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I haven’t flouted any rule by supporting Bawumia for president – Annoh-Dompreh
Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has said he hasn’t flouted any rule by supporting Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in the upcoming presidential primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He said his support for the Vice President had made some party faithful to turn against him with unsubstantiated allegations, including destroying billboards of rival aspirants.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh, who is also MP for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, is one of the at least 100 lawmakers, who are backing the candidature of the Vice President, to bear the flag for the party in the 2024 General Election.
He dismissed allegations that he masterminded the destruction of a billboard of another flagbearer aspirant, Kennedy Agyapong, in Nsawam, saying he has no hand in the act.
At a press conference, in Accra yesterday, Mr Annoh-Dompreh explained that the billboard was pulled down by the agency which owns it for the failure of Mr Agyapong’s team to reach financial agreement with it.
According to the Majority Chief Whip, since his declaration to back the Vice President’s bid, he has been the subject of verbal attacks by the Kennedy Agyapong team and on his media platforms.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh said as democrats, the intolerance to other people’s choices does not auger well for the party.
“They should respect my decision. My decision to support the Vice President is not out of nothing. It is based on substantive evidence of what the man can do for our party and this country,” he said.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh said he had the moral and patriotic obligation to ensure that he contributed to the victory of the NPP in 2024.
“I cannot be in the middle. We want to do something that has never been done in the history of the party and country and this would not take ordinary efforts to achieve.
“I want to be part of that history and therefore if I have evidence that there is a particular candidate amongst the lot who can make that history, I can’t hold on to that urge,” he said.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh called on followers of all the candidates in the contest to sell their messages to the delegates and tolerate the views of others.
The NPP goes to polls on Saturday where about 1000 delegates would be expected to elect five of the 10 candidates, to battle it out on November 4, 2023, for the flagbearer slot for the 2024 General Election.
source:Ghanaian Times
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
