The Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, TRRC, has found former President Yahya Jammeh and 13 others criminally liable for the unlawful killing, torture and enforced disappearances of about 67 West African migrants, including about 44 Ghanaians and recommended their prosecution. The Commission has also recommended the “setting up of a joint international joint investigation team (Joint Forensic Investigation Team) based in The Gambia” to, among other things, “locate, exhume and conserve the remains of the victims that may be found in those wells or graves.” The Commission further recommended the payment of D32, 400, 000 (Thirty-two million, Four…
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The National Democratic Congress under the leadership of its Chairman , Samuel Ofoso Ampofo has challenged Government to engage them for a national debate on Sector comparative analysis. Mr Ofusu Ampofo argued that the NDC stands tall in all sectors of the economy in terms of performance and impact on the nation’s development. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo threw the challenge at the Town Hall meeting organized by the communication bureau of the party at the great hall of Knust in Kumasi. There is more in the following report The opposition National Democratic Congress held its Town hall meeting at the…
By Alex Ababio Ghanaian Watch Newspaper investigation has revealed that the Multi-Million dollar Kwahu Afram Plains Cattle Ranch at Wawase in the Afram Plains South District in the Eastern region has become death trap for thousands of Cattle which have been confined to the Folder Bank within the ranch . The establishment of the ranch which President Akufo Addo said in his speech during his familiarisation tour on Saturday ,24th November 2018 that it was going to help to end the incident of clashes between local farmers and nomadic herdsmen has failed to live up to its purpose despite millions…
By Alex Ababio President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has stated that his Government has shown enumous commitments in investing more resources in the education sector in the country. He noted that his New Patriotic Party Government was able to double public expenditure on education,as compared to previous NDC Government within five years of his administration. “So great has this government’s commitment to education been that public expenditure on education has almost doubled from twenty billion, seven hundred million cedis (GH¢20.7 billion) between 2013 and 2016, that is in the Mahama era, to forty billion, four hundred million cedis…
Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and other two persons have been brought before a High Court on five counts of willfully causing financial loss to the state. The facts of the case revealed that , Dr Ato Forson, then a Deputy Finance Minister, executed a contract by the government of Ghana to purchase some 200 ambulances for the National Ambulance Service. Despite the granting of a medium term loan facility of €15.8 million for the 200 ambulances, only 10 were shipped to Ghana in 2014. “A post-delivery inspection of the first batch…
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin has recounted claims indicating that he left the chamber on Monday as part of ploy to sabotage the approval of the 2022 budget for onwards operation of government business. Hon Bagbin noted that he formally informed in writing through his usher that it was late and he needed to go home and rest. The Speaker said on the day, he had to literally force the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members to sit at 2:00pm and got tired along the line since he was made to vary proceedings to approve some loans and undertake…
Pro Publica Journalists in the United States of America are Saddened by the state of Doctor Paa Kwesi Nduom’s GN Bank in America. Pro Publica Journalists in the United States of America are Saddened by the state of Doctor Paa Kwesi Nduom’s GN Bank in America. In a lengthy article which was shared by Ghanaian public figure and human rights activist H Prempeh, the journalist explained about how the last black owned Bank ( GN) is collapsing. For now, they don’t know the fate of Paa Kwesi Nduom and his Bank as their services keeps going down on daily…
The Minority in Parliament says its position on the controversial E-Levy in the 2022 budget has not changed. It comes on the back of reports that the Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu says the minority caucus is willing to accommodate an adjustment of the levy from 1.75% to 1% of all electronic cash transactions. A statement signed by the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak said: “For the avoidance of doubt, the position of the NDC Caucus in Parliament right from the outset of the 2022 Budget debate has been that the 1.75% E-Levy government is seeking to impose is regressive, punitive…
By Alex Ababio The Ashanti Region has been identified as the most populated among all the 16 regions in terms of people living with HIV/. Director General (DG) of Ghana Aids Commission GAC, Mr Kyeremeh Atuahene has disclosed. According to him 73,245 people are living with HIV in Ashanti Region. The records on the regional breakdowns of HIV population are as follows Ashanti -73,245, Greater Accra – 70,855, Eastern – 47,866, Western – 25,620, Central – 24,881, Volta -20,949, Bono – 19,173, Bono East – 14,273, Western North – 10,619, Ahafo -8,405, Upper East – 7,953, Northern –…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that debts owed by every Ghanaian has extremely gone up under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo. He made this statement when he was speaking with party faithful as part of his Thank You Tour in the Eastern region. He noted that the country’s economic fundamentals have fallen apart under the current dispensation, accounting for untold hardships on citizens. He also said every solution to Ghana’s many problems can be found in the NDC 2020 manifesto. “When I was the president, a relative of Akufo-Addo said if Ghana’s public debt was to be…