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We don’t need approval to research on MPs – UG researchers attageorg.blogspot.com The University of Ghana researchers whose research work has proven that majority of MPs are likely to lose their jobs in the next elections have defended their work against criticism from the Speaker of the House Professor Mike Ocquaye. According to the speaker, the research has the tendency to trigger attacks on members of parliament. “Let’s be careful not to delight in MP bashing…I want to say authoritatively that these honourable members who have been in this House this term, have passed more bills than any other parliament in the history of this country, it is a verifiable fact,” the speaker said. Reacting to the speaker’s comment, a senior lecturer and one of the researchers Dr. Isaac Owusu Mensah told Starr News the speaker’s position on their work is not supported by law Dr. Isaac Owusu Mensah “There are certain levels I don’t agree with the speaker, it is not possible for anyone to say tha
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We will thank Akufo-Addo, NPP with our votes in 2020 - Chief of Dambai The chiefs and people of Dambai traditional area have expressed appreciation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for the creation of the Oti Region. A highly elated Nana Kwaku Beyenor, Omanhene of Dambai and the Nifahene of the Chonke Traditional Area in the Krachi East District expressed his gratitude and that of this his people when Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia called on him at his palace as part of his Ramadan tour to the Oti Region on Friday. We were in slavery until President Akufo-Addo came. We will thank the NPP and President Akufo-Addo with our thumb in 2020. If we don't do that it will mean we are ungrateful ", Nana Kwaku Beyenor stated. The chief called for good health and God's protection for the President and the entire government. On his part, Vice President Bawumia thanked the chiefs for making time to welcome him to Dambai for his Ramadan visit.
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Trump-Russia inquiry: President 'did not conspire with Russia' President Trump's campaign "did not conspire" with Russia during the 2016 election campaign, Robert Mueller's report says. The summary of the special counsel's report released on Sunday "did not draw a conclusion" as to whether there was any obstruction of justice, either. The report was submitted on Friday to Attorney General William Barr, who has been poring over the document. BBC
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Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Former President John Mahama Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the motive behind former President John Dramani Mahama’s attempt to come back to power is to ‘do more damage’ to the country’s economy. He said the former President managed Ghana’s economy in a very incompetent manner whilst in office and the records were there for all to see. Incompetent One “I hear the incompetent one says he wants to come back, he wants to come and do more damage, as if he didn’t do enough damage; well we’re waiting for him! We’re waiting for him! We’re waiting for him! Oh my God!”Dr. Bawumia said at a training programme for Metropolitan and Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Accra. The five-day training programme was held under the theme: “Re-energising MMDCEs to deliver on Government Agenda” and brought together 254 MMDCEs across the country and some selected regional ministers. In Tatale in the Northern Region last week,
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Ghana Intimately Linked To Francophone World – Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the lives of Ghanaians are intimately linked with the francophone world, and Ghana’s membership of La Francophonie should serve as a big boost to addressing some of the country’s mutual concerns. With French set to become one of the world’s most commonly spoken languages, and with French speakers rising to over 700 million, of which 80% will be in Africa, President Akufo-Addo noted that the lives of Ghanaians, therefore, are intimately linked with the Francophone world. “As a country bordered to the north, east and west by French speaking countries, and to the south by the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana recognises the strategic importance of her immediate neighbours, to whom we are bound by profound ties of blood, geography and history, and, indeed, of all French speaking countries, to the development of our country,” he said. President Akufo-Addo made this known on Friday, 12th