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The Director of Passport, Alexander Ntrakwa, has been re-assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The New Director, Emmanuel Enos, takes over from Mr. Ntrakwa effective Monday January 16, 2017. Mr. Alexander Ntrakwa, who assumed office as the Director in August 2014, told Onua News that “my terms ends today Friday and from next week, I will come there but not as the director but just to guide the new director on the handing over”. He said the place is not a political office by people are portraying the place as political one “but it is part of the Ministry of Foreign…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Friday, January 13, 2017 to attend the 27th France-Africa Summit, taking place in Bamako, Mali —his 1st foreign trip as President. The Summit, which is aimed at enhancing the integration process, collective action and cooperation for the common good of participating countries and their peoples, will bring together Heads of State and Governments from some 30 countries. He was accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Ag. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin said in a statement. The first family are expected to return home…

Attendants at the Moree tollbooth in central region are appealing to the police to beef up security there to protect them and revenue collected at the booth. The appeal has become necessary, in the wake of the incessant attacks on some tollbooths and state establishments following a change of government. TV3’s Spencer Boateng and Thomas Vincent Cann who have been following the development at the Moree tollbooth noted that several facilities in the central region have come under attack by persons alleged to be sympathizers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). On Tuesday January 10, some group of persons…

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in Banjul, Gambia, together with the ECOWAS Mediator in the political situation in The Gambia, Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari, for talks with President Yahya Jammeh. President Mahama who is the Co-Mediator left Accra Friday morning, and is expected to be joined by Liberia’s Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and officials of the UN, AU and ECOWAS. The Gambia, following elections last year, is expected to inaugurate a new president on January 19, but President Jammeh who lost and earlier accepted the results of the elections has now rejected the results. The mediators are hoping to strike a…

A member of the governing New Patriotic Party and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has stated that the government’s priority in the first six months will be to stabilise the macro-economic environment. “It is our desire to control inflation, our debt stock is growing; we can’t keep on borrowing, we have to restructure some of the debt so that it gives us some fiscal space to operate within,” told the B&FT. “So, early days, we will be looking at restructuring the debt, trying to stabilise the currency. At least, if it stays stable it helps…

Chiefs and people of Assin in the Central Region have called on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to appoint the MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, as the Central Regional Minister. They argued that the Assin Traditional Area which comprises Assin North, South and Central Constituencies have paid their dues to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) which deserves that they are rewarded with a ministerial position. The Tufuhene of Effutu Akwa Traditional Area in Assin Fosu, Nana Kankam Akomaning, who spoke on behalf of the chiefs and people, told Onua FM’s Ghana Dadwene that they are preparing…

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Thursday January 12, 2017 named 11 more persons to add to the 25 he has nominated to serve in the various portfolios under his administration. Read short profiles of these personalitiesbelow. PROF. GYAN BAFFOUR – MINISTER FOR PLANNING Professor George Gyan-Baffour is 65 years old, and is currently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi. From July 2002 to December 2004 he was the Director General of The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) of the Republic of Ghana where he oversaw the preparation of the first Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (2003-2005) Paper.…

The third batch of ministers to serve under President Akufo-Addo’s government was announced today with 11 persons making the list that included the creation of new portfolios. Giving out the names at the usual press conference at the Flagstaff House, the president maintained that the ministers-designate are equipped with the needed experience to execute creditably in their various portfolios. Below are the new Ministers-designate Minister of Planning (Office of the President) – Prof. Yaw Gyan Baffuor Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture – Catherine Afeku Minister of Information and Presidential Spokesperson – Mustapha Abdul Hamid Minister for Special Development Initiatives…

The Minority in Parliament have accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of largely creating new ministerial positions to satisfy friends. A section of Ghanaians also questioned the need to create ministries such as Sanitation as well as Regional Reorganisation and Special Projects. “It is evidently clear that His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is on a mission to find jobs for the boys,”former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Inusah Fuseini told TV3 in parliament on Wednesday. He also mocked and called the Sanitation ministry as “a ministry for Zoomlion). But some members in the Majority think the new creations were…

Anas Aremeyaw Anas has been retained as the Most Influential Young Ghanaian for 2016 in a ranking poll organised by the reputed rating establishment Avance Media. Anas, the globally renowned investigative journalist, who is also the CEO of Tiger Eye PI has been endorsed as a great source of inspiration for the second year in a row for his impactful works in Leadership and personal pursuit to make the world a better place through investigative journalism. Public votes which drew participation from over 80 countries across the world also endorsed Ameyaw Debrah, West Han United’s Dede Ayew, Valley View University’s…