The Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), –the local chapter of Transparency International (TI), –Mary Awelana Addah, has said that Ghana needs a Public Officers Conduct Bill that criminalizes conflict of interests and deals with the issue of unexplained wealth. She stated that it is worrying to observe …
Read More »Corruption: Parents pay bribe for their children to gain admission into SHSs – Dafeamekpor alleges
Dafeamekpor South Dayi Member of Parliament, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has alleged regarding corruption in Ghana that parents are currently paying bribes to secure admissions into the various senior high schools (SHSs) for their children. He says that the bribes are being demanded at the centers where the students are placed …
Read More »Corruption: We can’t recover from abysmal performance in the fight if Akufo-Addo still keeps his relatives as Ministers – Kpebu
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to drop all his relatives that he appointed as ministers if he wants to win the fight against corruption. Kpebu recounted that President Akufo-Addo, when he was a presidential candidate in opposition, indicated that nepotism and cronyism were …
Read More »Akuffo-Addo lost the corruption fight when he appointed his relatives as ministers – Kpebu
Lawyer Martin Kpebu Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lost the fight against corruption when he appointed his relatives as ministers of state. To him, Mr Akufo-Addo’s assurance to fight corruption when he was in opposition was mere rhetoric. Speaking on the Key …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg made $29 billion this morning after Meta stock makes record surge
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased by more than $29 billion between your morning coffee and your lunch break. Mr Zuckerberg who is already worth more than $140 billion, according to Bloomberg’s billionaire index, has cleaned up from Meta’s share price skyrocketing over the past day, after …
Read More »Corruption fight: Investigative bodies must work – Appiah-Kubi says as he opposes blaming Akufo-Addo
Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Kwame Andy Appiah-Kubi has opposed the trend where President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is blamed for acts of corruption by other officers who are not even close to the presidency. Mr Appia-Kubi, also a private legal practitioner who has been reelected to represent …
Read More »Mahama fought corruption better than Akufo-Addo – Dafeamekpor
South Dayi lawmaker Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor says that former President John Dramani Mahama demonstrated political will and fought corruption far better than President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is doing currently. He says that Mr Mahama even prosecuted persons close to his administration for perceived corruption but the same cannot be …
Read More »Police On Rampage In Tamale; Assault Lady, Truck Driver, 4 Month Old Baby
Two Members of the The Ghana Police Service MTTU stationed in Tamale have gone on rampage beating up a nursing mother and her 4 month old baby as well as a driver nearby. A snapshot video of the alleged assault posted on social media had more than 16 people in …
Read More »Akufo-Addo appoints 26 DCEs after sacking 24 others
President Akufo-Addo has appointed 26 individuals to the role of Municipal and District Chief Executives. The president, in a statement dated February, 3, explained that this action is in accordance with Article 243 (1) of the Constitution. This comes after he revoked the appointment of 24 District Chief Executives (DCEs) …
Read More »Ejisu Essienimpong Residents cry over lack of basic social amenities
Residents of Essienimpong, a community in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, have appealed to the government and their chief Nana Kwaku Appiah Onwawani to provide them with basic social amenities. According to them, Essienimpong community lacking developmental projects as they keep on complaining. The residents, in an interview …
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