Category: Politics

Ahmed Ibrahim, the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, said that the District Assemblies Common Fund only gave Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies GH¢362 million in 2024. However, he said that things got a lot better in 2025 when total payments reached GH¢5 billion. At the government’s Accountability Series on April 20, he…

Samuel Abu Jinapor, a Member of Parliament for Damongo and the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, says that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, also known as the LGBTQ+ bill, was not before former President Nana Akufo-Addo when the New Patriotic Party left office. This means that claims that the former…

Samuel Abu Jinapor, a Member of Parliament for Damango and the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has asked Ghana to adopt a clear and strategic foreign policy based on multilateralism, non-alignment, and economic diplomacy. In an exclusive interview with GTV, he said that Ghana should keep working with groups like the United Nations,…

Ken Ofori-Atta, a former finance minister, has been freed from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after a court order. His legal team says he is now back with his family in the United States. On April 8, 2026, solicitor Justice Kusi-Minkah Premo said that the detention was due to administrative “red flags” related…

Ernest Brogya Genfi, the Deputy Defense Minister, has said that people who were disqualified from the medical stage of the 2025/2026 Ghana Armed Forces recruitment exercise can get a free medical review. He told candidates who were disqualified to check with their medical centers to find out why they were disqualified. He also told those…

Isaac Yaw Opoku, a member of Parliament’s Food, Agriculture, and Cocoa Affairs Committee and the MP for Offinso South, has told cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Region not to give their farms to illegal miners (galamsey operators) even though they are getting more and more frustrated with the government’s slow payments. He said during a…

Amanda Clinton, Head of Chambers at Clinton Consultancy, has said that the immigration and extradition cases in the US involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta can happen at the same time and have a big impact on each other, even though they are legally separate. She said on Joy FM’s “Midday News” that immigration proceedings…

Martin Kpebu, a private lawyer, has questioned claims of due process in the case against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. He says that accountability must come before legal rights. On April 8, he talked about Ofori-Atta’s release on bail from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on JoyFM’s “Top Story.” He also talked about Ofori-Atta’s…