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Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has expressed pride in the “significantly improved infrastructure and logistics” pooled together at the disposal of Parliament during his tenure. He says these will be a legacy left for the next Speaker of Parliament. In his closing remarks in the dissolution of the Sixth Parliament on Friday, January 6, Mr Doe Adjaho, who until his elevation to Speaker was Member of Parliament for Akatsi South Constituency, expressed gratitude to the Sixth Parliamentary Service Board as well as the leadership for what was achieved during his tenure. Seventy-five bills and 66 instruments were passed by…

Contractors owed by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) started receiving payment today January 6. 2017 started with some contractors working on GETFund projects picketing at the Ministry of Finance to demand monies owed them. It is to the tune of over GHc 300 million spanning a period of six months. This also incited the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors in the Volta Region to threaten to block access roads and facilities they have constructed today if they are not paid monies owed them. But speaking to 3FM business, Deputy Director of GETFund, Stephen Baffoe, says the Fund has…

Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore him. Some people say he is obsessed with power. Others think he’s just overzealous. No matter the lens through which you view him, Accra’s metropolitan Chief Executive, Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, is the talk of the town. His notoriety as Mayor since 2009 is unmatched, at least since Ghana entered democratic rule in 1992. Mr Vanderpuije ranks highest not for being the best in terms of performance but because he is deeply steeped in controversy! The ‘swagger man,’ whose resemblance to American Hip Hop star Rick Ross has earned him the sobriquet “Uncle Rick…

Mr Bagbin has been in the House since 1992[/caption] The outgoing Majority Leader of Ghana’s Sixth Parliament under the Forth Republic, Alban S.K. Bagbin wants the next Parliament, as an institution, to intensify its efforts at educating the public on what members do in the house in order to court the support of the public. Speaking on the floor of the House at the end of dissolution of the Sixth Parliament of the Forth Republic , the Majority Leader was hopeful the move will  bring Parliament closer to the people . He cited for instance the Annual Public Fora, the…

Police officers at the Tamale Airport junction in the Northern Region appear to have defied instruction to suspend checking of vehicular documents on the roads by the Ghana Police Service. The Ghana Police Service in October instructed that all vehicular checks at the various Police check points across the country be suspended with immediate effect. The directive, sent via the security agency’s wireless service, received backlash after it found it way into the public domain as a section of the public claimed it was to score a political point. The police communication directorate revealed that the directive was not politically motivated but rather…

Ghana’s opening day opponents at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Uganda, have been crowned the best national team on the continent. The Cranes lost only one competitive game in 2016, making them one of the in-form sides on the continent. They were crowned at the CAF Awards held in Lagos on Thursday, January 5 to award the best on the continent in 2016. READ: Riyad Mahrez is Africa’s best player The year under review saw the East African side break a 35-year-old jinx by qualifying for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Uganda are in the same group with…

After his swearing-in on Saturday, January 7 as President of the Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will receive briefing on the state of the nation Monday, January 9, an official of his Transition Team has said. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told TV3’s Nana Kweku Aduah in an interview on Friday that the president-elect has already been apprised of outcomes of meetings of the Transition Team but will get fresh information on Monday, his first working day. Mr Oppong Nkrumah, who is also the Spokesperson of Nana Akufo-Addo’s Team, said the incoming president has been furnished with updates from sittings of the…

Patronage of New Patriotic Party (NPP) paraphernalia is booming across the country ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday. Traders are cashing in as the day approaches in various stores and traffic intersections across the country. Onua FM’s team of reporters across the country reports of a happy mood of traders who sell various NPP paraphernalia. Afia Afriyie reports from Accra that traders in traffic intersections such as Kaneshie First Light, Abeka Junction, N1 Highway, among other places have made a lot of sales due to the event. She explained that most drivers, private and…

Passengers within the Tamale metropolis are stranded as buses to take them to other towns within the Northern Region are said to have been hired by a mass group believed to be New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters to Accra for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s investiture on Saturday. Checks made by 3news.com’s Zakaria Abdul-Kadiri at the capital’s Metro Mass Transit depot and the Tamale Jubilee Park revealed that many buses are getting ready to transport the mass group to Accra. Some buses have already set off, Zakaria Abdul-Kadiri says, as passengers on board claim they cannot wait to witness the inauguration…

US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in the US presidential election – claims he has cast doubt on. Mr Biden said it was “absolutely mindless” for the president-elect not to have faith in intelligence agencies. Russia denies hacking alleged to have helped Mr Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. Late on Thursday, Mr Trump questioned how intelligence agencies were confident about the alleged Russian hacking “if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers” belonging…