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• Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has criticised the government’s Free SHS program • Kennedy Agyapong has said that her comments were baseless and unfortunate • He also accused Professor Opoku-Agyemang of leaving behind huge debt as Education Minister Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has hit back at former Education Minister, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang over her criticism of the government’s Free Senior High School program. Kennedy Agyapong said...

VIDEO: Man Fingered In Ahmed Suales Murder Denies Link

Galamsey: Another

Amidu in a statement to react to claims on Accra-based Oman FM and a publication by the Daily Guide Newspaper to the effect that he [Amidu] was in charge of prosecuting the MPs found culpable of taking double salaries but failed to prosecute them before leaving office, described the allegation as "a politically-inspired propaganda against my integrity, which sought to link my resignation to the failure or refusal of this irredeemably corrupt government for four whole years to deal with ...

In a statement to react to claims on Accra-based Oman FM and a publication by the Daily Guide Newspaper to the effect that he [Amidu] was in charge of prosecuting the MPs found culpable of taking double salaries but failed to prosecute them before leaving office, he described the allegation as "a politically-inspired propaganda against my integrity, which sought to link my resignation to the failure or refusal of this irredeemably corrupt government for four whole years to deal with the...

Graphic Online BY: Caroline Boateng 705 In the past week, Ghanaians have got to know that key political elements are sabotaging efforts at ending the pillaging effects of galamsey, directly or indirectly. At least, Mr Kennedy Agyepong, Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, stated that much, on one of his shows, the Hot Seat. Additionally, at a Regional Consultative Dialogue on Small-Scale Mining in May 2021, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, in comments before his speech, said the Ashanti Regional Min...

Graphic Online BY: Enoch Darfah Frimpong 30.5k Shares 705 The vociferous Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong has named someone he alleges was involved in the death of the journalist, Ahmed Hussein  Suale. In a television interview with Adinkra TV in New York, on Monday [May 24, 2021], Mr Agyapong said the suspect [name withheld] was a resident in the Ashanti Region. He asked the security agencies to pick him up as part of their investigations into the case. Mr Agya...

  The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, it may be recalled won a court case against outspoken Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, after the latter accused him of engaging in galamsey in 2018. Kennedy Agyapong accused Mr. Baako and investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas of engaging in galamsey using a company called C & G Aleska Company Ltd. Mr. Baako who was unhappy with the allegation sought legal redress and won....

  Former Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Small Scale Mining, Mr Charles Onuawonto Bissue, has revealed that there are top politicians from the circles of both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) hell-bent on frustrating the efforts at clamping down on illegal mining popularly known as Galamsey.   According to him, throughout his tenure at the mainstream taskforce against the Galamsey menace, he rejected a lot of jui...

  The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources will soon table proposals before Cabinet to reform the countrys mining industry. Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, the sector Minister, who said this at a media briefing in Accra on Wednesday, said the reforms would focus on amending the laws regarding the licensing, issuance of permits, sanctioning and enforcement regimes in the mining sector. "In a matter of weeks, we will go before the Cabinet with a set of proposals for amendment and reforms in the mining...