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Prez. Mahama orders fuel tax cuts, cheaper transport
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President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
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CHRAJ challenges order prohibiting it from investigating Finance Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has filed an appeal challenging a prohibition order against it in any future investigation of the Minister of Finance (MoF), Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, and his assets. An Accra High Court, on … Read more →
Limited voter registration for referendum ongoing smoothly – EC
Posted on | CommentThe Electoral Commission says the ongoing limited voter registration exercise started off on a good note, with only a few challenges. The exercise which started on Sunday, September 16, 2018, will run through to next week Tuesday, September 25. It is … Read more →
4th Nat’l Policy Summit To Account For Flagship Programmes
Posted on | CommentMinister-designate for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has announced that the fourth National Policy Summit will be dedicated to giving a status update on the government’s flagship programmes. According to him, the summit which is themed “Assessing Government Flagship Programs and … Read more →
NDC fights gov’t over ‘neglect’ of flood victims in N/Region
Posted on | CommentThe opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC), Northern Regional branch has taken a swipe at government over its failure to assuage the plight of victims of recent floods in the region. The cumulative effects of a nonstop downpour and the Bagre … Read more →
S&P rating affirms improved fundamentals – Oppong Nkrumah
Posted on | CommentThe government views Ghana’s recent credit rating upgrade by the international rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, as a marker of improving fundamentals. “It [the rating upgrade] is in our view an affirmation of what we have been touting and arguing for the … Read more →
Ghana Achieves B Credit Rating with a Stable Outlook after almost a Decade
Posted on | CommentGhana’s credit rating has been upgraded from a B- to a B by Standard and Poor’s (S&P), following their recent assessment of the country, and has given Ghana a stable outlook, for the first time in almost a decade. A … Read more →
Massive Exodus Hits PPP In Wa
Posted on | CommentSeven Executive Members of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in Wa in the Upper West region have resigned from the party, citing lack of leadership. The executives from both constituency and regional level of the party said they could no … Read more →
Nana Addo will soon commission more 1D1F projects – Alan
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has said government’s plan to facilitate the construction factories in every district is very much on course. Addressing the chief and people of Gomoa Oyaandze in the Central Region over the weekend, … Read more →
No more IPPs without competitive bidding – Nana Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Energy Ministry and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) not to sign any Independent Power Producer (IPP) agreements without a competitive bidding process. Speaking at the commissioning of a 20-megawatt solar plant at Gomoa … Read more →
Armed Police Dispatched To Chereponi After Chief Stops Voters’ Registration
Posted on | CommentOver 100 police officers armed with riot gears and guns have been deployed to Chereponi in the Northern Region to force-start the limited re-registration exercise in the area after the paramount chief summoned the electoral commission’s local staff and blocked … Read more →
Akufo-Addo Commissions 20MW solar plant
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, September 15, 2018, commissioned a 20-megawatt solar plant, and inspected ongoing works at the Casa de-Ropa Ltd, a “1-district-1-factory” initiative, all in the Gomoa West constituency. Speaking at the commissioning of the 20-megawatt solar plant at Gomoa … Read more →
“Persons responsible for ‘Banking Crisis’ will face the law” – Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Ghanaian people that “those responsible for the sequence of activities that led to the ‘banking crisis’ will face the full brunt of the law if they are found to have broken the … Read more →
Cedi down 26%, not 7% – Minority to Bawumia
Posted on | CommentThe Minority in Parliament (MP) has said that the rate of depreciation of the Ghana cedi in relation to the U.S. dollar, has exposed Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Critics have blamed government policies for the weakening of the cedi against the … Read more →
Vice President Bawumia breaks silence on falling cedi [Video]
Posted on | CommentThe Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government welcomes the debate on the depreciation on the cedi. According to him, the current depreciation of the cedi is not same as a result of the … Read more →
Cedi down just 7%; we’re better managers than NDC – Bawumia
Posted on | CommentVice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the Akufo-Addo government under the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has performed far better in managing the depreciation of the Ghana cedi in relation to the U.S. dollar than the erstwhile Mahama-led National Democratic … Read more →
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