The government has described as false claims by the Minority in Parliament that the Akufo-Addo government has, within two years, borrowed GH¢80 billion.
The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga is expected to appear in court today, Monday, June 10 in the case brought against him by the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
Dean of the School of Information and Communications at the University of Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo says President Akufo-Addo's statement that 30 percent of women form part his cabinet is a lie.
An Accra High Court on Thursday granted bail to the eight remaining people claiming to secede part of a Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana, in the sum of GH¢100,000 each with two sureties each all to be justified.
The Member of Parliament of Ningo Prampram, Sam George says President Akufo Addo should motivate illustrious women in Ghana instead of accusing them of not showing enough dynamism.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who is the Minister for Information has disclosed that President Akufo-Addo wanted a woman to be his running mate in the run-up to the 2008 general elections.
The office of Board Member of National Sports Authority and former Member of Parliament for the Asante Akyem North Constituency, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang have moved swiftly to deny reports claiming that he masterminded the act that saw Muslims in Agogo Zongo reject food items donated to them by incumbent Member of Parliament Andy Appiah Kubi.
The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the President’s comment on gender parity did not seek to discredit the efforts made by women, but rather, only sort to give the impression that there are a lot more women can do.
The Deputy National Chief Imam of the Ahlul-Sunna Wajamaa, Sheik Mohammed Kamil, has called on the government to declare its position on the wearing of the Islamic veil, popularly called Hijab, by women in Ghana.
Gender activist Dr Alaa Murabit who is UN’s High Commissioner on Health Employment and Economics at the Women Deliver Conference in Canada seems not too pleased with President Akufo-Addo’s submission on women empowerment in Ghana as she heckled the president on several occasions.
Mr Haruna Iddrisu who is the Minority Leader in Parliament has disclosed that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will head to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Accra High Court on Tuesday that said the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, was obliged by law to stand trial in a criminal case filed against him by the Special Prosecutor.
Mrs. Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region is constructing 50 mechanised boreholes at the cost of GH¢20,000.00 to provide potable drinking water for deprived communities in the area.