Author: newsfilegh

Chair of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has congratulated Ghana for an outstanding display of democracy. “We are proud of Ghana today,” she minced no words as she delivered her congratulatory message to newly sworn-in President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his Vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on behalf of the sub-regional bloc. She said Ghana has made not only Ecowas but Africa as a whole proud. Mrs Sirleaf, who is also President of Liberia, was among several African leaders at the Black Star…

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on Saturday, January 7 sworn in as the next president of the Republic of Ghana, taking over from John Dramani Mahama. He was led to swear the oath of office and the oath of allegiance. The ceremony took place at the Black Star Square in the presence of several African leaders as well as thousands of sympathisers. Relive the ceremony below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made a strong case for the country’s democracy to be deepened to ensure true separation of power among the various arms of government. Though the country’s constitution gives the executive, legislature and the judiciary independence of each other, there has been some seeming level of interference by the executive over the two other arms of government. Parliament has widely been criticised for failure to exert its full independence and accused of being a rubber stamp of the executive arm of government. But addressing the nation Saturday shortly after his investiture as Ghana’s new president,…

Kumawood actor Kofi Adu popularly known as Agya Koo says he and some other celebrities did not get any sleep during the campaign season which saw Nana Akufo-Addo win the 2016 general elections in Ghana. The one-time most sought for Ghanaian local movie star, Kofi Adu, launched a campaign that rallied support for a resounding victory for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Agya Koo declared his support for the New Patriotic Party flagbearer in September last year with the aim of convincing Ghanaians for the need to change the country’s political leadership in order for them to give Akufo-Addo a 57…

Ghana’s new president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday made a pledge to protect the country’s public purse by insisting on value for money under his government . He told the nation moments after his investiture as Ghana’s fifth president that public service is not a moneymaking avenue for politicians but service to the people whose mandate brings them to power. He affirmed his commitment to ensure a restoration of integrity into the country’s public service. “We must restore integrity in public life. State coffers are not spoils for a party that wins an election but resources for the country’s social and…

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as President of the Republic of Ghana. Nana Akufo-Addo swore the presidential oath and the oath of allegiance on Saturday, January 7 to loud cheers from thousands of supporters at the Black Star Square in Accra. He therefore becomes the 5th President of the Fourth Republic, taking over from John Dramani Mahama, who was also at the venue. Nana Akufo-Addo won the December 7, 2016 elections by 53.85 per cent on his way to fulfilling a lifetime dream. It was his third attempt at the presidency, having lost the previous contests to…

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has sworn the oath of office and oath of allegiance as the sixth Vice President of the Fourth Republic. The oaths were administered by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood, at the Black Star Square on Saturday, January 7. In the presence of predominantly African leaders and Members of the Seventh Parliament as well as thousands of supporters, Dr Bawumia, by swearing the oaths, takes office as Vice President. He is a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Governor. He is a trained economist and has lectured Economics at various universities across Africa. He was named…

READ: Rawlings patches up with Okoe Vanderpuye after snubbing him SEE ALSO: The moment Jerry Rawlings ‘snubbed’ Okoe Vanderpuye

Barely nine hours of becoming a former vice president, Paa Kwesi Armissah-Arthur has been paying glowing tribute to his boss, President John Mahama who exited office midnight Friday. Few hours to the inauguration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 7 as Ghana’s next president, Mr Amissah-Arthur took to micro-blogging site, Twitter, to express how Mahama was committed to transforming the country. He tweeted: “President John Mahama was deeply committed to the transformation of Ghana,” and stated the now ex-President Mahama added what he termed “a touch of pure class” to the presidency. President John Mahama was deeply committed to…

With the inauguration of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic on Saturday, January 7, leadership has also changed. A former Second Deputy Speaker, precisely of the Fifth Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye, was elected on consensus as Speaker of the Seventh Parliament. Two other members – as per the Standing Orders – were nominated by the Majority and Minority , in that order, to serve as deputy speakers. The Majority nominated Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency Joseph Osei-Owusu as the First Deputy Speaker while the Minority nominated MP for Nadowli Kaleo Constituency Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin as Second…