Author: Gifty Baoateng

By Gifty Boateng There is murmuring and expression of disappointment in the Greater Accra Regional branch of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), over appointment neglect. The complaints mainly from the constituency chairmen, come at a time the government has barely completed measures to put in place various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) at the local level. The peeved party executives claim they have been snubbed by the government and party after wasting resources in the campaign that saw the NDC win majority of the votes both in the parliamentary and presidential elections in the region. Some say…

By Gifty Boateng A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, is on the verge of losing his status. The party threatening to drag him to one of the most important decision making bodies, the Council of Elders, for a decision on him. General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua has pledged to personally lead the charge to table the issue during the next Council meeting and that will include a suggestion to strip him of his status. According to the party scribe, Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe as an elder who could have been part of the Council, to provide…

By Gifty Boateng The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Tafo constituency, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, found himself in a rather embarrassing situation on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, June 4. The two-time MP and legal professional was seemingly caught off guard, displaying a shocking lack of knowledge regarding the basic tenets of a search warrant. Assafuah, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, attempted to corner the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, about the specifics of recent search warrants. These warrants have been the bane of many former officials from the erstwhile government and members of the NPP,…

By Gifty Boateng President John Dramani Mahama, has expressed concern about the frightening number of excavators in Ghana, saying it is the highest in Africa. The president, has announced a policy shift aimed at ensuring that the importation of these earth moving machines, are done in a regulated manner and monitored. “Ghana has more excavators than any other country in Africa”, he said while speaking at the Global Mining in Motion Summit on Monday, June 2, 2025, stressing the need for a more effective regulations to control mining activities. The president said what his administration is going to do is…

By Gifty Boateng A former Greater Accra Regional chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker, has reportedly died after a short illness and at 68 years. The prominent NDC figure died on Saturday May 31 2025, at the Bank Hospital at Cantonments in Accra. Before veering into full time politics, Ade Coker was known for his contribution to football especially at the club level. He was once the chairman of the Great Olympics Football. He was once upon a time a vice chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). He had served the NDC as chairman…

By Gifty A. Boateng The African-American Association of Ghana (AAAG), has held its Annual Health Fair in Accra, in the Greater Accra Region. As part of the one day event, held at the W.E.B. Dubois Centre at Cantonments, the Association held a free health screening, for its members and the general public. At no fee, members of the public walked in to have screenings for all kinds of diseases and made enquiries from health professionals. Some of the activities were hearing screening, full health and dental screening, chiropractic demos among others. The day served as an opportunity for members of…

By Gifty Boateng A young commercial (trotro) driver who joined the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to chant for the release of the Ashanti Regional chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako has exposed the party. Allegedly, he grabbed a whopping GHc1, 300 for finding himself at the premises of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), where some executive and supporters of the party, had stormed to demand the release of the owner of mining firm, Akonta Mining on Tuesday May 27. Speaking to Joy FM’s James Avedzi, on day 3 of the chairman otherwise known as Chairman Wontumi’s detention, the young man…

By Gifty Boateng The Majority in Parliament has on the day the house resumed from recess boldly declared its intention and commitment to pursue accountability in public office, especially with regards to alleged misconducts. The aim, The New Republic gathered, is to restore public confidence in governance which they see as eroded over the period. Chief on the list is the popular Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL), instituted by the current government, to retrieve moneys and properties acquired wrongly by the previous government officials and their cohorts. “We will also summon Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) for briefings, particularly on…

By Gifty Boateng For some time now, the beleaguered Ashanti Regional chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has been using ill-health as decoy or weapon to delay invitations to report himself to authorities. TheNewRepublic which has been monitoring the politician, with keen interest, for a while, can easily count three of such occasions where Bernard Antwi-Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi used this old trick. He had stated sickness primary as reasons he is unable to attend to one invitation or the other. Aside his case with the EOCO on Tuesday, earlier, he delayed his recent invitation by the Criminal…

By Gifty Boateng Government is set to roll out the Free Senior High School (FSHSs) in private schools, to ease the pressure on public schools. The programme is earnestly going to commence in the next academic year, the government has assured. Deputy Minister for Education Dr Clement Abas Apaak, has indicated that extensive engagements have already been had and stakeholders are committed to the course and eager to implement it. The policy, initiated by the erstwhile government in 2017, was implemented with exclusion of private schools. Because of it free nature, the private schools were hugely abandoned. In the public…