Articles from the ‘Politics’ category
Posted by admin on March 19, 2010 at 2:01 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
The New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer in the 2008 presidential election, Nana Akufo Addo has described the ruling NDC as a total failure.
He said the Mills’ led administration has been very disappointing in its performance since it assumed office over a year ago. Nana Addo, cited rising cost of goods on the market as ample [...]
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Posted by admin on at 1:57 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics
Some youth in the Bawku Municipality have served notice that they will proceed with the celebration of this year’s Damba festival scheduled for Tomorrow, Saturday March 20, despite directives from National Security that the celebrations be postponed indefinitely for security reasons.
The National Security issued the directive on Thursday, March 18, to avert any possible clash [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 1:08 pm in Local, Politics
STORY: FROM JAMES APPIAKORANG JNR., KUMASI
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party has disowned the Techimanhene Oseadeayo Akumfi Ameyaw II, saying they do not know of his membership since he declared during the 2008 campaign era that he was not an NDC sympathizer.
He is said to have ignored the ex President Jerry Rawlings in [...]
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Posted by admin on March 18, 2010 at 12:07 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – Vice President John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday said Ghana owed her excellent democratic credentials to the good work of previous parliamentarians and organisations that lent their support. Vice President Mahama in a speech read for him by the Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Rojo Mettle Nunoo, said former parliamentarians [...]
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Posted by admin on at 12:06 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – Mr Cletus Apul Avoka, Majority Leader on Wednesday appealed to the media to assist him succeed in his new appointment as the Leader of Government Business in Parliament. "The media is so powerful, it can make or unmake" he said and added that their reportage must be spiced with [...]
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Posted by admin on at 12:03 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – Dr Kumi Ansah Koi, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana, on Wednesday called for the pruning of the executive and shoring-up of the legislature to make Ghana’s democracy more vibrant. He said a performance appraisal of Ghana’s legislature by various scholars, observers and analysts have noted that [...]
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Posted by admin on at 12:02 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader in Parliament, on Wednesday said the practice of reshuffling non-performing ministers by the President enfeebled parliament’s control over the executive. He said parliament was constrained to remove such non-performing ministers from office [...]
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Posted by admin on at 12:02 pm in Local, Politics
GNA – The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFG) on Tuesday threatened to haul the National Democratic Congress government to court if it continued to delay paying the ex -gratia entitlements of former President Kufuor and his Vice. In a petition presented to the leadership of parliament in Accra, Mr James Bomfeh [...]
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