Author: Krobea

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has the blueprint of development for the country. He explained that foundations have been laid for the country’s development. He was addressing a mammoth gathering at the Aburi Senior High School in the Akwapem South Constituency of the Eastern Region. The crowd was thick and students from schools in the enclave came out in their numbers to catch a glimpse of the President and his entourage. The President was “at home” as both his great grandfather and father hail from the Akwapem Ridge. He was empathic the…

Connect FM’s flagship programme Omanbapa has been adjudged as the Programme of the Year at the Western Radio and Television Personality Awards held at the Takoradi Mall over the weekend. The host of the morning show, Paa Kwesi Simpson, received an additional citation for his immense role in the media landscape in the Western Region. The host of the Connect FM’s mid-morning programme Adwumapa Mmre, Nana Yaw Gyebi also emerged as the overall Radio Personality of the Year at the awards ceremony held on Saturday, November 21. Icing on the cake for the night for Connect FM was the Best…

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa George Ayisi-Boateng has described the NDC flagbearer as a man with no conscience to talk about corruption. He explained the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stayed in power longer than any other political party in Ghana’s 63 years of independence but has nothing better to show. “NDC had 27 years in power which John Dramani Mahama was an integral part of throughout.” Mr. Ayisi-Boateng quizzed John Mahama “how your boss the late Atta Mills will constitute a committee to investigate you as a Vice President on the Airbus scandal?” He further explained that the…

The EC’s New Propaganda Style  Beware the Transparency Binge In the last few weeks, the propaganda and PR machinery of the Electoral Commission have been in overdrive. The central theme being pushed is “transparency”. Having hired sleek PR agencies and sidelined the career public servants in its communications department, the new management of the Electoral Commission (EC) has been churning out non-stop messaging meant to convince us all that it is the most transparent organisation on Earth since Adam and Eve found fig-leaves to cover their nakedness. The latest episode of this PR-driven “transparency binge” is the decision to dump…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to list the projects they undertook in the Northern Region in their 8-year tenure. Addressing a gathering of chiefs and people of Nkanchina, where he commissioned a community health training college, Dr. Bawumia noted the New patriotic party (NPP) is a trustworthy party that delivers on its promises. Day Two of the Vice President’s visit took him to the Kpandai, Wulensi and Bimbilla constituencies with his first port of call being the Kpandai Constituency. While in the Kpandai Constituency, Dr Bawumia commissioned the Nkanchina community health training…

Founder and leader of United Progressive Party (UPP) Kwasi Addai Odike has advised former First Lady and wife of the late former president Jerry John Rawlings to pull out of next month’s general elections. Mr. Odike believes withdrawing from the race will make Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings concentrate on her widowhood to ensure the former president is given the necessary dignity and befitting funeral. Speaking on Akoma FM’s morning show GhanAkoma last week, the UPP leader, who is one of the five presidential aspirants disqualified from the December 7 race, explained that “Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has no place to…

Good news emanating from Ghana’s public procurement system is rare. At least in the recent past, corruption and financial waste has riddled a good number of deals the office has been engaged in. While we still fight against this seeming norm, it is of troubling concern when international contracts are handled by the State in a manner that results in unnecessary legal disputes and judgements debts. The Accra Intelligent Traffic Management Project (AITMS) is yet another case where the country is being ripped off, albeit an avoidable one. The purpose of the AITMS project, originally signed in 2012 by the…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of virtually superintending over corruption in his government. He said corruption is all one sees in the Akufo-Addo-led government. The former president, who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said since assuming office, President Akufo-Addo has borrowed about GH¢157 billion with nothing to show for it. “Today, we are hungrier than we were in 2016,” Mr Mahama said on Sunday, November 22 at Gambingo in the Bolgatanga East Constituency of the Upper East Region, where he is for a three-day tour. “Today, we are…

A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president’s legal team a “national embarrassment”. President Trump has refused to concede the election, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread electoral fraud. Many Republicans have supported his legal efforts but a small but growing number have broken ranks. On Saturday Mr Trump suffered a major blow in Pennsylvania, after a judge dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign seeking to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground…

Germany’s chancellor has raised concerns about the world’s poorest securing access to Covid-19 vaccines. Angela Merkel was speaking at a G20 summit which saw leaders promise a fair distribution of jabs. But Mrs Merkel warned progress was slow, saying she would raise the matter with global vaccine alliance GAVI. “We will now speak with GAVI about when these negotiations will begin because I am somewhat worried that nothing has been done on that yet,” she said. Her comments come as the US announced that some Americans could be vaccinated as early as 11 December. The G20 summit of the world’s…