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 A Policy THINK TANK, Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation (ILAPI) has urged the seat of Presidency led by H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo to use this second term in government to leave behind a legacy that will speak well on them before their term is over. President of ILAPI Ghana, Peter Bismarck Kwoffie speaking to Angel News’ Nana Gyenin indicated that, though the president under his first four years instituted a lot of policies but should better up in his second term policies that will create employment, businesses, addressing public finance in the country by a means of scrapping more of his ministers. “The government must redefine its governance, economic and social structures to trigger system change for posterity and opportunities for all” “The second term of Nana Akuffo Addo should leave behind a legacy and system that rewards efforts. As citizens not spectators, we are proposing five (five) ways to make his reign the best to keep everyone motion” he added. Peter Kw...

The legal team of the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has filed a motion, seeking to amend some errors in his petition challenging the outcome of the 2020 general elections. The motion argues that an error was made in the description and positioning of the parties to be served the writ. It also pointed out that there was a typographical error with one of the reliefs in the writ. “In the relief numbered (f) on the writ which was repeated in paragraph 35(f) of the petition, there is a typographical error in the third and fourth lines, which refers to 1st Respondent instead of 2nd Respondent,” the motion said. The motion is thus asking for a reversal of the position and designation of the said parties and a correction of the typographical errors. Mr. Mahama’s election petition in court is seeking among others a declaration from the Supreme Court to the effect that, “the purported declaration of the results of the 2020 Presiden...

  Date:  January 22, 201 6 0     The first step towards our cohesive economy would be a unified monetary zone, with, initially, an agreed common parity for our currencies. – Kwame Nkrumah. 1963 Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Speech at Addis Ababa. It is an incontrovertible fact that there is a lot that the people of Africa can gain from economic and political integration.  Economic and political integration of African nations has been a theme in the continental discourse since Kwame Nkrumah’s inaugural speech at the Organisation of African Unity (now AU) in 1963. Prior to that, there appears to be no record of any political figure or leader calling for a monetary union.  And since then, the monetary union debate has been at the regional level i.e. Economic Community of West African States for the ECO and East African Community’s East African Shilling. The economic benefit of a single currency is palpable: elimination of currency risk, reduced transacti...