Politics

Appointments Committee of Parliament vets Presidential Ministerial nominees

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:53 +0100

Accra, Feb. 9, GNA - Four presidential ministerial nominees on Thursday appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for vetting. They were; Mr Moses Asaga, Minister designate for Employment and Social Welfare, Mr Dominic Azimbe Azumah, Minister of State designate for the Presidency, Mr Fritz Baffour, Minister designate for Informat ...

Ghana is in a state of leadership paralysis - Nana Akufo-Addo

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:52 +0100

Accra, Feb. 9, GNA Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party NPP, has observed that in spite of all the opportunities that have been presented to Ghana, the biggest crisis facing her is leadership paralysis being presided over by the Mills-Mahama led National Democratic Congress NDC administration. This era of le ...

Friends of Adjahoe says he did not manipulate primaries

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:41 +0100

Ho, Feb 9, GNA - Friends of Doe Adjaho, FODA, on Thursday described as preposterous, allegations that Mr Doe Adjaho, Member of Parliament MP for the Ave-Avenor Constituency, manipulated the process to be acclaimed candidate of that constituency for the 2012 Election. Mr James Gunu, Secretary of FODA, a Movement supporting Mr Adjaho, told ...

CPP Volta Regional Conference slated for February 25

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:40 +0100

Ho, Feb 9, GNA - The 3rd Volta Regional Convention Peoples Party CPP conference will hold its regional officers election on Saturday February 25, this month at the Bishop Konings Conference Centre in Ho. The conference is under the aegis of the national leadership and the regional steering committee of the Party. A statement signed by N ...

Ghana to use Election 2012 to consolidate her democratic gains

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:30:21 +0100

Accra, Feb. 9, GNA Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, said once again Ghana would use Election 2012 to consolidate her democratic gains and deepen electoral credentials among the community of nations. He said the Government through the Electoral Commission EC was taking the necessary measures inclu ...

More resignations rock CPP as PPP gains

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0100

The northern regional youth organiser of the Convention Peoples Party CPP, Alhaji Murtala Kwame, has crossed carpet to the Progressive Peoples Party PPP. Alhaji Kwame claimed the CPP has no political future under the leadership of Samia Nkrumah as national chairperson hence his decision to quit and join the PPP. Alhaji Kwame and the C ...

Nana Addo is willfully blind – Agyenim-Boateng

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:26 +0100

The government has hit back at the latest criticism from the flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo, describing it as a desperate and frustrated attempt to get back to power. Nana Akufo-Addo told Ghanaians in the United States that Ghana under President Mills is in a state of leadership paralysis. According to him, the Mills administration has ...

Baba Jamal Defends Himself

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:49 +0100

Deputy Minister for Tourism, Baba Jamal, has blamed the New Patriotic Party NPP for the violence that erupted during the re-run of elections at six polling stations at Akwatia in the Eastern region in 2008, saying that the mayhem that characterised the elections was caused by agents of the New Patriotic Party NPP. He said this when he met a ...

Blows Over Martin Amidu's Dismissal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:31:35 +0100

The dismissal of former Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Martin Amidu, by President Atta Mills, was an issue yesterday at an Accra High Court when the State Attorney, Anthony Rexford Wiredu and Augustine Obuor, one of the defence lawyers in Stephen Asamoah Boatengs trial, engaged in hot exchanges over the issue. The brawl started whe ...

NPP rejects EOCO report

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:49 +0100

The New Patriotic Party NPP has rejected the interim report of the Economic and Organised Crime Office EOCO on the GhC58 million judgment debt payment scandals.It reiterated its earlier position that President J.E.A Mills call on EOCO to intervene in the matter was simply a smoke screen, charade, and a calculated attempt to cover up the i ...