Author: Krobea

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has waded into the ethnic banter ongoing between leader of his party and that of the New Patriotic Party (NDC). The exchanges followed a Facebook post by John Dramani Mahama after he shared an article written by Member of Parliament of Bolgatanga Central Constituency Isaac Adongo. Former President Mahama had annotated the article with the expression “Akyem Sakawa Boys”, much to the provocation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Meeting members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference last Friday, the president wondered why the clergy and senior citizens have…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has unanimously approved the 2020 manifesto. The manifesto, to be known as the People’s Manifesto, was approved on Monday at a meeting of the Committee held in Accra. The meeting was held ahead of the launch of the guiding document for the 2020 campaign on Monday. There was a presentation made by the Manifesto Committee led by Professor Kwaku Danso Boafo. The manifesto is said to contain policies that address “the felt needs of various interest groups and individuals”. It was put together after extensive consultations with professional groupings,…

A court in Saudi Arabia has commuted the death sentences handed to five people convicted over the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, state media report. The public prosecution said they were given 20-year jail terms because the journalist’s family had pardoned them. Three others had their sentences of between seven and 10 years upheld. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul by a team of Saudi agents. The Saudi government said the journalist was killed in a “rogue operation” and the following year Saudi prosecutors put 11…

India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the world. The surge in reported infections has mostly come from five states. The rise comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy that lost millions of jobs when the virus hit in March. For the last seven days India’s caseload has galloped, adding more than 75,000 daily infections per…

A group of assembly members and presiding members in the Western Region have called out the “alien” Ghana Association of Assembly Members (GAAM) for embarking on an “agenda that violates article 250(2) of the 1992 Constitution”. The group – Concerned Assembly Members – explained GAAM, whose organizational structure is unknown to them, have for some time been leading a charge supposedly on their behalf for assembly members to receive remuneration. “We want to first indicate that as assembly members we are not members of this association called GAAM and that the mother association we recognize is NALAG. We also do…

My brothers and sisters, on Monday, we will launch our manifesto for 2020. Let me take this opportunity to offer some personal reflections on the political substance of this manifesto. You offered me the humbling chance to serve you from the highest offices in Ghana – first as Vice-President, for four years, and then as President for another four years. For this, I will forever be grateful, and I will fight for your wellbeing, for your hopes and for your rights with all my strength for the rest of my life. But since I have already been there, why run…

The aspiring Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) Member of Parliament for Ayawaso Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region has explained that the people of Ghana are fed up with the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Madam Gifty Hammond said these two political parties have ‘fooled’ Ghanaians with failed policies for long and it is time they were put aside to elect a new political party into the realm of Ghana. The LPG candidate said this in an interview with Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Sunday. “The people…

Veteran football administrator Nana Fitzgerald Bakers Wood has rated the management of sports, especially football, under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government more than average. Nana Fitz, as he is popularly known, said the NPP government came at a wrong time in sports, especially wth football, because the Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ exposé had taken a toll on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and its then President, Kwesi Nyantakyi. The football administrator was speaking in an interview with Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene hosted by Nana Yaw Opare. They were discussing football and politics. “I will rate the NPP admin 80% in…

Ghana our Motherland once had all that was required to move in the direction and path to uncovering the great Industrialization goal. With the government changing and with a period of military rule, some of these industries  folded up, driving the Industrialization path further away. Within this fourth Republic, President Kuffour revived some industries and established new ones that renewed the path to Industrialization. Evident through Metro Mass Transit, Vodafone among others. Going forward, it was thus expected that the Industrialization agenda would deepen. However, such expectations were trashed under subsequent regimes. Existing industries slowed to a halt with many companies…