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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

Date of Birth: 29 March 1944
Place of Birth: Swalaba, Ghana


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Ofori-Atta claims big win

Concluding this lengthy debt-restructuring in early 2024 is vital to rebuild the reputation of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's government on economic management...


The economy will tilt the election

On 7 December Ghanaians are due to elect a successor to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in what is shaping up to be a tight race between Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and former President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress...


No case for the prosecutor

Adu Boahen was sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in November 2022 and referred to the OSP for investigation after he was recorded telling undercover journalists from Anas Aremeyaw Anas's Tiger Eye PI investigative organisation that Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia could be paid US$200 000 as an 'appearance fee' for a meeting with investors (Dispatches 14/11/22 Treasury team in disarray as finance minister faces probe and his deputy is sacked)...


Questions on electioneering budget

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's success in securing the return of enough MPs from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to push through the 2024 budget by 138 to 136 votes on 8 December has done nothing to silence growing critics of the government's strategy...


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Vice-President Bawumia wins ruling party presidential ticket

As Vice-President to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for two terms Bawumia will have to work hard to exonerate himself from blame for the current crisis in which the government has written down much of its domestic debts and agreed a US$3 billion loan deal with the IMF...

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Government stonewalling on corruption comes under fire

Questions about political bias and conflicts of interest are being raised by the double-hatted post of Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice currently held by Godfred Dame a protégé of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (AC Vol 64 No 6 Fights over debt and public spending are shaping the election campaign)...

Outgoing Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah was lauded by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but castigated by the opposition National Democratic Congress for his handling of their appeal against the results of the 2020 elections...


The ruling party could benefit from its IMF U-turn

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo told the Qatar Economic Forum on 24 May that the IMF deal would help Ghana reposition its economy bring down interest rates and manage public spending...


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