The proponents of the Motion of Censure against the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, have revealed that he is only being sacrificed for the sins of the entire government. According to the minority spokesperson on finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, they are holding the finance minister responsible for all the “government-wide recklessness” because he allowed it to fester. Leading evidence from the grounds in the motion before the Adhoc Committee on Tuesday, to buttress the seven sins
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, who is also the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and his political party colleague, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko have allowed peace to prevail after a little misunderstanding. Yesterday, the latter paid a visit to the Job 600 office of the Suame MP to clarify issues with him. A picture shared on social media showed the duo in a lively mood, signalling that there was no cause for alarm. The Suame legislator, in an interview, had expressed his disappointment
Despite the court sentencing two accused persons to death over the disappearance of four girls in the Western Region, the Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has said that all kidnapping issues in the region were fake. According to the Minister, the news of kidnappings in the region were attempts made by people to tarnish the good name of the oil city. “Kidnapping issues; I want to tell you something, there was no kidnapping happening in the Western Region, it was in the minds
A proposed non-governmental organisation is in the formative stages in Kumasi to build social capital to complement the support base of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region. The yet-to-be inaugurated social club, Asanteman NDC Club, would also propagate the ideals of John Dramani Manama, a presidential hopeful of the party, and seek to sensitise all Ashanti indigenes around the globe on the need to support the party to execute transformational development by an NDC government.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsueam Constituency in the Western Region, George Mireku-Duker, has gifted a brand-new VW Golf MSI saloon car to a loyal and dedicated grassroots member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Tarkwa Legislature, who is also a Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, gave out the car to the beneficiary, Kwesi Miller, for his sacrifice and commitment to the party during the 2020 electioneering campaign. At a brief ceremony, Mr. Mireku-Duker
An Estate Developer, Mahmoud Abdul Razak, and a trader, Mohammed Shani Addul Rahman, are before court for allegedly duping an oil merchant, Michael Aryee Ayitey, off the amount of US$100,000 in a land deal. The Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah, has granted the estate developer bail in the sum of GH¢400,000.00 with one surety who is a citizen of Ghana and has a fixed place of abode within the jurisdiction of the court, whereas Razak was remanded into police custody.
Persons believed to have engaged in black market forex activities have, since last Friday, continued to be arraigned before the district and circuit courts in the capital, Accra. So far, The Chronicle has been able to follow about five of these cases at the Circuit Court and would keep the public informed about the others in due course On Monday, November 14, the police, on behalf of the Attorney-General (A-G), put before court alleged black market dealers from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Tudu and
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has commenced sales of some foodstuffs in Accra ostensibly to beat down their high costs following the recent economic challenges. The Ministry transports plantains and yams in trucks from the farm gates to Accra to sell cheaply to the public. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the sector Minister, engaged farmers in the Western North Region and observed that food prices increase by about ten-fold when transported to the capital, Accra, from the recent increases
Mr. Elijah Adansi-Bonah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, has led the security services in a week-long decongestion exercise in Municipality. The rationale behind the massive exercise, according to the MCE, was to rid Obuasi off unauthorised structures to help keep the city clean and keep traders away from selling on the streets in the Central Business District to improve the flow of traffic. The exercise continued at Gauso, Mangoase, Bidieso and Kokoteasua where
Roots Keep Fit Club has donated 300 packs of water, sets of Jerseys worth GH¢30.000 and an undisclosed amount of money to the organisers of the 28th Ghana University Games in Kumasi. The gesture formed part of the Club’s 50th Anniversary celebration. Mr. Akwasi Opoku Adiyiah, Chairman of the Club, who presented the items to the organisers, explained that participating in games like this helped prevent illnesses like stroke, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Mr. Adiyiah indicated
The Chief Executive Officer of WESTEC Security Services, Mr. Kwame Sarpong, has been installed Gyasehene of the Essumeja Traditional Area. He assumes office under the stool name of Osagyefo Kwame Sarpong I. He has sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Omanhene of Essumeja Traditional Area, Odeneho Okyere Kusi Ntrama, since October 27, 2022. The Omanhene advised the new Chief to be humble and use his rich experiences in life to serve the people diligently for the development of the area. Nana Kwame
Mr. Benito Owusu Bio, Deputy Minister for Lands and Resources, has urged the National House of Chiefs and stakeholders in the lands sector to help in the implementation of the new lands Acts. This move, he said, would help to resolve the inconsistencies that had bedeviled the existing laws. Speaking at a stakeholders engagement with the National House of Chiefs and Lands Commission, the Deputy Minister stated that stakeholders in the lands sector had been calling for a critical look at the new
The Central Regional Manager of the Driver, Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA), Mr Lawrence Adom, says passengers must always make their safety a priority when they are travelling. Passengers, he said, have a responsibility to hold drivers accountable all the time and serve as checks on drivers, in order to ensure that they (drivers) obey road safety regulations. Mr Adom stated this during a road safety campaign, which saw the members of the road safety task force interact with drivers and
There was a whole fear-intoxicated storm of regular people worrying about Trump running again as soon as he’d lost in 2020, their apparent assumption being that nothing much would change in the political landscape and his standing in it over the next four years – even though he’d just lost by seven million votes, a remarkable achievement for a sitting president. Paid pundits who believe they can prophesy the future also tend to believe it will look just like the present, only more so –
The Senate has resolved to provide legislative support to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the redesign of the N1,000, N500 and N200 naira notes. The upper chamber made this resolution after a heated debate on a motion moved by Senator Uba Sani on CBN’s policy to redesign the three naira notes. Majority of Senators across party lines support the redesign of the naira but some of them are concerned about the deadline set by the apex bank for the old notes to be deposited in commercial banks.
Police have shut down the Ekiti State House of Assembly complex 24 hours after electing a new speaker. Police Public Relations Officer in the state Sunday Abutu confirmed to Channels Television that the action is connected to an intelligence report of a possible attack on the hallowed chamber by criminal elements. Abutu who could not ascertain if the development has to do with the election of a new speaker on Tuesday said police are investigating the source of the threat to peace at the state
APC members, under the aegis of Back To South Alliance, have demanded the leadership of the party at ward and state levels to suspend the former senator who represented the Cross River Central in the Senator, John Owan-Enoh. They alleged that having failed to emerge as the party’s gubernatorial candidate from the last party primary, he has decided to launch tirades and litigations against the party and the eventual winner, Senator Price Bassey Otu. At a press briefing held at the NUJ Press Centre
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has publicly apologized to the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for working against his candidate during the Edo State governorship election in 2020. The governor also apologized for all he said about Oshiomhole during the electoral process in Edo State. Wike made the appeal while he was speaking during the commissioning of the Rumuepirikom flyover in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Oshiomhole who was the special
Reverend Father Gabriel Samson, the Chairman of Sekondi Local Christian Council of Ghana has described illegal miners as, criminals” who must not be entertained in society. He has, therefore, encouraged state apparatus to devise stringent measures to expunge them from society to save the health and the country’s Natural Resources. Rev. Father Samson also a Priest at the Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Andrew the Apostle, Sekondi, said, “these people are ‘notorious criminals’
Israel on Wednesday accused Iran of launching a drone attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, with one official describing it as “an Iranian provocation in the Gulf” linked to the World Cup in Qatar. A self-destructing drone attacked the Pacific Zircon, a Liberian-flagged, Israeli-affiliated tanker carrying gas oil, at about 10 p.m. Monday but it did not cause major damage, a US military official told CNN. The drone did not disable the ship or interrupt its journey, the US official
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