Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that his government has set up the first cattle ranch in the Afram Plains in the Eastern Region to help deal with the Fulani herdsmen and cattle menace. Speaking at Adaklu on Day 2 of his three-day tour of the Volta Region, President Akufo-Addo stated that his government has begun the construction of the ranches across the country in fulfillment of his pledge in the run-up to the 2016 elections. “The first ranch has been established at the Afram Plains, and we have chosen several sites around the country where we are going…

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has responded to claims by the Minority in Parliament that the state’s oil management firm supported its board chairman, Freddie Worsemao Blay, in his campaign to be New Patriotic Party’s National Chairman. In a statement issued in the wake of Mr Blay’s election last Saturday, the Minority demanded a forensic audit into the accounts and activities of GNPC and, consequently, asked Mr Blay to step aside. “We also demand that Mr. Freddie Blay be made to step aside as GNPC Board Chairman in the interim ahead of the forensic audit so as not to…

Much of the corruption related activities are seemingly affiliated to politics with politicians getting the biggest of backlash in the distribution of blames. Corruption is only corruption when it involves a politician, the more reason why the citizenry don’t have the penchant to pursue ‘corrupt’ civil servants the way they do at the mention of a politician. My views in this piece maybe unpopular but I’ll state them regardless. Have you ever wondered the possibility of corruption in academic institutions, their procurement processes and certain ‘questionable’ elements on fees items. What even happens at school fees negotiations? Anyway, this isn’t…

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set to join Juventus, the Spanish club have confirmed. It is understood a deal worth £105m has been reached between the two clubs that will see the 33-year-old Portuguese end a nine-year stay at the Bernabeu. Ronaldo won four Champions Leagues at Real but had a turbulent relationship with president Florentino Perez. “The time has come to open a new stage in my life, that’s why I asked the club to accept transferring me,” he said. Ronaldo joined Real from Manchester United for £80m in July 2009 and scored a club-record 451 goals and…

NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Freddie Blay – 3,021 Stephen Ayesu Ntim – 2,515 Dr Richard Amoako Baah – 18 NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMEN Rita Talata Asobayire – 3,671 Frederick Fredua Antoh – 3,185 Michael Omari Wadie – 3,028 Emmanuel Ken-Wuud Nuworsu– 1,325 George Isaac Amoo – 1,222 Vida Agyekum Acheampong – 1,130 Mrs Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia – 636 GENERAL SECRETARY John Boadu – 4,277 Richard Ahiagbah – 1,274 NATIONAL TREASURER Kwabena Abankwa-Yeboah – 2,492 Nuhu Bayorbo Mahama – 1,050 Mary Posch-Oduro – 1,004 Hajia Ruka Ahmeed – 467 Abraham Obeng  Amoakohene – 447 Kwabena Oppong Frimpong – 50 NATIONAL…

Three persons with the highest votes in the Vice Chair elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)  were declared winners on Saturday, as part of the 26th delegates’ conference. Seven persons had contested for the three positions at the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Congress held at the Koforidua Technical University. Among the seven was a former Member of Parliament, George Isaac Amoo, and a former regional minister, Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia. But both experienced politicians failed to secure places on the three vacant positions. With 3,671 votes, Madam Rita Asobayire came first to become the First National Vice Chair. FF Antoh’s…

A popular supporter of Hearts of Oak, Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, has been elected as the National Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Aziz, as he is affectionately called, polled 201 votes to beat 13 other contestants in elections held at the Koforidua Technical University as part of the 2018 Annual National Delegates’ Conference of the party. His closest contender was Ahmed Zaruk Nuhu, who polled 123 votes. Aziz Haruna has been known as leader of Hearts of Oak’s Chapter O. But he threw himself into the race for National Nasara Coordinator after Kamal-Deen Abdulai decided to abdicate…

Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Worsemao Blay has been elected as the substantive National Chairman, for the next four years. He beat competition from two others to lay hands on the post. Mr Blay, who was accused of vote-buying prior to Saturday’s elections, polled 3,021 votes to beat Stephen Ayesu Ntim (2,515) and Dr Richard Amoako Baah (18) to the post. He joined the NPP after years of experience as a politician with the Convention People’s Party (CPP). Mr Blay had served as Member of Parliament for Ellembelle Constituency for 20 years before leaving the…

National Treasurer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Abankwa-Yeboah has been re-elected for another four-year term. Mr Abankwa-Yeboah beat five other contenders to emerge victorious at the Koforidua Tehchnical University Park, where the elections were held. The pharmacist polled 2,492 votes of the 5,510 valid votes cast to emerge winner. Second placed Nuhu Bayorbo Mahama polled 1,050 votes while Mary Posch-Oduro with 1,004 votes placed third. Hajia Ruka Ahmeed came fourth with 467 votes while Abraham Obeng Amoakohene came fifth with 447 votes. Occupying the bottom place in that race is Kwabena Oppong Frimpong, who polled 50 votes. Thirty-seven…

John Boadu will now assume the position of substantive General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) following his victory in Saturday’s national executive elections held during the 26th National Delegates’ Conference. The former National Organiser polled 4,277 votes to beat sole contender Richard Ahiagbah. Richard Ahiagbah polled 1,274 votes. The results were certified by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), who supervised the elections. Mr Boadu will succeed Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who was handed an indefinite suspension in 2015, as the party’s new scribe. He had the backing of President Nana Akufo-Addo and a member of the 2016 ‘winning team’.…