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By Leo Nelson The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has called for a united national approach in tackling illegal mining, insisting that the fight against galamsey must rise above partisan politics. Speaking at the launch of the Patriotic Journalists Against Galamsey (PAJAG), the Minister stressed that the issue threatens the very survival of the country. He warned that politicising the fight weakens national resolve and undermines efforts to protect Ghana’s natural resources. According to him, illegal mining is no longer just an environmental issue but a national emergency that demands urgent and collective action. The Minister…

By Leo Nelson  A growing number of Ghanaians are expressing confidence in the government’s efforts to combat corruption, with new polling data showing that 60 percent believe the administration of President John Dramani Mahama is doing enough to address the issue. The findings, analysed by Mussa Dankwa, Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, are based on a national tracking poll conducted in December 2025. The data reflects a slight increase in public approval compared to October 2025, when 58 percent of respondents shared the same view. “I woke up this morning and saw a lot of posts on ORAL failures which…

How Mahama’s Team turned Gh850m Deficit into Gh1.5bn Assets in just one year By Prince AhenkorahOn paper, the National Investment Bank was already dead.By early 2024, its capital adequacy ratio had plunged to negative 47%. A GH¢850 million hole sat where its capital should have been. Staff morale was so low that employees were quietly updating their CVs, preparing to abandon the 62-year-old institution. The bank’s total assets stood at just 5.8 million cedis a fraction of what a functioning development bank should hold.The Akufo-Addo administration had a solution: get rid of it.What happened next, according to multiple sources with…

Shows Desperation after Cocoa Propaganda FailsBy Prince AhenkorahThe optics were striking. A contingent of Minority MPs, led by Chief Whip Frank Annor-Dompreh, descending on cocoa farms in the Ashanti Region the NPP’s electoral fortress singing, dancing, and hurling insults at President John Dramani Mahama. The occasion? A government decision to reduce the cocoa producer price in the face of collapsing global prices.But beneath the choreographed merriment lies a political class struggling to find its footing against an administration making tough economic choices.In a video that has since circulated widely, Annor-Dompreh crossed lines that even his parliamentary colleagues have occasionally warned…

A former trade minister threatens legal action after being named in the Auditor-General’s special report on the One District One Factory programme. But the banks aren’t confirming the payments either.K.T. Hammond, the combative former Trade Minister, is preparing for a legal showdown with the Auditor-General and the Finance Minister. At stake is his reputation and the credibility of the special audit into the flagship One District One Factory (1D1F) programme.The report, published in 2024, flagged approximately GH¢90.4 million in unpaid interest claims that participating banks could not confirm. Auditors sent confirmation requests to 15 partner banks; only seven responded. Of…

Gov’t long-awaited National Agribusiness Policy heads to Cabinet, promising to end decades of fragmented planning. The hard part translating framework into on-farm reality is only just beginning.Trade Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare used last week’s AgroTech Fair to confirm what investors have been waiting to hear: Ghana’s first standalone National Agribusiness Policy is finally cabinet-ready. The announcement, delivered against the backdrop of local machinery exhibits and start-up pitches, signals the clearest attempt yet to impose coherence on a sector long characterised by disjointed programmes and competing ministerial mandates.The policy, once approved, will reposition the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry (MoTAI) as…

Says Days of Political Cover For Illicit Gold Are Over’ By Leo Nelson In a moment of startling candour that cut through the usual political platitudes, President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that the fight against illegal mining, the environmental scourge, known as galamsey is complicated by the fact that actors within his own political network are complicit. Addressing a delegation from Organised Labour at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, the President laid bare the uncomfortable reality of a clandestine economy that adapts and survives by purchasing protection from whichever party holds power.“And so I don’t kid myself that we…

as Ghana Nears IMF ExitBy Gifty Boateng President John Dramani Mahama has served notice that Ghana’s impending departure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme will be a low-key affair, pointedly distancing his administration from the celebratory excesses of the past. Addressing a presidential dialogue with Organised Labour on Tuesday, Mahama stated that the exit, expected around June, would be marked with nothing more than a formal announcement.In remarks laden with subtext for his own team, the President cautioned against any triumphalism, joking that emerging from a Fund programme should not be equated with completing a prison sentence. “We are…

Former Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Albert Kwasi Zigah, has renewed calls for the creation of additional districts in the enclave, arguing that the area risks remaining under-developed if it continues to operate under a single administrative unit despite its growing population and geographical size. His reflections come amid national discussions on decentralisation reforms following recommendations by a committee chaired by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, which recommended the upgrading of 12 municipalities to metropolitan status and 20 districts to municipal status, with one district also proposed for direct elevation to a metropolis due to strong…

The Ho High Court, presided over by Justice Rosemarie Afua Asante, has slapped the Central Aflao Hospital with a cost of GH¢5,000 for seeking to amend its defence statement late in the case in which the family of a caterer, Linda Adua, 39, has sued the hospital for medical negligence leading to her death. Counsel for the plaintiff, Christian Lebrecht Malm-Hesse, had earlier objected to the application by the defence for the amendment, saying the case had suffered a lot of adjournments, and the timing of the application was unfair and likely to change the course of the case. He…