Politics

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday advised Ghanaians not to allow multi-party democracy to divide them as the country prepares for Election 2020. He urged them to be bold, ignore and name and shame politicians and political parties who might use them to cause political violence, which would mar …

Mr Alhassan Suhuyini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tamale North Constituency, has urged members of the public to put pressure on the leadership of the NDC and NPP to disband vigilantism. He said, as citizens, putting pressure on the leadership of both parties to do the right thing, …

The World Bank Group has approved an amount of $143 million International Development Association (IDA) credits and grants to help improve quality of education in Africa, news release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com has announced. According to the release, the fund will step up the quality and provision of applied research and …

Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, Department of Political Science, University of Ghana on Thursday noted that the weak role of the Legislature in its relations with the Executive under Ghana’s hybrid 1992 Constitutional arrangement has also created serious problems for the judiciary. He argued that there was no ceiling on …

Over 3,000 delegates are set to attend the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) National Delegates Congress slated for May 25, at Ho in the Volta Region, to elect its Flagbearer for Elections 2020. The LPG Delegates Congress would also elect its national executive to steer affairs in accordance with the …

Parliament has congratulated three eminent Ghanaian scientists for their appointment to the working group III of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2018 to 2021. The three, Dr Adolf Acquaye, Dr Joseph Ekow Essandoh-Yeddu and Dr Lawrence Agbemabiese were among 229 scientists, academics and professionals selected globally for …

Parliament on Monday made a case for the nation to adopt the French Language as the second official language for Ghana. Ghana is surrounded by three countries, which officially speak French, and it is one of the five countries in the West Africa sub-region with English as the official language. …

The Electoral Commission (EC) will compile a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. A statement signed by Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the EC, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the decision was reached after extensive deliberations at the end of a …

Professor Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh, a former Director of the Department of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, has reiterated the need for 30 per cent representation of chiefs at the local assemblies in order to contribute their quota towards strengthening the local governance system. Prof. Ansu-Kyeremeh, also known as Nana Fobi Kropa …

Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has said that the current state of hardship in Ghana will force Ghanaians to bring back the National Democratic Congress into office. In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, he traced the antecedence of the ruling …