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05 Mar

65th Indece Anniv.: VP Bawumia Joins Muslims For National Thanksgiving Prayers

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Friday March 4, 2022, joined his fellow Muslims at the National Mosque in Kanda, Accra for a special Independence national thanksgiving. Ghana will mark her 65th Independence Anniversary on Sunday, and as has been the norm in previous years, Islamic and Christian thanksgiving prayers precede the independence celebration on the last Fridays and Sundays before Independence Day. Dr. Bawumia was accompanied by the Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, and a host of Muslim government officials to the National Mosque for Jummah Prayers (Friday congregational prayer), and the thanksgiving session. After Jummah prayers, Vice…

05 Mar

VP Bawumia Inaugurates New Ghana AIDS Commission Board

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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has inaugurated the new Governing Board of the Ghana AIDS Commission with a charge to the new Board to ensure that the strategic goals of the National HIV and AIDS Plan 2021-2025 are achieved in line with the Sustainable Development Goals’ target of ending AIDS by 2030. “This National Strategy guides the multi-sectoral response, and I am confident that, if all stakeholders work together in implementing this Plan, Ghana shall surely end AIDS and achieved HIV epidemic control. “I charge the Governing Board to keep its focus on achieving the goal and objectives of…

03 Mar

ELECTION 2024: Chairman Wontumi Doesn’t Need Divided Attention- Ralph Osei-Wusu

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A member of the New Patriotic Party’s communication team, Mr. Ralph Osei-Wusu is advocating for Chairman Wontumi to be allowed to operate freely without distraction from within the party. The distraction, Mr. Osei-Wusu is coming from persons who have also declared their intent to contest Chairman Wontumi for the Ashanti Regional Chairmanship position. Speaking on Wontumi TV which was monitored by Movementtvonline.com, the NPP communicator stated that it is only Chairman Wontumi who can help the NPP maintain power from the Ashanti region and for that reason, other candidates who have started distracting him by telling lies on…

03 Mar

You Won’t Win 2024 Elections- Lecturer Tells NDC

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A lecturer with Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Ishaq Kyei Brobbey has forewarned the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to think they would ever the 2024 general elections. According to the respected lecturer over some time now, comments from some leaders in the NDC sounds like they have won the impending elections to held in 2024. He therefore cautioned them not to think this way since “2024 is not for NDC.” VIDEO below... https://youtu.be/Xo5sp692L0M

03 Mar

VP Bawumia Launches Digitalized National Assay Laboratory

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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated Government’s willingness to support any institution, public or private, which intends implementing digital initiatives to promote efficiency and fight corruption in the provision of public services. The successful implementation of such initiatives, Dr Bawumia explained, ties in with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision to make access to Government services easier, more efficient and reduce the human interface which could lead to corruption. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia gave the affirmation at the launch of a Digitalized National Assay Laboratory, run by the National Assayer, the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), which has the…

02 Mar

“Green Ghana Day: 20 Million Trees To Be Planted This Year” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 1st March 2022, launched the 2022 edition of “Green Ghana Day”, with a commitment to planting some twenty million trees this year, as part of Government’s aggressive afforestation and reforestation programme. Speaking at the event held at the Accra International Conference Centre, President Akufo-Addo stated that even though the target of the maiden edition of Green Ghaana Day, held last year, was some 5 million trees, a total of 7 million trees were planted. “I am informed that most of these trees are doing very well, and this encourages…

02 Mar

Adwoa Safo’s Behavior Giving NDC Room To Misbehave- Jennifer Queen

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The behavior of the Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, is giving the National Democratic Congress (NDC) room to seriously misbehave, a deputy Communication Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jennifer Queen has said. Jennifer Queen in an interview on Wontumi TV stated that the actions of Hon. Adwoa Safo is having a negative effect on works government is pushing in Parliament. According to her, actions of the MP for Dome Kwabenya could be likened to that of a “spoilt child” and warned that if it is not checked, it could affect the fortunes of the NPP…

01 Mar

Henceforth, I Will Teach Franklin Cudoje And John Mahama Economics- Chairman Wontumi

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Henceforth, former President John Mahama and Franklin Cudjoe should prepare to take economic lessons from Chairman Wontumi. The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in an interview with Movementtvonline.com stated that he has majored in economics since his days at Prempeh College and would use what he learnt from books written by Livingston on the subject, to educate Mr. Mahama and Mr. Franklin Cudjoe. “Franklin Cudjoe, John Mahama, henceforth, I will be your economics teacher. And to all NDC members, I will be your economics teacher; Alban Bagbin you are sitting in Parliament and disgracing us, I…

01 Mar

BBC Report Vindicates Chairman Wontumi’s Stance On Russia- Ukraine War On Ghana’s Economy

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The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has slammed Franklin Cudjoe and a host of others for not redeeming their image by acknowledging that the war between Russia and Ukraine, has had a devastating effect on global economy. The NPP Chairman popularly known as Chairman Wontumi was in awe that the President of policy think tank IMANI Ghana continues to speak “from an empty stomach laced with his personal emotions” instead of attaching “wisdom” to the subject. Franklin Cudjoe is on record to have called on Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to comment on the…

28 Feb

“5.6% GDP Growth In Covid Times Much Better Than 3.4% Under Mahama” – President Akufo-Addo

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“It is encouraging for my government and party, the New Patriotic Party, to recall that the rate of growth of the economy, 5.6%, against the background of the exceptionally difficult circumstances of the COVID-era, is still considerably better than the 3.4% we inherited (in 2016) in calmer times from our predecessor administration.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, when he delivered the keynote address at the National Labour Conference, held in Kwahu Nkwatia, in the Eastern Region, on Monday 28th February 2022. According to President Akufo-Addo, Ghanaians “should not forget that, prior…