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Mahama’s govt developed Ghana Card system, not Akufo-Addo’s administration – Sammy Gyamfi
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Mahama’s govt developed Ghana Card system, not Akufo-Addo’s administration – Sammy Gyamfi

The Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has touted the significant contributions of the erstwhile John Mahama administration in developing the Ghana Card system.   According to him, the NDC government started the implementation process of the Ghana Card as far back as 2016, arguing that the NPP government only continued with the system developed by the Mahama government. He claimed that the Mahama administration in 2016 collected biometric and demographic data on about 16 million Ghanaians and processed about 4.7 million cards. Commenting on Dr Bawumia’s address to the nation, Sammy Gyamfi claimed that the Mahama administration distributed about 900,000 cards before leaving o...
President Akufo-Addo Leaves For America; Speaks On Democracy And Security In West Africa
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President Akufo-Addo Leaves For America; Speaks On Democracy And Security In West Africa

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left the country on Wednesday, 11th October 2023, at the invitation of the President of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to deliver a keynote address at the headquarters of the Institute in Washington D.C., on Thursday, 12th October 2023. As West Africa and the Sahel face a wave of extraconstitutional movements and growing political instability, the United States and its partners are seeking ways to best support Ghana, seen as one of the United States’ most enduring democratic partners in West Africa, and other longstanding democracies in the region, to promote and sustain democracy as a governance model. The discussion with President Akufo-Addo will also examine Ghana's critical role as a regional leader in promoting...
Nana, Bawumia Attend Late Mion Lana’s Final Adua
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Nana, Bawumia Attend Late Mion Lana’s Final Adua

President Akufo-Addo with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare at Mion palace President Akufo-Addohas attended the final Adua of the late Mion Lana Abdulai Mahamudu at Mion in the Northern region. The President was accompanied by the Vice President , Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare and other government officials. Earlier Presdient Akufo-Addo had described the late Mion-Lana Abdulai Mahamadu as a young man, who had a good heart, and was a lover of his people when the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Abukari Mahama II, sent a delegation to Jubilee House, to inform him of the death of Mion-Lana Abdulai Mahamadu, the Chief of Mion. “He was a respectful and obedient Chief to his Overlord, and who was determined to do his bit to ad...
Mahama and Akufo-Addo, who does more with taxpayers’ money?
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Mahama and Akufo-Addo, who does more with taxpayers’ money?

I read John Mahama saying on his belated “thank you tour” that NPP wants to break the 8 in order to protect itself from corruption. The simple response to that must be that the NPP wants to break the 8 in order to protect Ghana and the gains being made for Ghanaians from the likes of “Mahama the Disaster”. The evidence is still fresh in our minds why John Mahama was a disaster and I shudder to think how he would have handled the COVID-19 crisis and its disastrous impact on the economy today. Our problems are, of course, many and varied. Our struggle is historic, deep, real and naked. So, it is easy to be convinced by an acerbic and sweet tongue that can hit hard and promise paradise.  But, we must be guided by what such a tongue does with its mind, heart and hands when give...
Africa Must Build Robust Financial Compliance Systems Against Financial Crime” – President Akufo-Addo
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Africa Must Build Robust Financial Compliance Systems Against Financial Crime” – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that for Africa to be able to transform herself, and become the epitome of economic empowerment and self-reliance, she needs to have the wherewithal to be able to protect and optimise the resources at her disposal. To this end, President Akufo-Addo, speaking at the EBII Africa Investments Risk and Compliance (IRC) Summit, on Friday, 30th July 2021, at the University of Oxford, has admonished African governments to build robust financial compliance systems, and ensure strict enforcement of these systems. Speaking on the theme “Financial Crime Compliance and ESG - The Future of African Investment”, the President stated a recent report has put the cost of financial crime compliance across all financial instituti...
Update No 26: Measures Taken To Combat Spread Of Coronavirus
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Update No 26: Measures Taken To Combat Spread Of Coronavirus

Address To The Nation By The President Of The Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-addo, On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic, On Sunday, 25th July 2021.  Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have not come into your homes for some time, because I had hoped that the next time I did so, I would come to announce that we were ready to lift the restrictions and protocols, and get our lives and economy back to normal. Alas, that is not the case, so it has become necessary for me to come to your homes this evening, after a ten (10) week absence, to provide you with an update on our nation’s COVID-19 situation.  As per data available from the Ghana Health Service, it appears that, unfortunately, our nation, like many others, is experiencing a third w...
Nana Has Final Say On MMDCEs
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Nana Has Final Say On MMDCEs

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be the ultimate decider of people who will be appointed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has said. Mr. Boadu said although the Vetting Committee of MMDCEs has done its work and made recommendations in its report, it had no powers to make appointments and that it was the President who would decide finally on who gets appointed. Speaking on Accra-based Okay FM yesterday, the NPP General Secretary asserted that members of the committee expected between 90 to 95 percent of the shortlisted candidates to reflect the President’s preferences when he finally carries out the appointment. “Though we have finished our work and the repo...
President Akufo-Addo orders the release of jailed Ex- NDC MP
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President Akufo-Addo orders the release of jailed Ex- NDC MP

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the release of former opposition National Democratic Congress NDC MP and ex-Minister, Abuga Pele, who was jailed for six years in 2018 for abetment and causing financial loss to the state over the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) rot. Abuga Pele, who was the NDC MP for Chiana Paga in the Upper East Region and doubled as the National Coordinator for National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) which metamorphosed into GYEEDA under President Mills and is now called National Youth Authority (NYA), was granted presidential pardon on grounds of ill-health. Abuga Pele has been serving his term in the Nsawam Medium Security Prison until he reportedly became very ill last month and has b...
“So far, so good; Bawku appreciates your policies” – Bawku Naba to Akufo-Addo
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“So far, so good; Bawku appreciates your policies” – Bawku Naba to Akufo-Addo

The Bawku Naba, who is also President of the Kusaug Traditional Council, Asigir Abugrago Azoka II, says the Chiefs and People of the Kusaug Traditional Area, and, indeed, all Ghanaians appreciate the policies of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, evident in his re-election on 7th December 2020. Congratulating President Akufo-Addo on his electoral victory, “which has put the destiny of Ghana firmly in your hands for the next four (4) years”, the Bawku Naba told the President that “you have worked hard to earn that enviable position. I wish you God's continued blessing in wisdom as well as good health to execute your policies.” Asigir Abugrago Azoka II made this known on Monday, 21st June 2021, when the President paid a courtesy call on him at his palace i...
Nana In Talks With Hudson-Odoi • For Nationality Switch
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Nana In Talks With Hudson-Odoi • For Nationality Switch

English premier league player who plies his trade with the Chelsea Football Club, Callum James Hudson-Odoi on Monday paid a courtesy call on President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House (presidency). This formed part of his visit to the Ghana, the hometown of his parents where he is currently on holidays. But that was not without talks on the possibility of a switch of his nationality in order to play for Ghana. In a Facebook post, President Akufo-Addo said “on Monday, 7th June 2021, Ghanaian-born Chelsea footballer, Callum Hudson-Odoi, paid a courtesy call on me at Jubilee House, the seat of our nation’s presidency.” “Amongst others, I urged the Minister for Youth and Sports to explore the possibility of having Callum switch nationality, and play for the Black Stars”, he hin...