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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...

A man believed to be 66-years-old has been found dead in a guest house in Koforidua hours after checking in with a 25-year-old lady. The man now deceased who gave his name as William Agyei to the receptionist at Adom Guest house onboard a Red Toyota Corolla with registration number ER 1614 -17 lodged at the guest house with the lady on December 19, 2020. According to the receptionist, on the next day, she found the man lying motionless when she entered the room in an attempt to clean after several bangs on the door went unanswered. The lady who checked in with man was, however, nowhere to be found. The owner of the guest house reported the incident to the Effiduase police. Investigators proceeded to the scene and on inspection found several sex enhancement drugs including vigrx for men, Deep heat spray, unirob polar ice, bendroflumeethiazide tablets and several other used tablets were seen in a bag found in the room. Also, a red bag containing the personal clothes of the deceased inclu...

 Security Analyst, Adib Saani writes......... *Safety of MPs elect dire* With both the NDC and NPP tottering at 137 and 138 MPs (including Independent) respectively, the precarious nature of the power balance in Parliament brings to fore the urgent need for MPs to exercise extra precaution in ensuring their safety.  One might wonder how numbers in Parliament relate to security of MPs.  Well, the uncomfortable truth is, politics in Ghana has become so grime some people, thirsty for power, do anything under the sun to grab it. Therefore, in the unfortunate demise of an MP from either sides, power could tectonically shift and cause major parliamentary re-engineering. As a result, probable politically motivated violence against MPs has become dire.  A lot is at stake, hence, MPs, especially those who were elected under extremely contentious grounds should take personal security more seriously.  These are some few tips worth considering; *1. Equip homes with surveill...

  BY: Nana Gyenin Minority Leader in Parliament Haruna Iddrisu says until there is a re-collation of results at Techiman South they will not build a consensus with the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Parliament currently hangs in a balance as the NPP and the NDC have 137 seats with one independent seat. The NDC after the EC announced the NPP as winners of the Techiman South seat have not agreed with the results and have called for a re-collation. The EC has said the disputed results of the December 7, 2020, parliamentary election in the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East can only be settled in court. The EC declared Mr Korsah of the NPP as the winner of the poll when he garnered 49,682, as against the 49,205 obtained by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Mr Christopher Baasongti Beyere. The NDC insists that the results were not officially declared by the Techiman South Returning Officer. But the NPP has debunked the assertion and put out a video in w...

BY: Nana Gyenin Police in Savannah region has secured an injunction on a planned National Democratic Congress demonstration on Monday, December 21, in Buipe of Central Gonja District. The demonstration was to protest against the results of the 2020 elections as declared by the Electoral Commission. But a court order cited by African NewsPage asked the party to reschedule the demonstration. Various branches of the NDC nationwide have engaged in demonstrations in protest of the Electoral Commission’s handling of the electoral process that saw Nana Akufo-Addo declared President. Protests have taken place in Accra, Zabzugu, Techiman South, Tamale, Kumasi, Ketu South, among others. The Ghana Police Service has however warned the public against unlawful gatherings and demonstrations following the declaration of the results. According to the police, such gatherings without prior notification amount to a breach of the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491). This can lead to various penalties “inclu...