Ghanaians are being fed another round of NDC spin, that the economy is “stabilized” and the cedi is “strong.” Let’s be clear: what they call stability is just fancy talk with no improvement in everyday life. The NDC keeps telling the public that the cedi is rising and the economy is steadier. But ask the…
The 24-Hour Economy Authority Bill, 2025, was passed by Parliament to set up a regulatory body that will make Ghana’s 24-hour economy official and put it into action. This is part of the government’s plan to change the economy. The 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme will be run by the authority. Its goals…
Frederick Kumi, who goes by the name Abu Trica, is suing the Minister of the Interior, the Narcotics Control Commission, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), and the Attorney-General for what he calls an illegal arrest, detention, and interrogation in December 2025. He is asking for GH¢10…
Kobina Tahiru Hammond, who used to be Ghana’s Minister for Trade and Industry, has said that the proposed 24-hour economy policy may not be practical, especially when it comes to trade. He said on Adom FM’s “Dwaso Nsem” that the idea is still not clear and could be misinterpreted. He also said that working 24…
Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Minister for Roads and Highways, has criticized his predecessor, Francis Asenso-Boakye, for the delays in the Suame Interchange project, saying that the previous NPP government had the wrong priorities. He said that the more than $100 million spent on the National Cathedral could have paid for at least half of the…
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has told Ghanaians that anyone found guilty of the alleged illegal mining taxation scheme shown in a JoyNews Hotline documentary will face the full force of the law, no matter who they are or what political party they belong to. He said on…
President John Mahama has told African governments to do something about the growing number of skilled health workers leaving the continent. He says this is putting a strain on health systems across Africa. At the 66th Annual Conference of the West African Association of Surgeons in Accra, he stressed the importance of improving working conditions,…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has behaved with the worst kind of political double standards and hypocrisy in Ghana’s current anti-LGBTQ law saga, and the Ghanaian people must call it out. When the NDC was in opposition, its MPs, led vigorously by Hon. Samuel Nartey George (now Communications Minister), championed the Human Sexual Rights and…
The recent Ghana–Israel deportation row stands as a glaring example of foreign policy failure, lack of strategic engagement, and reckless decision-making by the current NDC government. In December 2025, after seven Ghanaian citizens, including four members of a parliamentary delegation, were detained and ultimately deported by Israeli authorities at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s handling of the scrap metal sector has exposed weaknesses in economic planning, unfair market interference, and the troubling optics of concentration of economic power that undermines fair competition. In 2025 and early 2026, the government moved to restrict the export of non-ferrous scrap metals: aluminum, copper, brass, lead, and…
