The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday, August 22, 2020, launched its manifesto ahead of the 2020 polls. The policy document outlines the NPP’s programmes of action in the event it seeks to implement in case its mandate is extended by Ghanaians on December 7. It was launched at the University of Cape Coast […] The post NPP 2020 manifesto [Full document] appeared first

A former flagbearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivory Kobina Greenstreet has been elected to be flagbearer for the 2020 elections. Mr. Greenstreet at the party’s primaries held on Saturday, August 22, 2020 in the Eastern Region polled 213 votes against Bright Akwetey’s 27 and Divine Ayivor’s 14 votes. This will be the second […] The post Ivor

The Ghana Library Authority (GLA) says there is a sharp increase in the reading culture, especially among the youth from 400,000 in 2016 to one million in 2019/2020. The Authority says this is as a result of the investment made by government towards purchasing relevant materials to stock libraries across the country as well as making […] The post Our

As part of their 2020 manifesto promises, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has stated that they will create a digital platform to aid creatives in Ghana. This was made known during the party’s Manifesto Launch at Cape Coast on Saturday, August 22, 2020, by the Acting Director of the National Folklore Board, Nana Adjoa Adobea […] The post We’ll build a digital

The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Professor Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson has revealed that discussions have gone on to introduce Health related Courses such as Nursing, Midwifery and Medilab to its Obuasi Campus. Speaking at a day’s working visit to formally introduce herself to the management of the Obuasi […] The post KNUST

A Deputy Minister of Finance, Abena Osei Asare, has said the Akufo-Addo led administration has saved the country’s banking sector from collapse. According to the Atiwa East legislator, the administration has saved the investments of 14 million Ghanaians as a result of the banking sector clean-up exercise. Speaking at the official launch of the NPP […] The post We

The Paramount Chief of Chiraa Traditional Area, Barima Mintah Afari II, has endorsed the Vice Presidential candidature of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, saying it is time for an intelligent and hardworking woman to be at the Presidency. According to him, the selection of Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as running mate to President John Mahama of the National […] The post Chiraahene

The Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says the policies and programmes of the next NDC administration will enable the citizenry to achieve the Ghanaian dream. “The dream of the Ghanaian to live in a progressive nation of equal opportunities, the dream of economic prosperity, of quality and […] The post The

Government intends scrapping the 20 percent luxury tax on imported sanitary pads, Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has said. The 20 percent levy exists because sanitary pads are categorized as luxury products per the Ghana Revenue Authority guidelines. The Vice President said the scrapping of the levy will reduce the cost of imported sanitary pads. “We […] The post Government

Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare has joined members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to praise the President, Nana Akufo-Addo for implementing the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. According to her, it is a smart economic investment the government has made since it came into power. “Three years on, 1.2 million future leaders […] The post NPP’s

The Central Regional capital – Cape Coast will for the first time see the construction of a harbour and an airport. That is the promise of the governing New Patriotic Party should it be given the nod to run the affairs of the country for another four-year term. Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made the […] The post Next NPP government will build

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again taken a swipe at the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama following the latter’s recent promises on the Free Senior High School policy. President Akufo-Addo lambasted Mahama saying he has a ‘zero’ credibility hence cannot be trusted to sustain the free SHS […] The post You

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will provide loans for young people to rent decent homes. He said this will be done through a new National Rental Assistance scheme which will start off with an amount of GH¢100 million. The Vice President made the announcement at the […] The post Government to offer loans for home

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will abolish the guarantor system demanded from tertiary students before their loans are approved by the Student Loan Trust Fund. The NPP says it will do this if Ghanaians extend its mandate on December 7, 2020. According to the party, this has become necessary because it has observed […] The post We’ll cancel guarantor

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that during its second term in office, it will build recording studios in Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Western Regions. These studios will be established in Kumasi, Accra, Tema and Takoradi. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia said this today, August 22, 2020, during the launch of the NPP’s […] The post NPP

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that during its second term in office, it will build recording studios in Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Western Regions. These studios will be established in the capitals of the regions in question. Acting Director of the National Folklore Board, Nana Adjoa Adobea Asante said this today, August 22, […] The post NPP promises to

Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor believes the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is peerless in terms of socio-economic development in the country. He says the leadership of President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has in their first term in office ‘done wonders’ in governing the country. Citing key policy initiatives such as the […] The post ‘Akufo-Addo

The former President, John Dramani Mahama has been insincere with his criticism of the government’s handling of the financial sector clean-up, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said. The Minister in an interview with Citi News on the sidelines of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 manifesto launch said it is disingenuous for the former […] The post Mahama’s

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has chastised the two main political parties –the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party– for engaging in what he described as ‘politics of sloganeering and infrastructure debates instead of paying attention to bettering the lives of citizens in the country. His comments come on the back of […] The post ‘Sloganeering

Ghanaian poet, Paa Kayper, once cautioned: “Walk. Do not run to the funeral of one who died running”. This week, when the Vice President launched ‘www.deliverytracker.gov.gh’, to publicize 17,334 NPP achievements, I remembered Kayper. Perception brought Mahama to his knees, in spite of all those infrastructural projects, and it seems Nana Akufo-Addo has failed to […] The post Enimil