Parliament has by consensus, approved an additional 16 ministerial nominees. This brings to a total of 29 ministerial nominees by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who have been approved by Parliament for his second term in office. The approval of the additional 16 on Thursday night came after a unanimous voice vote from both sides of the […]
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has slammed Broadcast Journalist and show host with Multimedia Group’s Adom FM, Captain Smart for calling her names. The radio presenter seems very convinced that Government dolled out money to pay artistes who performed at the launch of the COVID-19 tracker app and its launch at the virtual concert. BestNewsGH.com has […]
Dr. Sam Owusu Ekuful, husband of the Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has tested negative for COVID-19. This was after he had self-isolated himself for the mandatory 14 days, after his arrival from the United Kingdom a fortnight ago. Mrs. Ekuful who broke the news of her husband’s self-isolation to the media, said they usually […]
The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has revealed that her husband, who recently returned from a trip to the United Kingdom to Ghana has quarantined himself as part of measures to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). She said they serve him food by leaving it at the door to […]
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has impressed upon delegates of the party in the constituency to retain her as the ruling New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary candidate to enable her continue to transform lives and bring real change to the constituency. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful who […]
The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has bemoaned the poor road networks in the constituency, saying she hardly sleeps as a result. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful who is also the Minister for Communications made the disclosure on Thursday, January 16, 2020 when she inspected repair works […]
On Friday, January 10, 2020 at Shiabu Chemuenaa near the ‘Wallace Park’, the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency and Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful engaged constituents in Shiabu on the newly constructed ‘floating’ footbridge, which lies on the Chemu River, and also on other matters of concern to the community. […]
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, on Tuesday held a huge party for children in her constituency. At least over 700 kids from the constituency were in attendance to revel with the legislator who doubles as Ghana’s Communications Minister. The children participated in several exciting activities including dance competitions. Those who […]
Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says telecommunication networks in Ghana have agreed to compensate subscribers for losses they incurred over the upfront deductions following the 9% increase in Communication Service Tax (CST). Mrs Owusu-Ekuful at a news conference on Monday, October 14, 2019 directed telcos to stop the upfront deductions. “The Telcos have agreed to […]
The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that Ghana would soon criminalise the sharing of inappropriate social media content. She cited sexual images as an example of inappropriate content. The Minister has therefore urged that all should comply with the domestic laws, when passed, to avoid being penalized. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful was addressing stakeholders on […]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency, Casiel Ato Forson, has written to the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, informing her that she has no power to direct the telecommunications companies to put an end to the upfront deductions of the nine percent talk tax at the point of recharge. […]
The government is urging the public to report telcos that still charge them the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST). A Deputy Minister for Communications, George Andah said all teclos have been directed to immediately stop the upfront deductions made on mobile credit top-ups by service users. Mr. Andah explained that the CST which was increased […]
