Politics

Despite claims by the former Akufo-Addo administration that it had substantial reserves for debt payments, President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that Ghana’s Sinking Fund had a balance of just $64,000 and GHS143,000. On Thursday, February 27, 2025, President Mahama gave his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of …

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his deep concern about the state of Ghana, saying that the country’s economy is in crisis and that its citizens are suffering to a significant extent. He stressed the need for quick action to address the economic situation in his first State of the …

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The public has been assured by Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the deputy minister-designate for finance, that there are no plans to rescind the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and that he remains committed to its continuation.   In order to secure adequate funding for the effective implementation of the plan, …

Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, reported that unlicensed miners have destroyed 7,500 football fields’ worth of forest reserves. More than forty-four forest reserves, or thirty hectares, had been destroyed, according to him. As he toured the Offin Shelter Belt at Anwiafutu to witness the forest’s …

On Monday, February 24, students from Odorgonor Senior High School in Accra staged a street protest against the broken traffic signals and lighting near their school, citing safety concerns. The students lament the fact that staff people have already perished due of the failing signs, and they fear that if …

It is estimated by President John Dramani Mahama that his government will need $1.7 billion to complete all of the outstanding Agenda 111 projects. However, he revealed that approximately 90 of the hospitals constructed under the previous administration’s Agenda 111 are still incomplete. Despite beginning Agenda 111, the previous administration …

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the forestry commission, and security agencies have begun to crack down on illegal miners who are working in the Offin Shelter Belt Forest Reserve in the Atwima Mponua District of the …

Ghana’s Progressive Youth Front (PYF), a youth-focused organisation, has vehemently denounced the widespread termination of public sector employees in response to President John Dramani Mahama’s order. The PYF calls on the government to overturn what they call an unfair decision and put the welfare of the country’s youth first. The …

Sycophancy, which is the act of praising rich or powerful people in order to gain an advantage, has been the bane of Ghana’s socioeconomic and political advancement. Instead of people being bold enough to tell the truth to power (as I am doing through this post) to enhance or promote …