The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, says he will ensure that non-performing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives in the region are sacked if they do not perform satisfactorily in their roles. Addressing a meeting of assembly members and MMDCE’s in Greater Accra on Monday, (June 21, 2021), Mr Quartery said the performance of MMDCEs […]
Members of Parliament do not have absolute immunity and must therefore avail themselves in the law courts as and when they have cases that require their presence there. The Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin who gave the directive to the Members of Parliament averred that they must oblige invitations to […]
Election 2020 is the first election to be fully funded by the government since democracy was restored in the country in 1992. It is one election which had no donor funding to support the election management processes, the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has disclosed. Disclosing this at the opening ceremony of […]
The Cape Coast High Court has overruled an objection by lawyers for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, Mr James Gyakye Quayson, seeking to have the presiding judge, Justice Kwasi Boakye, recuse himself from the case seeking to annul the MP’s election. Lawyers for the MP accused Justice Boakye of […]
The Sunyani High Court has given parties involved in the 2020 parliamentary election suit on the Banda Constituency in the Bono Region a 14-day ultimatum to file their witness statements. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Mate-Teye, also scheduled Thursday, May 20, 2021 as the next sitting for case management. The Parliamentary Candidate for […]
Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme [NEIP], John Kumah says upon hearing the news of his nomination as Deputy Minister-designate for Finance he was overwhelmed because he thought of himself as the least among many. According to him, the news caught him off guard not because he sees himself as […]
The time is right for public financing of political parties in the country, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr Kwesi Jonah, has stated. That, he explained, would help strengthen smaller parties and deepen the democratic credentials of the country. In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament a list of 39 Deputy Minister nominees and one Minister of State. The list was submitted Wednesday, April 21, 2021 to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. Parliament is to vet and approve or disapprove the nominees for appointment. They are to serve in […]
The immediate past Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei has been appointed as a Presidential Advisor on Economic Issues. Similarly, Oboshie Sai Cofie has also been appointed as a Presidential Advisor on Media. Former Senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo, who has also been appointed as a Senior Presidential Advisor to President Nana […]
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has described as unproductive development regarding the party’s 2024 flagbearership contest. As a result of this, he said, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP would soon meet to take a decision on current happenings regarding the contest for the 2024 flag-bearer […]
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has resigned from the Appointments Committee of Parliament. According to him, the decision is based on “personal reasons”. Letter In a letter dated March 30, 2021 and addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Mr Ablakwa said he would want […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has commended Libya for putting in place measures to address the problem of instability in the country since the Libyan Uprising 10 years ago. Also, she expressed hope that the new Transitional Government in the country will uphold its declared commitment to organize general elections for a […]
