New Patriotic Party

As part of that, we'll be looking at... public sector workers to get 9% pay rise in 2027, 10% in 2028.

And the question is, are workers better enough? And also, Kofor backs five years presidential term despite NPP opposition.

So these are the two topical issues we'll be looking at this morning.

Let me introduce my guests, then we get into the issues.

I have seated right here in the studio with me Mr. Kofi Monaco.

He is the NPP communications team member and also Honorable Eric Bate.

He is the NDC communications team member.

Good morning to you gentlemen and you are welcome to the Ghana Talks breakfast show.

Quite obviously, we are not in government because the people were not happy with us.

That may sound as an unusual admission, especially from a politician, but it is true that Ghanaians were unhappy and they punished the new patriotic party NPP at the ballot box.

Yes, but Alexander Afinyomarkin also describes that defeat as a perfect storm rather than a failure of governance.

So which is it? Was the NPP simply caught in difficult circumstances or did Ghanaians reject the way the country was being governed?

I can say on authority that since 1993, when we gave birth to the fourth republic, every single social intervention program that runs in government.

was introduced by the MPP, my

And now from the opposition benches.

Mr. Afenyo Makin is attacking the Mama government over jobs, taxes, illegal mining, the private sector and even free speech.

Right, so let's do some more stories because in the Ghanaian publisher, NPP seeks Supreme Court ruling on presidential term.

The New Patriotic Party has dragged the Attorney General to the Supreme Court seeking an authoritative interpretation of the 1992 Constitution provisions on presidential term limits.

in a suit filed july 28 2026 the opposition party is asking the apex court to establish whether the constitutional ceiling of two presidential terms apply cumulatively irrespective of whether the terms are served consecutively or interrupted by a period out of office the action was filed by the party's lawyer godfrey debo adame and his sixth declaration on the meaning and applications of article 58 266123 of the constitution I don't think the Supreme Court's interpretative jurisdiction is triggered in this matter.

Because in a long line of cases, the court has always said that it is not an advisory court.

He is in the presence of Mr. Nicholas Wilson Akumeni.

He is the NPP Greater Accra Communications team member.

We'll be having Mr. Mohamed Alhassan.

He is the NDC Communications team member.

You can't say anything concerning that.

Thank you so much Mr. Nicholas Wilson Akumeni.

He is the NPP Greater Accra Communications team member and he has joined us right here in the studio to look at some interesting topical issues that are making waves in the news.

At this juncture, we'll be delving into the issue for discussion.

The association says formalizing unlicensed mining activities could help bring more miners into the legal framework, strengthen regulatory oversight, protect the environment, and safeguard the livelihoods of thousands of Ghanaians who depend on small-scale mining.

In a statement signed by its president, Michael Kojo Pipwa, the association expressed concern over the New Patriotic Party's opposition to the formalization approach abided by the Ghana Good Board.

It challenged the NPP to present what it considers a better alternative to addressing illegal mining, popularly known as galamse, arguing that criticizing the policy without proposing workable solutions would do little to resolve the persistent problem.

The association said Ghana had made efforts to regularize small-scale mining since the introduction of the PNDC law on small-scale mining in 1989 under former President Jerry John Rawlings.

But it looks like they are in support of it.

Right.

So the concerns raised by the new patriotic party is that let's go by the initial plan which was ending Galamse.

But now it looks like we are pampering the issue, we are bringing in more policies and it doesn't look like we are serious about fighting the fight against Galamse but rather we are pampering it and now we want to make money or make it business out of it.