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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo brought his Ewe side alive in Parliament on Thursday when he delivered the state-of-the-nation address. The president was in the House to fulfill Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution. In his close-to-two-hour address, President Akufo-Addo stressed on the great strides his government has taken in revamping the economy. He cited the ongoing Eastern Corridor roads, boost to the economy through gross domestic product growth, reduction in budget deficit, the introduction of the free senior high school police and others as evidence of efforts to grow the country. “That which is important you cook in an…

The police will receive GH¢800 million within the next six months to purchase modern equipment to help fight crime, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. Included in the purchases will be motorbikes and ammunitions, he added. The president said the Ghana Police Service will also purchase drones and helicopters. He made this known on Thursday when he delivered the state-of-the-nation address in Parliament. President Akufo-Addo believes this will facilitate police visibility and mobility to ensure a safe environment. This comes in the wake of ongoing countrywide police recruitment, which is expected to rein in about 2,000 recruits. The president…

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has had a different description for the State of the Nation address, particularly the one delivered by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Parliament on Thursday. Speaking on the floor of Parliament after President Akufo-Addo’s address, the Tamale South Member of Parliament appeared not quite in sync with the address titled – State of the Nation. In his seeming light-hearted comment, Haruna Iddrisu thanked the President for delivering “his State of Promises Address”. “Mr President, we have heard you on your State of Promises address,” said Haruna Iddrisu in seconding a motion for the adjournment of Thursday’s…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed worry at the rate of unemployment within the country. The unemployment rate in Ghana increased to 5.77 per cent in 2016 from 5.54 per cent in 2015. “The number of young people who cannot find jobs in Ghana is staggering,” the President noted while delivering his 2nd State of the Nation address in Parliament on Thursday. But he expressed confidence that the situation will change soon as “every major policy made in the last year has been about the youth”. The President noted the changing economy requires an educated and skilled workforce to make…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the hard work exerted by the Economic Management Team led by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is beginning to yield positive results. He said economic growth has increased from an “alarming” 3.6 per cent recorded at the end of December, 2017 to 7.9 per cent at the end of 2017. President Akufo-Addo expressed this on Thursday while delivering the 2018 State of the Nation address in Parliament. It is just his second time of fulfilling Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution as President of the Republic. Significantly, three former presidents – Jerry John Rawlings,…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed pride in the Ghana Stock Exchange, touting it as the best performing exchange in the world for January, 2018. Delivering his 2nd State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, the President noted that the Ghana Stock Exchange composite index has gained 19 per cent since the year began in terms of the US Dollar, the most among benchmarks tracked by Bloomberg. The report made by Bloomberg makes Ghana one of the fastest-growing economies, he explained. Ghana’s economy will probably grow 8.3 per cent this year, the fastest in the world, the World…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has waded into the internal politics of the opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), as he began his State of the Nation address on Thursday. In his acknowledgement of dignitaries that included Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, who was nearly booed by Members of the NDC, President Akufo-Addo wondered why a founding member of the party has been alienated. “Mr Speaker, that’s the way of the world,” he remarked. “The founder of the party no longer recognised by the members of the party.” The former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemen Rawlings, who seceded…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia appeared rather strong in Parliament accompanied by his wife, Samira, for the second State of the Nation address by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Dr. Bawumia took a 12-day medical leave to the United Kingdom after being taken ill on Friday, January 19. The leave was on his doctors’ advice. He returned exactly a week ago on Thursday, February 1. In Parliament on Thursday, when President Akufo-Addo was delivering his address, it seemed the Vice President appeared rather healthy seated beside the Speaker and opposite the President. By Natalie Fort|3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Some members of the Minority in Parliament want President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo to come clear on the state of security in Ghana. “I am expecting that the president will address the state of security in the country,” said the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije. He said although entrepreneurship has been on the ascendancy in recent times, many cannot open their businesses for 12 hours in a day because of the worsening security situation. Another member, Richard Quashigah, who represents Keta Constituency, said last year in his state-of-the-nation address, President Akufo-Addo described the unemployment situation…

The Aviation Ministry has begun talks with the Finance Ministry to scrap taxes on import duty on aircraft parts and other ancillary aircraft equipment, the former’s minister has said. According to Cecilia Dapaah, when done it will complement government’s move to reduce the components of the price build-up of VAT on domestic airline tickets. It is also expected to increase the patronage of domestic air travel in the country, she added. Speaking at a breakfast meeting to discuss developments in the aviation industry, Ms Dapaah said the move was part of efforts to make air travel within the country affordable.…