Ghana politics

Issuance of the new National Identification Card is set to begin in April this year, the Vice President has disclosed. Speaking at the Ghana-Norway Business Forum in Accra on Monday, Dr Bawumia said “a lot of work has been done and all things being equal, we expect a rollout of Ghana's National ID ...

Accra-based radio station Joy FM is reporting that they have intercepted a cabinet memo that has granted the US military access to set a military base in Ghana. In the agreement, it's been reported that the US will have unrestricted access to a host of Ghanaian facilities and wide-ranging tax exemptions to ...

“In our time they were not watching animals, they were watching political discussions. You're now tired of too much politics…you'll be tired, because your darling government is super incompetent and so you're tired of hearing the analysis, that's the hypocrisy we face in our country. So let us not buy into ...

Minority MP Sam Nartey George has said his caucus will do everything legally possible to stop President Nana Akufo-Addo from selling Ghana's sovereignty to the United States of America, since, in his view, a leaked military contract between the two countries, essentially makes Ghana America's “mistress” ...

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has categorically denied that the cabinet has approved an agreement for a US military base in Ghana. Pulse reported on a memo sighted by various media houses on an agreement by cabinet to allow the US to establish a military base in the country. The report ...

In the agreement, it's been reported that the US will have unrestricted access to a host of Ghanaian facilities and wide-ranging tax exemptions to the United States Military. The agreement will permit the US military to use Ghana as a base for staging and deploying forces. The deal is said to have been on ...

“His [Opuni's] prosecution only seeks to prevent and reduce his standing in politics based on very spurious allegations of procurement and ... the intention of the NPP Government to prosecute Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).

The Brong Ahafo Regional branch of Old Vandals Association (OVA) made up of alumni of Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, has been ... “Every individual has a political party he/she supports, but we are mindful of the fact that partisan politics can always break our front, so we have a ...

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(Bloomberg) -- Ghana Cocoa Board may struggle to fully pay back loans of $1.3 billion as this season's harvest will likely be smaller than first anticipated, according to the head of the industry regulator. ... The yen continued to climb as political clouds gathered around Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso.

Speaking to journalists at his palace in Tema, Nii Kraku pointed out that Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, current MP for Nadowli Kaleo and second deputy speaker of Parliament, had been an exemplary breed of Ghana's political class and deserved to be hoisted as a worthy role model by the state.

“I think the main issue for Ghana is to improve business climate so that there is more jobs creation coming from entrepreneurship, coming from new companies being set-up, coming from small enterprises growing, because the answer to the unemployment question is on the demand side, not on the supply ...

Madam Osei Opare, who is Ghana's first female to serve in the position of Chief of Staff, was honoured with an award for her contribution to Ghanaian politics and distinguished professional career at the event. Other individual award winners were Mr. John-Peter Amewu, Lands and Natural Resources ...

Forson, always in trouble due to her sharp mouth, said in a recent interview that she has pity on some politicians in Ghana because the system is set up in such ... The actress spoke about the state of politics in Ghana in her interview where she opined that she cannot become a politician due to her brutally ...

Good governance advocacy giant, Star Ghana, is collaborating with other civil society organisations (CSOs) to improve Ghana's tax regime for development. The project, dubbed 'Promoting Progressive Tax for Inclusive Development (PPTID)' seeks an improved tax system that supports the socially ...

According to a statement signed by the Director General, Public Affairs, ACP David Eklu and sighted by Peacefmonline.com, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, Director General of Police Operations has been moved to head the Research and Planning Department of the Ghana Police Service; a position ...

The lecture, which has the theme: “Women in History: The Case of Ghana– Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial,” is aimed at unearthing women's contributions in Ghana's social field, political life, in the military sphere, in religion, and in the economy, and the differences within the time frames of ...

However, he noted that before DI, the think tanks in Ghana were shy to align themselves to a political party and come out clear on their political ideological ... so that the research can be used to influence and reinforce politics for the development of a country, affirming that that is just what the DI stands for.

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah believes Ghana's poor performance in the 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report by Transparency International is attributable to the numerous cousins of President Akufo-Addo in ...

The political negotiations between Togo's ruling Gnassingbe regime and the opposition will continue in Ghana in the coming days, an opposition spokesperson, Jean Kissi said on Monday. ... Tikpi Atchadam who has initiated the demonstrations in August has fled for his life and is currently living in Ghana.

Astute political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, says he has no intention whatsoever to go into politics, stating he can ... “I teach politics but I can never do politics,” he told TV3 last Saturday when asked to respond to claims that he has been nursing political ambition.

Ghana's fuel price politics ... It is true that comparatively, the average price of gasoline globally is approximately 6.80 Ghana cedis per liter, while in Ghana it is between 4.45 and 4.56 per litre, which is below the global price index. ... This cannot hold as it contradicts a political party's promise to our people.

The aspiring national youth organizer believes the act is dangerous for our politics and if not checked would affect the development of Ghana. Speaking to Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Kamaal-Deen said, the monetization of internal politics cuts across all the various political parties in Ghana.

Interestingly, the criticism of the new Ghana Beyond Aid paradigm is not coming from political opponents alone. A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Andrew Awuni who was once a presidential spokesperson under ex-president John Kufuor, has also criticized the new paradigm.

Ghana's cocoa sector risks a dip if the country fails to address the politicization of the sector. According to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the issue has affected the growth of the cocoa sector as politicians have over the years, used cocoa's prospects to their gain. The warning also ...