […]Continue Reading

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has announced the ban on the use of V8 and V6 vehicles by government officials effective January 2023. He made the announcement on Thursday, November 24, 2022, when he presented the 2023 budget to Parliament. He said this is part of measures by the Government to manage its expenditure in […]Continue Reading