The lawyer for the Millennium Excellence Foundation (MEF), Charles Zwennes has indicated that they will be considering their options including a court action to clear their soiled reputation over allegations of extortion at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards held in December last year.
“The propagation of such irresponsible and destructive...
The Minority walked out from Parliament over the “cash for seat” Committee report following investigations into claims that the Trade Ministry extorted $100,000 from expatriates to allow them to sit close to the President during the Ghana Expatriates Business Awards in December 2017.
They indicated that most of the MPs...
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, who has been accused of using the Presidency for profiteering has been cleared of any wrongdoing over issues surrounding the recently held Ghana Expatriate Business Award (GEBA).
The committee report presented to parliament ahead of a debate on it found no...
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei–Asare, has sworn into office new members of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC).
Whilst the mandate of some of the members have been renewed for the next two years some new faces have also been added to the Committee.
The Deputy Minister said...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to present his second State of the Nation address to Parliament on Thursday, February 8, 2018.
The President’s address is also expected to reinforce belief in the economy, after he told reporters last month during his first year in office that the economy...
The minority in parliament has raised concerns about composition of the 13-member board of the Bank of Ghana, saying: “one of them runs a pension scheme and still plays other roles,” suggesting a conflict of interest situation.
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu threatened court action over the issue at a...
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has directed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to review the directive banning the registration of some Ghanaian names.
The directive was contained in a 2009 standard operating procedure manual and has been in force since then.
However, Ghanaians have...
Ghana enjoys a long standing relationship with Denmark, a country which has contributed enormously in various ways towards the development of Ghana immediately after the attainment of Ghana’s independence in 1957.
The recent three-day visit to Ghana by the Danish queen, Queen Margrethe II, accompanied by a large business delegation...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has stated that the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot be repatriated back because they were granted refugee status under the Mahama government in July 2016.
“Our hands are tied because they have been granted a legal status to...
The Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo, has appealed to the Council of State to collaborate more effectively with the legislature on matters of national concern in order to enhance the work of government.
She stated that Articles 90 and 91 of the 1992 Constitution has made...
