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NDC elders tell aspirants: stop campaigning, support government agenda
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders has urged party members to halt all premature presidential campaign activities and focus instead on supporting the government’s governance agenda. The caution followed a meeting between the Council and President John Dramani Mahama on Friday (29 May), where discu...
Damang deal: Suame MP alleges conflict of interest, vows probe if NPP wins power
John Darko, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Suame and legal counsel for the minority caucus in parliament, has warned that a future NPP government would review the process used to grant mineral rights in the ongoing Damang mine transaction. Speaking on The Forum aired on Asaase Radio over the weekend, Darko questi...
Credible data shapes public policy and governance — Ahiafor
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, has launched the African Centre for Development Impact (ACDI), describing it as a timely intervention in governance.
Human rights action instituted against MIIF by dismissed employee
A former staff member of the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), Ms Lisboa Yemotiokor Quarshie, has filed an enforcement action seeking the protection of her fundamental human rights and freedoms against the Fund and the Attorney General of the Republic at the High Court of Justice. The application was filed at the...
CSOs back CRC proposals on environmental governance, urge implementation roadmap
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have endorsed key Constitution Review Committee (CRC) proposals on environmental governance and urged the government to publish a roadmap for constitutional reforms.
NDC cannot name three new policies behind stability – Bawumia
Former Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia has argued that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would struggle to identify new policies introduced in 2025 that directly delivered Ghana’s current macroeconomic stability. Addressing Minority Members of Parliament as Parlia...
Full list: NPP deploys 27 officers to supervise external branch elections worldwide
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has deployed 27 national officers to oversee branch elections for its external chapters across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific, according to a memo dated 21 May. The memo, signed by NPP General Secretary Justin Kodua Frimpong, said the deployment forms pa...
Arrest and detention of our lawyers unfortunate, unlawful – MPOBB
A leading law firm in Ghana, Minkah-Premo, Osei-Bonsu, Bruce-Cathline and Partners (MPOBB), has described the purported recent arrest and detention of two of its lawyers, Justice Menka-Premoh and Ms. Sophia Korkor, by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), as an unfortunate and unlawful development. The position...
Opinion: The unaffordability of Accra; The housing dilemma, unresolved realities and the rent question
In 2023, we published a report on the skyrocketing real estate prices in Accra and their exclusionary impact on the average Ghanaian. Several structural concerns were clearly identified. Those concerns remain largely unresolved. The passage of time has not softened these realities. If anything, they have become further...
Bank of Ghana acting as “political agent” of NDC government – Domfe
Economist George Domfe has accused the Bank of Ghana of becoming too closely aligned with government policy objectives, warning that recent monetary operations and balance sheet decisions raise questions about institutional independence. “Bank of Ghana has now positioned itself as a political agent of the ruling govern...
The “no bed syndrome” is a direct effect of the destruction of LHIMS – Dr Ekua Amoakoh
Dr Ekua Amoakoh, Deputy Spokesperson for former Vice-President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has attributed the persistent “no bed syndrome” in Ghana’s health facilities to the dismantling of the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS). Speaking on the issue in a stateme...
Amoakohene: Ashanti road projects slowed by “Big Push” procurement row, may slip into election year
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene says delays affecting planned emergency road projects in the region were linked to controversy over the government’s use of sole-sourced contracts under the flagship “Big Push” infrastructure programme. Speaking on Ahenfie FM in Kumasi on Wednesday (27 May), Amoakohene...