President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says one of the focus of his government is to ensure that agriculture becomes an all year round activity in the country to boost food production and create employment for the people. He said if Burkina Faso has been able to do that he does not see why Ghana cannot do it better. He,…
When the President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the 11th edition of Africa Futures Award at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos, he sounded as if he was in for a peer review of African leadership. But midway into his written speech, the President-in-waiting, who would be sworn into office on January 7, 2017, left no one in doubt that…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect, has said this Christmas season is a period for renewed hope and a time to remember our neighbours in need. The president-elect in his goodwill message said: “As we give and receive the goodwill of Christ in this Christmas season, let us be mindful of the true meaning of His life on earth,…
ACCRA, Ghana — Last December, my family gathered at my grandmother’s house for the one-year anniversary of her death. Her house in Akim Oda, a small town in southern Ghana, was filled with well-wishers. I walked into the kitchen to fetch drinks for the guests, and as I opened the fridge, the lights flickered out. “Oooh, light off!”…
ABUJA – Ghana’s President-Elect, Nana Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for a deepened relationship between Nigerian and Ghana, saying it was important for the growth of Africa. Akufo-Addo made the remarks after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. He said that he was in Lagos for a function and decided to visit…
I was surprised by the outcome of the vote, but not by the response. A hotly contested, closely watched presidential election is won by a man whom political experts, media and many citizens expected to lose. After his surprise victory, people pour into the streets. The victors are jubilant. The losing candidate’s supporters are upset. But they remain…
In the wake of national elections Dec. 7, Ghana’s president, John Mahama, conceded to challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. The election marks the first time an incumbent has stood for reelection and lost since this West African nation became independent in 1957. Power has changed hands between parties before, but only when the sitting president was standing down as a result…
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are said to be putting final touches to names of those to be appointed ministers of state in the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Some prominent members of the party have been considered for ministerial positions while a number of them would be nominated as ambassadors and…
A parliament session in Kenya has descended into chaos, with rival MPs trading punches. Opposition lawmakers tried to block discussions on the introduction of manual vote-counting for next year’s presidential election. The government wants a back-up to the electronic system but the opposition says it is a way of rigging the poll. Kenyan politics is known to be highly…
The incoming Akufo-Addo government has condemned the last minute appointments of people to key state institutions as well as the signing of contracts by the outgoing John Mahama-led government, and served notice to review same within the remit of the country’s laws. President Mahama who leaves office on January 7 on Tuesday appointed Joseph Whittal and Josephine Nkrumah as…
