Dr. George A. N. Donkor, President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), has said that he wants to raise about UA 2 billion (US$2.69 billion) to pay for the Bank’s Growth, Resilience, and Optimization (GRO) Strategy from 2026 to 2030. This strategy aims to change the economy of West Africa. He said…
Speaker Alban Bagbin has ruled that a Private Member’s motion filed by Minority MPs led by Abena Osei-Asare, asking for a parliamentary investigation into the alleged sale of gold reserves by the Bank of Ghana, is not valid. This was reported in a memo from the Clerk to Parliament dated April 7 and sent to…
In Adamtey v. Attorney General, the Office of the Attorney General (AG) has filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court asking that parts of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) Act, 2017 (Act 959) that give the OSP independent prosecutorial powers be thrown out. The AG says these powers violate Article 88 of the…
You stood in opposition and mocked the Ghana Card. You called the NPP’s SIM registration useless. You insulted the very foundation of digital identity in this country. Now, you want Ghanaians to queue again. Same data. Different scam! Under the NPP, Ghana got it right. SIM registration was done once. Properly, seamlessly, linked to the…
The minority members of Parliament’s Roads and Highways Committee, led by Ranking Member Kennedy Osei Nyarko, have spoken out against the new Airport Infrastructure Development Levy, saying it is unfair because passengers already pay for airport services. The levy, which goes into effect on April 1, 2026, raises airfares by a lot. It adds GH¢100…
Haruna Iddrisu, Ghana’s Minister of Education, has said again that the government is committed to building the Ghana Defence University. He said that real steps are being taken to make the project happen. He said during a site visit that the Ghana Education Trust Fund is working on long-term funding plans. For the first phase,…
Tiger Eye PI has denied claims that its founder, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, made and then hid a report about alleged corruption in Parliament. The claim, which was made by anti-corruption activist Vitus Azeem, was called false and without merit. The group said in a statement that no such investigation had been done, shown to, or…
Former Minister of Health Bernard Okoe-Boye has denied claims that no work was done on the proposed Parliamentary Service Hospital. He said that a lot of work was done to get the project ready before it was put on hold. He said on Adom FM that the Ministry of Health Ghana oversaw the project after…
The constitutional mandate under the Electoral Commission of Ghana gives every government just four years per term. Four years is 1,460 days, not a lifetime to experiment with grandstanding. Governance demands sequencing, prioritization, and disciplined capital allocation. Yet the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is spreading itself, announcing multiple road projects simultaneously without a credible…
President John Dramani Mahama has said that illegal mining, also known as galamsey, is a big problem in Ghana. It involves traditional leaders, politicians, and other important people, which makes the fight against it hard and complicated. He said at the Jubilee House that operators often switch sides between political parties, which keeps the practice…
