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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked former President John Mahama to explain how his mistakes will not be repeated in case he wins this year’s elections to become president again. Mr Mahama introduced his running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, to the Asantehene on Wednesday at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. The Asantehen noted the quest for the former president to be president. “I have spoken to you a lot and I have said that if you want to come back, let Ghanaians know what went wrong yesterday. “Also let Ghanaians know that the mistakes won’t be repeated.” He…

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Wa West Municipality, Alhaji Issahaku Tahiru, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has made remarkable investments in the agric sector of the economy far more than what the erstwhile John Mahama administration did. He explained that the sector employs lot of Ghanaian youth thereby, reducing the unemployment rate. He, however, said the Mahama administration failed to invest in the sector. Alhaji Tahiru said generally the agric sector has seen growth under the NPP administration following the implementation of programmes such as the Planting for Food and Jobs and others. According to the…

THE INTEGRITY OF TRUTH – STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT RAWLINGS The Office of Former President Jerry John Rawlings has noted with concern contents of a book titled ‘Working with Rawlings’, authored by a former appointee of the PNDC and NDC who now calls himself Professor Kwamena Ahwoi. The book attempts to chronicle the history of the role Kwamena Ahwoi played as an appointee of the former President, but disappointingly employs fabrications and grapevine accounts to paint a denigrating picture of President Rawlings and his colleagues. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. President Rawlings has over the…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied claims that his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, requested to be running mate to the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills. Mr Rawlings in a statement on Wednesday, August 26 said: “It must be stated that the claim by named persons in the book that Nana Konadu, at a meeting with Professor Mills requested for the Vice-Presidential slot is an outright fabrication. Nana Konadu never requested, indicated or discussed with any individual an intention or desire to be the running-mate to Vice-President Mills. “Varied personal opinions have been sought by the author in…

The National Coordinator for Ghana Civil Society Organization (CSOs) Platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Kwadwo Oteng Owusu, has disclosed that dissemination of information on Covid-19 was mostly concentrated in the urban areas to the neglect of the rural areas. In an interview on TV3’s Covid-19 360, he said the virus spread to most part of the countries especially the rural areas even before the information on it got. He said: “Information reaching the urban areas seem to be concentrated in the bigger areas like Kumasi, Accra. The urgency that you see in Accra doesn’t seem to be exist beyond…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has dismissed claims by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi that he supported Professor John Evans Atta Mills to be president in order to manipulate him. In a lengthy statement, Mr Rawlings said: “It must be noted, that at no point did President Rawlings support Professor Mills in his bid for presidency, with the aim or intention to manipulate Professor Mills should he become President, despite the attempts of various individuals to peddle falsehoods and sow disunity. “Having worked with Professor Mills on various policy and manifesto achievements during his presidency, the aim was to support him and…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said he still stands by his description of former President John Mahama as an incompetent leader. In an interview on Peace FM Tuesday, Dr Bawumia stated that he was convinced that Mr Mahama was incompetent in the management of the economy and still maintains that position. Dr Bawumia in the run-up to the 2016 elections called the Mahama-led government the most insensitive government the country has ever had due to astronomical increment of fuel prices. “I don’t think that there’s any doubt now, that the current NDC government is the most incompetent, uncaring and…

A Deputy National Youth Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edem Agbana, has condemned the decision by the government to include son of the Senior Minister Kofi Bosompem Osafo-Maafo in the Agyapa Royalties deal. He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) criticized businessman Ibrahaim Mahama, who is also a brother to former President John Mahama, when he expressed interest in Ghana’s bauxite and described it as a family and friend governance Mr Mahama was running in the country. But, he said, they found it convenient to include Osafo-Mafo’s son in the Agayapa deal. A Deputy Finance Minister, Charles Adu-Boahen,…

Some rice farmers in Gbdembilisi in the Builsa South district of the Upper East Region have expressed fear of a low yield following the invasion of their farms by strange weeds, identified by agriculture officers as “wild rice”. The infestation of the “wild rice”, according to the Builsa South district director of agriculture, Sylvan Dauda Danaa, has taken over 300 hectares of the 850 hectares rice fields in nine rice valleys. Approximately 5.5 to 5.8 metric tons of rice is cultivated in the nine valleys by 894 rice farmers each year. However, the “wild rice”, which has tillers resembling those…

Popular dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has asked politicians not to use his image or works to campaign. The musician performed during the final campaign rally of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 elections, at the Accra Sports Stadium. Ahead of the 2020 elections, he publicly threw his weight behind the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP). But the award-winning artiste has spoken against political parties campaigning with his brand and name. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, August 25, Shatta Wale stated that “moving forward…no one should use my picture or my brand on any political campaign or platforms”.…