Articles from the ‘Local’ category
Posted by Contributor on January 13, 2011 at 2:36 pm in Local, Politics
A former Auditor-General, Mr Edward Duah Agyemang has corroborated claims that Nana Akufo-Addo indeed declared his assets before leaving office as required by law. The Enquirer newspaper, in a publication Wednesday claimed the NPP flag-bearer breached the Constitutional Provision requiring all government officials to declare their assets upon assumption of office and before leaving office, [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 11, 2011 at 11:29 am in Local, News From Other Newspapers, Politics
The Head of the Policy Monitoring and Evaluation team of government has mounted a vehement defence of the ruling NDC which has been criticized for non-performance. Dr. Tony Aidoo told Joy News the criticisms by the opposition New Patriotic Party is a pack of lies which falls flat in the face of bare facts. The [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:15 am in Local, Other Top Stories, Politics
Ms. Samia Nkrumah, Member of Parliament for Jomoro, at the weekend stressed that the Nkrumaist groups would only win political power when they unite. “Unity between the Convention People’s Party(CPP) and People’s National Convention(PNC) and other Nkrumaist groups is not a luxury but an absolute necessity if we want to win political power in order [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 10, 2011 at 10:51 am in Local, Politics
Head of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Unit at the Presidency, Dr. Tony Aidoo, says Government is not “Father Christmas” meaning it cannot continue to subsidize everything all in the name of social democratic principles. Dr. Aidoo said this in reaction to a statement by the General Secretary of the Trades Union (TUC), to the effect [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 8, 2011 at 10:30 pm in Local, Other Top Stories, Politics
Cadres of the 31st December Revolution in the Upper East Region, have marked the 29th anniversary of the event, with a call on public officials to be modest, transparent and accountable in discharging their duties. A statement issued by the Interim Chairman of the cadres, Mr Alagskomah Asakeya Noble in Bolgatanga stressed that it was [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:11 pm in Local, Politics
By Abdul Karim Naatogmah/Citifmonline.com Former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has cautioned that the New Patriotic Party will suffer another electoral defeat in 2012 if party leadership at all levels fail to manage the forthcoming Parliamentary primaries. He admitted that the divisiveness that characterized the selection of Parliamentary candidates for the 2008 elections was a [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:10 pm in Local, Politics
President John Mills has stated categorically that he will not bar any government appointee from participating in future commemorations of the 31st December Revolution, which overthrew the democratically elected Government of the Late Dr. Hilla Liman in the 1979 coup. The debate about whether it was appropriate or not for any government official to observe [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 4, 2011 at 9:00 pm in Local, Politics
The postponed District Assembly elections of 19 out of the 56 electoral areas in Techiman Municipality resumed on Tuesday at 0700 hours with a low voter turnout. The elections were postponed due to the late arrival of voting materials from Accra. As at 0830 hours when the Ghana News Agency (GNA) visited some of the [...]
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