Dominic Nitiwul, a former Defence Minister and MP for Bimbilla, has criticized the government’s response to the recent terrorist attack on Ghanaian traders in Burkina Faso. He says that a real Defence Minister, not the Interior Minister, should have led the efforts since soldiers were directly involved. He said on February 18 that the Defence…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Lawyers for Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister, say that the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) has ordered that his name be permanently removed from the Red Notice list. This decision was made during its 135th Session on February 4, 2026, when the notice requested by Ghana’s National Central Bureau was found…
Former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has told members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to come together and work hard to win the 2028 general election. He said that the party will not get victory easily; it will take discipline, sacrifice, and hard work. After winning the party’s presidential primaries, he spoke at a national…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court has sent seven people—Samuel Aryeequaye, Evans Derry, Kwesi Milla, Richard Quintin Coffie, Seidu Aminu, Awuaaba Michael, and Quarcoo Ernest—to jail for open defecation after they didn’t pay a fine of 50 penalty units (GH¢600). An eighth offender, Raphael Adjetey, paid the fine for the same crime. Mr. Gilbert…
