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Joseph Nii Ayikoi Otoo, a former MP and Justice Minister, has maintained that Parliament should have no trouble executing the Supreme Court order regarding James Gyakye Quayson’s case. The ex-Attorney General argued that the order is clear and straightforward, contrary to what some people are suggesting. He made these remarks on The Keypoints on TV3
June 11, 2023
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been accused by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of resorting to lies in their campaign for the Assin North by-election. The NPP Communications Director, Richard Ahiagbah, said the NDC was trying to gain political advantage by spreading falsehoods. He claimed that the NDC had fabricated and circulated a video
June 11, 2023
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s spokesperson, Dr. Gideon Boako, has dismissed allegations that his boss is a British citizen while serving as Ghana’s second-in-command. Some social media posts claimed that the Vice President acquired British citizenship when he worked in the United Kingdom years ago. Dr. Boako refuted these claims in a Facebook post on
June 11, 2023
The Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini, has called for more transparency and accountability in the Green Ghana initiative, a national programme to plant trees and restore the forest cover of the country. In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM in Accra on Friday, Mr Suhuyini said that there should be clear mechanisms to
June 10, 2023
The next government led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will launch a new SIM re-registration exercise, according to the Minority in Parliament. They made this statement in reaction to the current government’s initiative to re-register SIM cards using the Ghana Card, which started on October 1, 2021. The main objective of this initiative is
June 9, 2023
John Dramani Mahama, the former presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has held a meeting with the party’s incumbent Members of Parliament who failed to secure their seats in the parliamentary primary that took place on May 13, 2023. The meeting was attended by the NDC’s General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey; the Minority Caucus
June 9, 2023
Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has said that he could have been among the rich people in Ghana if he had chosen to be corrupt. He made this remark after he was summoned by the Office of the Special Prosecutor over some alleged corruption cases involving some expenditures
June 8, 2023
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) detained and questioned the former head of the dissolved Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng last month over alleged corruption and corruption-related offences involving the activities and expenditure of the IMCIM. However, the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation maintained his innocence and
June 8, 2023
The nomination of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as the Chief Justice of Ghana has been officially approved by Parliament. The Appointments Committee of Parliament gave her a unanimous endorsement after her vetting on May 26, 2023. She was nominated by President Akufo-Addo in April 2023 to replace Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, who retired from the office on
June 7, 2023
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has chosen Charles Opoku as its parliamentary candidate for the upcoming Assin North by-election. He secured 397 votes in the internal election held on June 6, 2023, beating his rival Fredrick Amoah Kyei who got 136 votes. Opoku had expressed confidence in his victory before the election, citing his achievements
June 7, 2023
The National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, has made some ‘baseless and unfounded’ allegations about the Electoral Commission (EC) regarding the Assin North by-election, according to the EC. The EC issued a statement to refute Mr. Gyamfi’s claim that the EC is working with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to sneak an
June 7, 2023
The Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has dismissed allegations that the government’s School Feeding Programme only employs caterers who are members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The claim was made by Dorothy Ofori Sarpong, who said she was a spokesperson for the caterers in the Ashanti Region, in
June 7, 2023
The Supreme Court has ordered Parliament to remove James Gyakye Quayson from its records as the MP for Assin North Constituency. The Court ruled on May 17 that Mr Quayson’s election on December 7, 2020 was invalid because he held dual citizenship of Ghana and Canada at the time he filed his nomination with the
June 6, 2023
Ernest Yaw Anim has been sworn in as the new Member of Parliament for Kumawu constituency by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin. He was certified by the Electoral Commission as the winner of the Kumawu by-election that took place on May 23, 2023. He garnered 15,264 votes to beat his closest rival, Kwasi Amankwaa
June 6, 2023
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has reiterated its call for the Electoral Commission (EC) and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from transferring its parliamentary candidate for Assin North, Charles Opoku, to the voter register. The NDC alleged in a statement on Sunday that the NPP and the EC were trying to
June 5, 2023
The Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has expressed confidence that the party’s candidate for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, will emerge victorious in the forthcoming by-election slated for June 27, despite his disqualification by the Supreme Court. Mr. Quayson was removed from Parliament as the Assin North MP by a
June 5, 2023