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The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bole-Bamboi constituency in the Savanna Region, Alhaji Yussif Sulemana, has described the performance of the Akufo-Addo-led government in the area as, the worst, in the history of the constituency. Addressing a town hall meeting to account to the constituents on his stewardship, the MP and 2020 parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said, he has performed better as an opposition MP than the government. He called for a renewal of his mandate. The town hall meeting is the first to be organized in the constituency by a sitting MP. Several stakeholders,…

As Ghana’s COVID-19 cases continue to see a spike in the last few weeks, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) is rolling out a project to ensure laboratories carrying out testing for the virus, produce accurate and quality results. At an event to launch the project, virologist at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Ampofo, said the labs would be supervised to ensure results they produce are incontestable. National Laboratory Quality Assurance Project The National Laboratory Quality Assurance programme and data management for COVID-19, implemented by the Ghana Health Service with support from PharmAccess, is to cut out instances…

I grew up in a home that spoke critical of the first president of the Fourth Republic, Jerry John Rawlings of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) and later National Democratic Congress (NDC).   I got excited about his revolutionary leadership style that I later came to read and watch on TV; but I also saw the bullet marks on the walls of our gate. I was told what the junta that he was responsible for did to my father, a technocrat, who’d amassed some wealth as one of Nkrumah’s right hand men. But what should I believe as a…

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyei Agyapong has said Ghanaians are going to ensure a resounding endorsement of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on December 7 when the country goes to the polls. He attributed this to, in  his view, the remarkable performance of President Akufo-Addo in his first term in office. Speaking at a campaign rally in Hohoe in the Volta region on Saturday November 21, Mr Agyapong noted that all the sectors of the Ghanaian economy have improved due to the good policies and measures introduced by Mr Akufo-Addo. “Everywhere we have…

Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has said he will act on the corruption risk assessment report issued by former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu on the Agyapa Royalties agreement. According to him, the report indicts key government officials including the Finance Minister Ken Ofori therefore, he will not sweep it under the carpet. “I assure you that if I win the December elections I will act on the Agyapa report. The deal is full of corruption and I am going to act on it,” Mr Mahama said while on a campaign tour in the Ashanti…

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Former President John Dramani Mahama, has visited some supporters of the party who were involved in an accident on Saturday November 21 while attending a rally at Ejura. The accident, which occurred Saturday afternoon at Frante, a town near Ejura in the Ashanti Region, killed six people and injured about 50 others. Mr Mahama visited the surviving victims at the Ejura District Hospital as soon as his convoy arrived in Ejura. In addition to wishing the injured well, the former President promised them that the party would take care of their…

Six people identified to be members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been confirmed dead in accident that occurred whiles on their way to a rally in Ejura, of the Ejura Sekyere Dumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region . Over 50 others have been badly injured as supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) were on their way to a rally in the constituency. The accident happened at Frante, in the Ejura Sekyere Dumasi Municipality on Saturday November 21.. The Flagbearer of the NDC John Mahama has visited the victims at the Ejura District Hospital commiserating with the…

President Akufo-Addo has said only governments of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) seek the interest and wellbeing of Ghanaians.   He said this on Saturday, 21st November 2020, when he commissioned Ghana’s first micro power generating station, located at Tsatsadu, Alavanyo, in the Hohoe constituency of the Volta Region. Mr Akufo-Addo asked the people of the Volta region to vote for the NPP in this year’s elections. Describing the ceremony as “a happy day for the people of Alavanyo and myself”, President Akufo-Addo noted that the 45kw Tsatsadu hydro power generating station will “provide power for rapid economic development in Alavanyo.”…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, 21st November 2020, commissioned Ghana’s first micro power generating station, located at Tsatsadu, Alavanyo, in the Hohoe constituency of the Volta Region. Describing the ceremony as “a happy day for the people of Alavanyo and myself”, President Akufo-Addo noted that the 45kw Tsatsadu hydro power generating station will “provide power for rapid economic development in Alavanyo.” The origins of the project date back to 2005, when the Ministry of Energy, under the Government of President John Agyekum Kufuor, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and…

Week two games of the 2020-2021 Ghana Premier League season will continue on Saturday through to Tuesday, November, 24, 2020. Eleven Wonders and Accra Great Olympics recorded their first win of the season against Ebusua Dwarfs and Legon Cities respectively. Games will continue with interesting fixtures including Medeama Sporting Club’s trip to Dawu to play Dreams FC. M A T C H D A Y 2 ! 🆚 @DreamsFootballC 🏆 @GhanaLeague 📅 22/11/20 🏟 Theatre of Dreams – Dawu ⏰ 3:00 PM #⃣ #DreamsMed #MauveandYellow 💜💛 #MEDSCtotheNextLevel pic.twitter.com/G6E83gLkAI — Medeama SC (@MedeamaSC) November 20, 2020 Dreams FC fired blank in…