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President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the so-called unprecedented projects, especially roads, which former President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government spoke about are nowhere to be found. During the 2016 electioneering campaign, then President Mahama accused Nana Addo, then presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party), of not seeing the ‘rehabilitated roads because he was sleeping as he travelled to do his campaign throughout the country. President Akufo-Addo made this observation yesterday when he interacted with the chiefs and people of Nkoranza North, as well as all the chiefs who want the creation of Bono East Region from the Brong-Ahafo Region. The durbar of chiefs and the people took place at Busunya in the Nkoranza North District on day one of the president’s three-day tour of the region. His response was in reaction to a request by the Omanhene of Techiman, Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV –chairman of the Coalition of Bono East Regio...

The Chiefs of Ahafo, in the Brong Ahafo Region, have expressed their appreciation to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his administration for the level of development they have witnessed since January 7, 2017. The President of the Ahafo Traditional Council, Nana Ansah Adu Baah, Chief of Yamfo, on behalf of the Council, told President Akufo-Addo that despite being in office for 16 months, the President’s achievements have been overwhelming. “Because of the policies you (President Akufo-Addo) have put in place, anyone can now say confidently that I am Ghanaian. When people state that they have not seen anything, we, in Ahafo, can boldly state that we have seen a lot,” Nana Ansah Adu Baah said. The President of the Ahafo Traditional Council made this known on Saturday, 19th May, 2018, at Goaso, in Asunafo North constituency, when President Akufo-Addo met with “the Council of Zone B Chiefs”, on day two of President Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Brong Ahafo Regio...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the next generation of African leaders to seek peace and prosperity for the long suffering masses on the African continent. According to President Akufo-Addo, “If we are going to build prosperous countries, we should have peace, and those who would lead Africa must seek and cherish peace.” The President made this known when he delivered the keynote address at the 27th Africa Peace Leadership Awards, organised by the Centre for African Peace and Conflict Resolution of the California State University, Sacramento, on Saturday, 28th April, 2018. With pervasive poverty being Africa’s biggest problem, and which is likely to pose Africa’s biggest security threat, President Akufo-Addo stated that Africa needs to have peace to deal with this debilitating problem. “As they say, “l’argent n’aime pas le bruit” (money does not like noise), and, indeed, we would all agree that where there is chaos, where there is noise, where ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has presented a list of the total number of employees at the Presidency to Parliament, The release of the list is in compliance with Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463), which gives the president the privilege to submit annually to Parliament, a report on the staffing position of the Office of the President. The breakdown was given as nine ministers of state, 27 presidential staffers, 256 other/junior appointees and 706 employees of public/civil service staff. See the full list below: The post Akufo Addo reveals Full list of 998 staff work at Jubilee House appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

Prophet Nigel Gaisie predicts victory for the NDC in 2020 Founder and leader of the True Fire Prophetic Ministry (TFPWM), Prophet Nigel Gaisie has once again predicted victory for the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the 2020 elections. Prophet Gaisie who had earlier predicted an Akufo-Addo defeat in the upcoming 2020 elections, has asked NDC supporters to sew white clothes in preparation for a victory party ahead. The “man of God” who was seen in a video recording prophesying the death of musician, Ebony Reigns, has once again predicted that the 2020 general elections in Ghana would be tougher than ever of which the leading opposition party NDC is likely to be the winners. Prophet Gaisie predictions are in sharp contrast to that of another prophet, Rev. Owusu Bempah who claimed to have trained Prophet Gaisie, also predicting victory for Nana Akufo-Addo in 2020 elections, ruling out any chance for ex-president Mahama. “It is painful that some people [prophets] are not being tr...

  The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has told investors and business leaders from the United Kingdom that Ghana is the ideal place in the West African Region, and on the Continent, to invest and conduct business. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, a country where the principles of democratic accountability are now firmly entrenched in its body politic, and where the separation of powers is real, to promote accountable governance.” Delivering the keynote address at the 2nd edition of the UK-Ghana Investment Summit, organized by the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday, 17th April, 2018, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that his government is keen on establishing a business-friendly economy to attract foreign direct investments to exploit Ghana’s great potential on mutually satisfactory terms. Stressing that investments are protected in fact and in law in Ghana, the President assured that “the...

The present economic state of the Akufo-Addo administration has been classified to be very bad, according to a survey by Afrobarometer. Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and relatedissues in countries across Africa. In a survey by the research network, several Ghanaians donot see the condition of the country to be fairly good. Out of 24 respondents in the urban areas and 32 respondents from the rural communities, 28% described the economy as “very bad” whereas 26% think it is “fairly bad”. In terms of living conditions, the survey indicated that about 27% of the respondents stressed that their living conditions are in a very bad state, and this could be as a result of the bad economy under the Akufo-Addo regime. Nonetheless, many Ghanaians asserted to Afrobarometer that they would vote for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) “if Presidential elections were held tomorro...