Author: Insight News

Achieving Ghana’s development goals entails the practical ‘owning’ of the national vision and collaboration with all key stakeholders, and it is therefore imperative that faith-based organisations work hand-in-hand with government to move the nation in the desired direction, Vice President Bawumia has stated. Reflecting on the Conference theme, ‘The Freedom Church: Securing our Future’ at the 2nd Biennial Joint Conference of the East, West and Mid Ghana Conference of the AME Zion Church, Dr Bawumia emphasized the importance of collectively crafting national goals, relying on relevant knowledge and experience. “The Conference theme… is a stirring appeal to each of us…

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, says he has turned down several calls on him to contest the 2024 presidential elections as an independent candidate and he has decided to remain a loyal member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Kennedy Agyapong, who contested the NPP presidential primaries and polled the second highest number of votes was recently seen supporting Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, the 2024 flag-bearer of the NPP on a campaign tour of the Ashanti Region. Mr. Agyapong, speaking to friends and party faithful on Sunday at a ceremony to mark his 64th birthday said his…

In a rather positive and refreshing way to launch the 2024 edition of the Ms. Geek Ghana Competition, Minister for Communications And Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful called for the extension of the initiative which is supposed to end on 2nd July to 18th July, 2024. The Minister in her speech yesterday at the Ghana India Kofi Annan Center of Excellence In ICT asked the event organizers and leaders seeing to the success of the competition to add two more week to enable enough participants prepare adequately for it. The launch venue was left to loud cheers as all those present…

As the 2024 elections approach, former President John Mahama has made headlines with his promise to restore collapsed banks if elected. While his pledge may resonate with those affected by recent financial sector challenges, it is essential to scrutinize Mahama’s track record on financial management, particularly during the DKM Diamond Microfinance Ltd. scandal. In 2015, under John Mahama’s administration, DKM Diamond Microfinance Ltd., a microfinance company based in Sunyani, which was established under his own regime was suspended by the Bank of Ghana for severe regulatory breaches. The company was found to be running a Ponzi-like scheme, misusing customer deposits…

The third accused person in the case of the Republic versus Cassiel Ato Forson and two others, Richard Jakpa, has told Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe’s court that he chose to present portions of his WhatsApp chat with the Attorney General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, that supported his case and not the full complement of his exchanges with the AG. Mr Jakpa made this disclosure when he answered cross-examination questions from the director of public prosecution (DPP) Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa in court today, Tuesday, 18 June 2024. Richard Jakpa according to the DPP sent a total of sixty-eight (68) WhatsApp…

The “Hands Off Our Hotels” demonstration, spearheaded by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has kicked off with protesters converging at the Labadi Beach Hotel. The demonstration, which took place on Tuesday, June 18,2024, aimed to pressure the government into halting the sale of 60 percent shares in four hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The proposed buyer is Rock City Hotel, a company owned by the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong. The hotels involved in this contentious sale include the Labadi Beach Hotel, La Palm Royal Beach Resort, Elmina Beach Resort, and…

Spontaneous scenes of a free-for-all blood-stirring jamboree broke out at Suame Magazine and other parts of Kumasi on Tuesday when maverick politician Kennedy Agyapong showed up in flesh in the company of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, the flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Bawumia Campaign train was on tour of the Ashanti Region when Kennedy flew from Accra to join them on Tuesday. Kennedy’s presence created excitement because there had been speculations that  he was a pained man and would not play any active role in the party’s 2024 campaign. Kennedy contested Dr. Bawumia during the party’s presidential…

Anti-corruption campaigner and Member of Parliament for the North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has been dragged before the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to be investigated in a matter in which he has been accused of breaching Article 98(2) of the Constitution. The said Constitutional provision forbids a Member of Parliament from holding any other office of profit-making unless that Member has been given an approval by the Speaker based on the recommendation of a Committee of Parliament. The Deputy Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu-Bempah  has…

The Chief Executive  of Labianca Company Limited, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh is reported to have passed on in Accra after a short illness. Sketchy reports say she died on Tuesday June 11, about 2 weeks to her birthday which falls on June 24. Ms. Asomah-Hinneh was the representative of the Western Region on the Council of State. She had served as a member of the Board of Directors of the GPHA from 2017 to 2021 As a female entrepreneur and one in national leadership, Ms. Asomah-Hinneh has been a living inspiration to the millions of young women in the Western…

Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has talked against military availability at polling stations during election period which he says creates unnecessary tension which can be avoided by making just the Police Service available for such duties. However, the former Member of Parliament for Nadowli West constituency in the Upper West Region was quick to add that, the involvement of the military can be done when it becomes more of importance or a necessity. Mr. Bagbin made this known in his welcome address to Parliamentarians when they returned to the House from their break yesterday, June 11, 2024.…