As part of its efforts to fix long-standing gender imbalances in leadership, the government has told all public institutions to follow the Affirmative Action Act, 2024 (Act 1121), which says that at least 30% of their employees must be women. At the Second Annual Conference for Women in Leadership in the Public Sector on February…
The Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has decided that the petitions asking for the removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson, her deputies, and the Special Prosecutor do not make a strong enough case, which means that the process is over. The Presidency said that seven petitions were aimed at the leaders of the Electoral Commission and…
Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said again that he will hold the government accountable while not getting in the way of parliament’s work. He said that being a good opposition requires both vigilance and restraint. On Channel One TV on February 16, 2026, he said that his job requires him to strike a balance between strict scrutiny…
There are now more than 1,000 non-immigrant visa appointment slots available at the U.S. Embassy in Accra. This includes B1/B2 visas for business and tourism, and interview dates are open for the next week. On February 17, 2026, the embassy posted a notice on Facebook urging people who wanted to travel to make or change…
Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that the Minority Whips in Parliament are the most important part of his leadership. He stressed that a strong and coordinated whip team is necessary for the opposition to do its job well. On February 16, 2026, he spoke on Channel One TV’s The Point of View and praised Frank Annoh-Dompreh,…
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has said that no one in Ghana can buy or sell state land without his permission. On February 16, 2026, he announced the measure and said it was based on suggestions from a committee set up in June 2025 to look over public land leases…
Due to cash flow problems and rising revenue pressures in the cocoa sector, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced pay cuts for its Executive Management and Senior Staff for the rest of the 2025/26 crop year. The Board said in a statement on February 16, 2026, that Executive Management would take a 20 percent…
Adam Mutawakilu, the Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited, has said that replacing the country’s old and weak water transmission pipelines would cost more than 3.5 billion Ghana cedis (US$356 million), which is too much money for the company to afford. He said on the Joy Super Morning Show that most of the big transmission…
History will remember 10 February 2025 not as a day of constructive reform, but as the day when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) turned public service appointments into a political reset button, sabotaging the lives of thousands of Ghanaians and eroding confidence in fair governance. On 10 February 2025, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah,…
George Opare Addo, the Minister of Youth Development and Empowerment, said that the government will enroll 100,000 young people in the National Apprenticeship Program (NAP) this year to give them skills that will help them get jobs and start their own businesses. The program gave out 10,000 apprenticeships last year. It teaches people how to…
