Politics

Bede Zeiden: In politics people go, people come

Mon, 05 Jul 2009 17:41:52 +0100

The General Secretary of the Democratic Freedom Party DFP Bede Zeiden says the decision to join or quit any political party is one made by the individual and very little or nothing can be done about itHe was reacting to the defection on Friday of some members of his party to the national Democratic Congress where they previou ...

Kumado reminds MPs of Ghana's foreign policy

Mon, 05 Jul 2009 09:51:24 +0100

Professor Kofi Kumado Director of Legon Centre for International Affairs LECIA has reminded Parliamentarians that they had a role in the promotion of Ghanas foreign policies He explained that Parliament could either help the Executive in their implementation or could undermine the implementation of the policies depending on resources ...

President Mills returns from Libya

Mon, 05 Jul 2009 08:22:30 +0100

Accra July GNA President John Evans Atta Mills returned home late Saturday night from Libya where he attended the th Ordinary Summit of the African Union which took place from July to The summit was held on the theme Investing in Agriculture for economic growth and food security Briefing journalists on arrival ...

Parliamentarians reminded of their role in Ghana�s foreign policy

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 22:14:58 +0100

Koforidua July GNA Professor Kofi Kumado Director of Legon Centre for International Affairs LECIA has reminded Parliamentarians that they had a role in the promotion of Ghanas foreign policies He explained that Parliament could either help the Executive in their implementation or could undermine the implementation of the polici ...

130 DFP supporters desert party for NDC

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 21:44:32 +0100

A hundred and thirty members of the National Democratic Congress NDC who defected to the Democratic Freedom Party have reverted to the NDCThey were inducted back into the party in the Volta Region at the weekendProminent among the returnees are the former Volta Regional Chairman and Secretary of the DFP T K Ayi and Manfred Nukudei re ...

Minister disagree with Accountant General

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 21:44:26 +0100

The Eastern Regional Minister Mr Samuel OfosuAmpofo has strongly disputed a claim by the Controller and AccountantGeneral at an annual delegates conference of public accountants at Koforidua that salaried workers are paid on timeThe Controller and AccountantGeneral Raphel Tuffour had told the delegates conference which was chaired by ...

Defectors return to the NDC

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 19:31:54 +0100

Ho July GNA Over former members of the National Democratic Congress NDC said to have jumped ship to the Democratic Freedom Party DFP prior to the elections have returned to the NDC fold Prominent among them were Mr TK Ayi and Mr Manfred Nuku Dei until now the Regional Chairman and Regional Secretary respectively of th ...

Muntaka a victim of internal wrangling in NDC

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 18:55:01 +0100

An opinion leader of the Zongo Community in Kumasi has endorsed claims by some youth in the Asawasi Constituency suggesting their MP and former Minister of Sports is a victim of internal political wrangling within the NDC Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Council of Ulamau and Imams Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim however rejects comments repo ...

Rawlings' comments on armed robbery 'rubbish' - Malik Baako

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 15:13:28 +0100

The EditorinChief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper Mr Malik Kweku Baako has described comments by former president Rawlings on the spate of armed robbery in the country as baloony rubbish pathetic irresponsible and highly disgustingHe said the conduct of the former president was uncharacteristic of a statesmanMr Rawlings durin ...

Kufuor returns home

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 15:11:11 +0100

Accra July GNA Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned homeon Friday night after a day working visit to Geneva Switzerland andWashington DC USA where he was made member of the Board of Directors ofthe Leon Sullivan Foundation The Sullivan Foundation was established to carry on the missionary workof the late ...

Muntaka 'Pampers Girl' Missing

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 12:03:07 +0100

ALBAN BAGBIN the Majority Leader in Parliament has confirmed disturbing reports that Edith Zinayela the lady at the centre of the Muntaka Khebab Saga is no longer in his office Speaking to Citi Fm yesterday Mr Bagbin noted that to the best of his knowledge Miss Zinayela was on leave and he did not know when or if she would be back ...

Minister, A-G Clash

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 12:03:05 +0100

The Eastern Regional Minister Mr Samuel OfosuAmpofo has strongly disputed a claim by the Controller and AccountantGeneral at an annual delegates conference of public accountants at Koforidua that salaried workers are paid on time The Controller and AccountantGeneral Raphel Tuffour had told the delegates conference which was chaired b ...

President Mills re-affirms commitment to AU

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 11:45:16 +0100

President John Evans Atta Mills has reaffirmed governments commitment to African unity saying he would work with other African leaders to realize the developmental aspirations of the continent Addressing the th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Head of States of African Union at Sirte Libya President Mills invited African leaders t ...

Ghana@50 Commission to begin public hearing July 20

Sun, 04 Jul 2009 01:54:24 +0100

The Presidential Commission instituted to investigate activities of Ghana will begin sitting on July Prior to the set date the Commission has petitioned some organisations including the Prudential Bank Social Security and National Insurance Trust National Investment Bank and the Agricultural Development Bank to provide details of ...

Asabee`s wife charged for assult...granted GH�50,000 bail

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:49:38 +0100

The Wife of Former Minister of Information Mr Stephen Asamoah Boateng was yesterday hauled before An Accra Circuit Court to answer charges of alleged obstruction of the duties of Security personnel when they were intercepted at the Kotoka International Airport KIA and prevented from traveling to the United Kingdom in June this year Mrs ...

Muntaka tells Hausa listeners NDC HAS DISOWNED ME ``Even people I was expecting to support me, called for my crucifixion``

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:49:38 +0100

THE FORMER Youth and Sports Minister Hon Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak must have agreed to be used as the sacrificial lamb in his party as he claims but the young Member of Parliament continues to cry from afar as he feels embittered about the way members of his own party treated him during his ordeal The former Minister disclosed public ...

NDC Propaganda Secretary Attacks AFAG members

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:49:07 +0100

The vociferous National Democratic Congress NDC Central Regional Propaganda Secretary Ben Allotey Jacobs has rubbished the noise being made in the country by a group calling itself Alliance For Accountable Governance AFAG that President John Evans Mills has disregarded the rule of law and must be impeached Reacting to the call by AFAG in ...

Ghana, Burkina Faso to engage in trade talks

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:47:27 +0100

A twoday subregional durbar to deliberate on the issues of trade between Ghana and Burkina Faso has been held at Navrongo in the KassenaNankana District of the Upper East Region The programme was organised by the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition GTLC a civil society organization and a social thinktank group working towards the en ...

'Reinvestigate Muntaka'

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:38:59 +0100

Adul Basit reading the text at the press conference It appears the chapter on the saga of the nowresigned Minister of Youth and Sports Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mulbarak is not yet closed in spite of his exoneration by the National Security apparatus as a group calling itself Zongo New Patriotic Party NPP Pioneers in Kumasi has charged Presiden ...

Asabee Wife Passport Seized

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:38:57 +0100

Zuleika at the court yesterday Zuleika wife of Stephen AsamoahBoateng former Minister for Information was yesterday hauled to an Accra Circuit Court on charges of allegedly using abusive language and assault on Bureau of National Investigations BNI operatives The accused person who stormed the court in the company of her husband was al ...

Government To Provide More Jobs Under NYEP-MINISTER

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 19:22:01 +0100

The Acting Minister for Youth and Sports Mr Rashid Abdul Pelpuo said government will review the National Youth Employment Programme NYEP in order to expand and create the needed employment for the youth He added that at the end of this year one thousand personnel will be recruited under the programme for the various modules Mr Pelpuo a ...

Ministry for pension affairs advocated

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:41 +0100

Ayearold former principal technical officer of the Cocoa Services Division of COCOBOD on Wednesday appealed to the government to create a ministry of pension affairs to specifically process documents concerning pension benefitsMr Daniel Kingsley Bossman made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency GNA after the ...

NPP man sues A-G, BNI

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 12:35:47 +0100

A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party NPP Ray Kakraba Quarshie has filed a writ at the Supreme Court against the AttorneyGeneral and the Bureau of National Investigations BNI He is seeking an order that any person appearing before any panel of the bureau shall be entitled to a lawyer of his choice Accordi ...

NDC disowned me - Alhaji Muntaka

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 09:54:35 +0100

The former Youth and Sports Minister Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak must have agreed to be used as the sacrificial lamb in his party as he claims but the young Member of Parliament continues to cry from afar as he feels embittered about the way members of his own party treated him during his ordeal The former Minister disclosed publicly fo ...

Nigeria's Rivers Sate Governor denies funding Ghana's NDC

Sat, 03 Jul 2009 07:05:05 +0100

Mr David Iyofor Senior Media Adviser to the Governor of Rivers State of Nigeria Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has challenged publishers of the Pointblanknewscom news website to help any investigative body with proof that the Governor funded the National Democratic Congress campaign for Election through former President Jerry Rawlings ...

Update: Gambia, Ghana agree on murdered Ghanaians

Fri, 02 Jul 2009 23:37:58 +0100

The Gambian Government has agreed to contribute support to the families of six Ghanaians murdered in that country in Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who disclosed this to host of Joy FMs Super Morning Show Kojo OppongNkrumah Thursday said the two governments arrived at the decision in Libya after a discussion bet ...

Leading NPP member sues Attorney-General, BNI

Fri, 02 Jul 2009 23:27:30 +0100

Accra July GNA A leading member of the New Patriotic Party NPP has filed a writ at the Supreme Court against the AttorneyGeneral and the Bureau of National Investigations BNI for an order that any person appearing before any panel of the bureau shall be entitled to a lawyer of his choice as laid down in Article of the Constitution ...

DCE promises open-door policy in her administration

Fri, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:27 +0100

Nyinahin Ash July GNA Mrs Theresa Adomako Tawiah District Chief Executive DCE for AywimaMponua has promised to work in close collaboration with stakeholders for the sustainable development of the district She therefore appealed to residents of the area and those in the Diaspora to give her the necessary support by complementing t ...

Asabee�s wife before court

Fri, 02 Jul 2009 20:25:22 +0100

Accra July GNA Zuleka Jennifer wife of Mr Steven Asamoah Boateng former Information and National Orientation Minister appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday charged with assault of a public officer Zuleika was also charged for using insulting language on a public officer and rescuing goods or things from a public offic ...

MPs argue over Minister�s qualification to respond to questions

Fri, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:06 +0100

Accra July GNA The Minority New Patriotic Party NPP on Thursday questioned whether Mr Abdul Rashid Pelpuo Minister of State at the Presidency could appear before the House to respond to questions about the Sports Ministry without official notification to Parliament They said an official notification to Parliament on the new status ...