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Former President John Dramani Mahama has requested from Nana Akufo Addo’s government that a bungalow located that Cantonments in Accra be given to him as his “official retirement home” and another facility located at Ridge also be given to him to use as his office. This was contained in a letter intercepted by 3news.com signed by the former Chief of Staff under President Mahama, Julius Debrah and dated 19th December, 2016. The letter headlined “Residence/Office for H.E President John Dramani Mahama” read in part that “Reference to (Osafo-Marfo/Debrah) discussion on 19th December, 2016 on the above stated subject, we wish…

The speechwriter of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s inaugural speech, Eugene Arhin, has apologised for plagiarising a portion of former US president George W. Bush’s 2001-inaugural speech. Sentences of Mr Bush’s January 20, 2001 speech were lifted verbatim into the hailed inaugural speech of President Akufo-Addo, which was delivered Saturday morning at his investiture without the necessary acknowledgement. President Akufo-Addo’s speech read in part: “I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building your communities and our nation.” It continued in another part: “We will reduce taxes to recover the momentum of our economy…” Bush’s original speech…

Ghana’s new president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who rode on the message of change to win the December 7, 2016 elections, has outlined how he would see through the realisations of change in Ghana. Delivering a stimulating address in Accra shortly after he was sworn into office, Nana Akufo-Addo indicated the people of Ghana would play a key role in bringing the real change they have been clamouring for. Read below the various quotes from his speech, which specify how he would change Ghana in the next four years. Fellow citizens, you must be at the centre of the change;…

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was duly sworn in as the President of the Republic of Ghana at the Black Star Square, Accra on Saturday, January 7.   Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was also sworn in. Thousands of Ghanaians trooped to the venue to cheer and chant victory songs in support of the new leaders. Heads of state from several countries including Togo, Gabon, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Benin, Nigeria and Guinea were at the venue to grace the occasion. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara was the Special Guest of Honour. The ceremony was held in front of Members of Ghana’s…

President of La Cote d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara has lauded Ghana’s immediate past president, John Dramani Mahama, for the legacy he has left after leading the nation for a little over four years. President Ouattara, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the investiture of Mr Mahama’s successor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday acknowledged “the very good collaboration we have had” over the past four years. Mr Mahama succeeded the Ivorian leader as Chair of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). “I am particularly pleased for the work…

Newly sworn in President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the country’s forefathers will be “disappointed” at the level of development achieved within 60 years of independence. Addressing the nation at his investiture Saturday morning, President Akufo-Addo decried Ghana’s development achievements with two months to the country’s 60th birthday. “On March 6 in a few weeks time, Ghana will attain 60 years as an independent nation. I suspect that those early nationalists will be disappointed if they came today and saw the level of development we have achieved in 60 years of independence,” he observed. Nana Akufo-Addo who is…

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,…