President Donald Trump.

  TRUMP: These homosexuals claiming that they have money and mislead presidents in africa as well as threatening them...I won't accept gay groups threatening African leaders ..Africa has its own values...Which Money do gays have...I am a billionaire with money and properties in over 150 countries around the world.I won't allow gays threatening African leaders to promote homosexuality.. I will instead support any africa leader who fight homosexuality...

H.E NANA ADDO FULL SQUAD.

KNOW YOUR MINISTERS/MMCE/PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OFFICIALS


Senior Minister
 Yaw Osafo-Maafo

Sector Ministers


Ministry of Finance
Ken Ofori-Atta
Kwaku Kwarteng
(Deputy minister)
Abena Osei Asare
(MP) (Deputy
minister)
Charles Adu
Boahen (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Environment,
Science and Technology
Kwabena
Frimpong-
Boateng
Patricia Appiagyei
(Deputy minister)



Ministry of Trade and
Industry
Alan John
Kyerematen
Carlos Kingsley
Ahenkorah (MP)
(Deputy minister)
Robert Ahomka-
Lindsey (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Food and
Agriculture
Owusu Afriyie
Akoto (PhD)
William Agyapong
Quaitoo (Deputy
minister)
Sagre Bambangi
(Deputy minister)
George Oduro
(Deputy minister)



National Security
Ministry
Albert Kan-
Dapaah



Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Shirley Ayorkor
Botwe (MP)
Mohammed
Habbib Tijani
(Deputy minister)
Charles Owiredu
(Deputy minister)



Ministry of Youth and
Sports
Isaac Kwame
Asiamah (MP)
Pius Enam
Hadzide (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Energy
Boakye Agyarko
(PhD)
Owuraku Aidoo
(Deputy minister)
Joseph Cudjoe
(Deputy minister)
Mohammed Amin
Anta (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Defence
Dominic Nitiwul
Derrick Oduro
(Maj.) (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of The Interior
Ambrose Dery
Henry Quartey
(Deputy minister)



Office of Attorney
General and Ministry of
Justice
Gloria Akuffo
Godfred Dame
(Deputy minister)
Joseph Dinkiok
Kpemka (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Local
Government and Rural
Development
Alima Mahama
Osei Bonsu
Amoah (Deputy
minister)
Collins Ntim
(Deputy minister)
Kwasi Boateng
Agyei (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Education
Matthew Opoku
Prempeh
Yaw Osei
Adutwum (PhD)
(Deputy minister)
Barbara Ayisi
Acher (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Health
Kwaku
Agyemang-Manu
Kingsley Aboagye
Gyedu (MP)
(Deputy minister)
Tina Mensah
(Deputy minister)



Ministry of Works and
Housing
Samuel Atta
Akyea (MP)
Freda Prempeh
(Deputy minister)
Eugene Antwi
(Deputy minister)



Ministry of Sanitation
and Water Resources
Joseph Kofi Adda
(MP)
Patrick Boamah
(Deputy minister)
Michael Yaw
Gyato (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of
Communications
Ursula Owusu
Ekuful (MP)
George Andah
(Deputy minister)
Vincent Sowah
Odotei (Deputy
minister)



Ministry of Information
Mustapha Abdul-
Hamid
Kojo Oppong
Nkrumah (Deputy
minister)
Ama Dokuaa
Asiamah Agyei
(Deputy minister)
Perry Curtis
Kwabla Okudzeto
(Deputy minister)


Ministry of Roads and
Highways
Kwesi Amoako
Atta
Kwabena Owusu
Aduomi (MP)
(Deputy minister)
Anthony N-Yoh
Puowele Karbo
(MP) (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Railway
Development
Joe Ghartey
Kwaku Agyenim
Boateng (Deputy)
Andy Appiah-Kubi
(Deputy minister)


Ministry of Gender,
Children and Social
Protection
Otiko Afisa Djaba
Gifty Twum
Ampofo (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Employment
and Labour Relations
Ignatius Bafuor
Awuah (MP)
Bright Wireko
Brobbey (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Transport
Kweku Ofori
Asiamah
Nii Kwartei Titus
Glover (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Lands and
Natural Resources
John Peter
Amewu
Benito Owusu Bio
(Deputy minister)
Barbara Oteng
Gyasi (Deputy
minister)


Ministry Monitoring and
Evaluation
Anthony Akoto
Osei (PhD)
William Kwasi
Sabi (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Regional
Reorganization and
Development
Dan Kweku Botwe
(MP)
Martin Agyei-
Mensah Korsah
(Deputy minister)


Ministry of Planning
George Yaw Gyan-
Baffour (Prof.)
(MP)


Ministry of Tourism,
Culture and Creative
Arts
Catherine Ablema
Afeku (MP)
Ziblim Barri Iddi
(PhD) (Deputy
minister)


Ministry of Special
Development Initiative
Mavis Hawa
Koomson (MP)


Ministry of Fisheries
And Aquaculture
Elizabeth Afoley
Quaye (MP)
Francis Kingsley
Ato Cudjoe
(Deputy minister)


Ministry of Chieftaincy
and Religious Affairs
Kofi Dzamesi
Paul Essien
(Deputy minister)


Minister of Inner cities
and Zongo Development
Abubakar
Boniface Siddique
(MP)


Minister of Business
Development Ibrahim
Mohammed Awal


Minister for
Parliamentary Affairs
Osei Kyei Mensah
Bonsu (MP)


Ministry of Aviation
Cecilia Dapaah
Kwabena O.
Darko-Mensah
(Deputy minister)


Minister of State at the
Office of the President
in charge of Public
Procurement
Sarah Adwoa Safo


Ministers of State at the
Ministry of Education in
charge of Tertiary
Education
Kwesi Yankah
(Prof.)


Minister of State at the
Ministry of Agriculture
Nurah Gyeile

Minister of State at the
Office of the President
Brian
Acheampong

Regional Ministers


Ashanti Region
Simon Osei-
Mensah
Elizabeth
Agyeman (Deputy
minister)


Brong Ahafo Region
Kweku Asomah-
Cheremeh
Evans Opoku
(Deputy minister)


Central Region
Kwamena Duncan
Thomas Agyei
Baffour (Deputy
minister)


Eastern Region
Kwakye Darfour
(PhD)
Joseph Tetteh
(MP) (Deputy
minister)


Greater Accra Region
Ishmael Ashitey
Elizabeth Kwatsoo
Tetteh Sackey
(Deputy minister)

Northern Region
Salifu Saeed
Solomon Namliit
Boar (MP)
(Deputy minister)

Upper East Region
Rockson Bukari
Frank Fuseini
Adongo (MP)
(Deputy minister)

Upper West Region
Sulemana
Alhassan
Amidu Ishaq
(Deputy minister)

Volta Region
Archibald Letsa
(PhD)
Maxwell Blagogee
(Deputy minister)

Western Region
Kwaku Afriyie
(PhD)
Eugenia Gifty Kusi
(Deputy minister)

Local government
administration
Metropolitan Assembly
Administrative
subdivision
Municipal Chief
Executive

Accra Metropolitan
Assembly
Mohammed Adjei
Sowah

Kumasi Metropolitan
Assembly
Osei Assibey
Antwi

Secondi/Takoradi
Metropolitan Assembly
Anthony K. K.
Sam

Tamale Metropolitan
Assembly Iddrisu Musa

Parliamentary appointments

Speaker of
Parliament
Aaron Mike Oquaye

First Deputy Speaker
of Parliament
Joseph Osei Owusu
(MP)

Majority Leader
Osei Kyei Mensah
Bonsu (MP)

Deputy Majority
Leader
Sarah Adwoa Safo(MP)

Majority Chief Whip
Kwasi Ameyaw-
Cheremeh (MP)

Government administrative staff
Administrative staff
Offices

Chief of Staff Frema Osei-
Opare

Deputy Chief of Staff Samuel Abu
Jinapor

Secretary to the Cabinet
Mercy Yvonne
Debrah-Karikari

Executive Secretary to the
president
Nana Bediatuo
Asante

Director of
Communications at the
Presidency
 Eugene Arhin

Deputy Director of
Communications at the
Presidency
Fatimatu
Abubakari

National security adviser
Emmanuel
Okyere (Brig.-
Gen.)

National security
coordinator
Joshua Kyeremeh

Director of Research
Victor Newman

Political assistant to the
president and deputy chief
of staff
Francis Asenso-
Boakye

Director of state protocol
Hassan Ahmed

Director of Operations
 Lord Oblitey
Commey

Personal assistant to the
president
Saratu Atta

Presidential staffer
Clara Napaga Tia
Sulemana

Presidential staffer
Charles Bissue

Heads of Institutions
Offices

Director General of National
Communications Authority
Joseph Anokye

Director General of Ghana
Ports and Harbours
Authority
Paul Asare
Ansah

Executive Secretary of
Ghana Free Zones Authority
Michael Okyere
Baafi

Chief Executive Officer of
National Petroleum
Authority
Hassan
Tampuli

Managing Director of Tema
Oil Refinery Isaac Osei
Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana National Petroleum
Corporation
Kofi Koduah
Sarpong (PhD)

Chief Executive Officer of
Bulk Oil Storage and
Transportation Company
Limited
Alfred Obeng
Boateng

Chief Executive Officer of
National Identification
Authority
Ken Agyeman
Attafuah
(Prof.)

Executive Director of
National Service Scheme
Mustapha
Ussif

Deputy Executive Director
of National Service Scheme
(Operations and
Programmes)
Nana Boakye

Deputy Executive Director
of National Service Scheme
(Finance and
Administration)
Gifty Oware-
Aboagye
(PhD)

Executive Director of the
Council for Technical and
Vocational Education and
Training
Fred Kyei
Asamoah

Commissioner General of
Ghana Revenue Authority
Emmanuel Kofi
Nti

Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana National Gas
Company
Benjamin K. D.
Asante (PhD)

Coordinator for the
National Youth Authority
Emmanuel
Asigiri

Director General of Ghana
Health Service
Nsiah Asare
(PhD)

Chief Executive Officer of
Microfinance and Small
Loans Center
Stephen Amoah

Deputy Executive Secretary
of Microfinance and Small
Loans Center
Maame Afia
Akoto

Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana Oil Company
Limited
Kwame Osei-
Prempeh

Chief Executive Officer of
Driver and Vehicle
Licensing Authority
Kwasi
Agyemang
Busia

Chief Executive Officer of
Public Procurement
Authority
Agyenim
Boateng Agyei

Director General of National
Disaster Management
Organisation
Eric Nana
Agyeman-
Prempeh

Deputy Director General of
National Disaster
Management Organisation
Abu Ramadan

Chief Executive Officer of
Food and Drugs Authority
Delese Mimi
Darko

Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana Export Import Bank
Lawrence
Agyinsam

President of Creative Arts
Council
Mark Okraku
Mantey
Director of Creative Arts
Council
 Gyankroma
Akufo-Addo

Secretary of Creative Arts
Council
 Bibi Bright

Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana Forestry
Commission
Kwadwo Owusu
Afriyie

Deputy Commissioner of
National Commission for
Civic Education
Kathleen Addy

Chief Executive Officer of
Ghana Tourism
Development Company
Kwadwo
Odame Antwi

Other political appointments
Office

Special Independent
prosecutor of
government
Akoto Ampaw

Chief of Defense Staff
Obed Akwa (Major
General)
Chief of Army Staff
William Azure
Ayambo (Major
General)

Inspector General of
Police of the Ghana
Police Service
David Asante-
Apeatu

Board Chairman of
Ghana Infrastructural
Investment Fund
Christopher
Ameyaw Akumfi
(Prof.)

Board Chairman of
Millennium
Development Authority
Yaa Ntiamoah
Badu (Prof.)

THE 2017 BUDGET.

OUR TAX RELIEFS

• The 1% special Import Levy ABOLISHED 
• Kayayei Market Tolls ABOLISHED 
• 17.5% VAT/NHIL on financial services ABOLISHED 
• 17.5% VAT/NHIL on selected imported medicines, that are not produced locally ABOLISHED 
• 17.5% VAT/NHIL on domestic airline tickets ABOLISHED 
• 5% VAT/NHIL on Real Estate Sales ABOLISHED 
• Replaced 17.5% VAT/NHIL with 3% flat rate for traders 
• Tax credits and other incentives for businesses that hire young graduates from tertiary institutions 
• Tax incentives for Youth Enterpreneurs 
• Duty on imported Spare parts ABOLISHED 
• Corporate Income Tax to be progressively reduced from 25% to 20% in 2018.

OUR BANK SECTOR INITIATIVES 

• ESLA to accommodate all the existing legacy debts for the banking and the private sector 
• Ensure revenue streams from ESLA are appropriately used to guarantee steady cash flow for the payment of all corresponding debts 
• Increase the banking industry's minimum capital requirements and strengthen the licensing and regulatory framework 
• Introduce risk capital requirements in addition to the minimum capital requirements 
• Enhance enforcement of single obligor limits for commercial banks to minimize systemic risk 
• Support mobile money and mobile banking businesses to enhance and expand financial inclusion 

OUR CAPITAL MARKET INITIATIVES 

• Realization of gains on investments in securities listed on the GSE exempted for 2 years 
• Two years Stamp Duty Exemption for financial services industry to enable recapitalization 
• Encourage companies to list a predetermined percentage of their shares on the GSE as part of the local content policy 
• Divest SOME Government Shares in selected SOEs to ensure efficient use of public assets 

OUR SPECIAL INITIATIVES 

• Rollout National Identification Scheme 
• Provide Stimulus Package for existing distressed companies of the National Industrial Revitalization programme
• Provide National Digital Addressing System for lands and properties to improve ownership data for efficient delivery of services 
• Expand National Coverage of the E-Service Portal to ensure efficient service delivery 
• Local Content Policy 
• National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Programme
• 1 million dollar 1 constituency

KEY GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS JOBS CREATION 

• One district One factory 
• One village One dam
• Planting for food and jobs
• Water for All projects 
• Sanitation projects 
• Zongo Development Fund
• Free Public Senior High School 
• Re-institution of Allowance ( Nurses and Teachers )
• One million dollar One constituency 
• National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Programme

FREE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 

• Starts September 2017
• Budgeted Amount - GHc400m

ONE DISTRICT ONE FACTORY 

• To start 2017
• Over 350,000 direct and indirect jobs to be created 
• Budgeted Amount - GHc456.3m
• To provide 216 medium to large scale factories in each districts 
• To be driven by the Private Sector 

ONE VILLAGE ONE DAM

• To start 2017, to ensure all year round farming and food security 
• Budgeted Amount - GHc94.5m
• Small to Medium Scale irrigation schemes to be identified and rehabilitated e.g. Torgorme irrigation scheme 
• IWAD to increase irrigation acreage at Yagaba by 413Ha 
• Complete Phase Two of Akumadan irrigation Project in 2017.

PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS CAMPAIGN 

• To start 2017
• All citizens encouraged to farm 
• Government to make available 

1. Seeds/Seedlings 
2. Fertilizer 
3. Extension services
4. Marketing 

• Expected to create 750,000 jobs in both direct and indirect employment 

ENERGY/ POWER SECTOR 

• Excise duty on petroleum ABOLISHED 
• Special Petroleum Tax Rate reduced from 17.5% to 15%
• National Electrification Levy reduced from 5% to 3%
• Public Lighting Levy reduced from 5% to 2%

RE-INSTITUTION OF ALLOWANCES ( NURSES AND TEACHERS )

• Teacher and Nursing trainee allowances to be restored in September 2017 
• 49,032 Teachers Trainees across 43 Public colleges of education to be benefited 
• 69,707 Trainee Nurses to benefit 
• Budgeted Amount - GHc252.2m

LOCAL JOB CREATION 

• Employ 30,764 in 154 Rural communities in climate change intervention 
• 40,000 Youth to be trained Cocoa farming 
• 50,000 Youth to be employed in rehabilitation, replanting mass spraying and fertilizer application
• 750 jobs to be created from the fisheries nucleus out growers scheme 
• COCOBOD pollination project to employ 30,000 Youth

MACRO ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR GROWTH AND JOBS 

• 3.6% GDP growth to 6.3%
• 15.4% inflation rate to 11.2%
• 8.7% Fiscal Deficit to 6.5%
• 6.6% current Account Deficit to 5.9%
• Foreign Reserves: 3.5 months of import cover to 3.6 months 

State Of the Nation's Address ( SONA ) 2017.

                                        By:   H.E Nana Addo Dankwa

POST-INAUGURATION VIOLENCE
“Wrongdoing has no political colour, and I do not subscribe to the lawlessness of political party supporters simply because their party has been elected into office. When those incidents began, I instructed the then Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor, to apply the law, irrespective of political affiliation, to all lawbreakers. This instruction was also carried on to his successor, David Asante Appeatu. Both of them acted upon it, which helped to bring the situation under control.”

“It appears these events were predicated on some concept of equalisation, as they happened in 2009, and were repeated again in 2017. I condemn all such conduct, and I call on all political parties, especially the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, to ensure that this is the last time such undignified acts occur during our periods of transition.

His Majesty King 👑 Mohammed VI.

His Majesty King Mohammed VI, of the Kingdom of Morocco, on Thursday, February 16, 2017, arrived in Ghana for the commencement of a 3-day official visit. It will be recalled that the King’s proposed earlier visit, originally scheduled for January 18, 2017, was postponed.

The visit, which is aimed at deepening the existing, cordial relations between Ghana and Morocco, will also present the two countries with an opportunity to define new areas of co-operation that would serve their mutual interests.

On Friday, February 17, President Akufo-Addo will hold bilateral talks with King Mohammed VI, before hosting him to an official lunch at the Presidency.

King Mohammed VI will depart for Morocco on Saturday, February, 18, 2017.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA 🇬🇭.

“FREE SHS TO COMMENCE FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR” – PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that his government “will fund the cost of public Senior High Schools for all those who qualify for entry from the 2017/2018 academic year onwards.”

Spelling out the details of policy, “so that no one in Ghana is left in any doubts”, President Akufo-Addo explained that “by free SHS, we mean that, in addition to tuition which is already free, there will be no admission fees, no library fees, no science centre fees, no computer lab fees, no examination fees, no utility fees; there will be free textbooks, free boarding and free meals, and day students will get a meal at school for free.”

H.E Nana Addo Dankwa

 

When God says Yes, who can say No? When God says you'll be, who can say you won't? When God opens the door for you, who can close it? Yes indeed, Nobody can turn what God says down. God knows the best and He also knows the right time for every human being, I can see that there is no hurry in life, in God's own time He makes things new and beautiful.

BEFORE THE ELECTION.

John Dumelo

I have been insulted, threatened with death,accused wrongly, framed up and thrown at with stones. I have had endorsement deals canceled and business deals sabotaged . My crime; I support the Ndc. That's my only crime.