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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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Ignore Mahama, He’s a conman – Amewu to Ghanaians
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has described former President John Dramani Mahama as a conman who failed to honour promises his administration made towards the growth of the mining sector. His comments come after the … Read more →
Stop talking like a “toddler” and “kindergarten boy” – Kofi Adams to Alabi
Posted on | CommentNational Organiser of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has asked flag bearer hopeful of the party, Professor Joshua Alabi to stop talking like a “toddler” and “kindergarten boy”.Mr Adams was reacting to comments by Professor Alabi … Read more →
Expect more jobs soon – Finance Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has stated that the government is working assiduously to translate the improvement in the macroeconomic fundamentals into the creation of jobs. “We appreciate the concerns of the people that there are no jobs, … Read more →
RTI bill re-laid in Parliament
Posted on | CommentThe Right to Information Bill has been re-laid in Parliament and expected to go through the normal legislative process for passage. Members of Parliament had earlier unanimously voted to withdraw the bill which was previously laid under a certificate of … Read more →
Data on annual report on presidential office staff positions: Mahama – 39.5% Kufuor – 33% Nana Addo – 10% Mills – 4%
Posted on | Comment-Increase in presidential office staff positions Data on the annual report to parliament on presidential office staff positions to increase in numbers between four and 33 per cent in the Fourth Republic. Pursuant to section 11 of the Presidential Office … Read more →
Ghana looking to sell debt in the 7 pct coupon range – Finance Minister
Posted on | CommentGhana is seeking to issue up to $2.5 billion worth of Eurobonds in the coming weeks with a coupon in the 7 percent range, a rate well below previous sales, the West African nation’s finance minister told Reuters in an … Read more →
Produce evidence or resign – Minority to Mustapha Hamid over 2016 OGM budget
Posted on | CommentThe Minority in Parliament has challenged the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, to produce evidence on his claims that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was allocated GHS3 billion in 2016 for use by the Office of Government Machinery (OGM). … Read more →
Some critics of 988 Presidential Staffers are hypocrites, propagandists – Prof Gyampo
Posted on | CommentDirector at the Centre for European Studies (CES) of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ransford Gyampo, says some politicians criticizing the controversial 988 workers under the Presidency are being hypocrites. He said these critics are motivated by the desire to … Read more →
Full text: Prez. Akufo-Addo’s address at the commissioning of the refurbished Sekondi fishing Harbour
Posted on | CommentIt is with a great deal of pleasure that I join you, this afternoon, to commission the refurbished Sekondi Fishing Harbour. The refurbishment was began by my predecessor in July 2016, and the completion of the project by my government … Read more →
Results: Western Region NPP elections
Posted on | CommentThe Western Region wing of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) voted for their regional executives last Saturday 21st April, 2018 in Tarkwa. Below are the full results of the elections; CHAIRMANSHIP Frank Etti 73 Ben Armah 160 Francis Ndede … Read more →
‘You didn’t inherit 998 presidential staffers, you created them’ – Dr. Apaak
Posted on | CommentA former Presidential staffer, Dr. Clement Apaak, has rubbished claims that a chunk of presidential staffers under Nana Akufo-Addo was inherited from the John Mahama administration. In line with Section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463), the … Read more →
‘Double salaries’ probe not a witch hunt – Majority Leader
Posted on | CommentThe Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has rejected suggestions from the Minority that the recent investigation launched into the alleged payment of double salaries to some officials of the Mahama administration is an act of political … Read more →
Breakdown: Prez. Akufo-Addo submits list of 998 staffers to Parliament for 2017
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has forwarded a list of 998 current staffers and ministers of state at the presidency [Jubilee House] to Parliament for purposes of accountability. The list, which is for the period January 7, 2017 to December 31, … Read more →
Gov’t dismisses remarks by UN Rapporteur about flagship policies not feasible
Posted on | CommentGovernment has dismissed remarks by UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston that its flagship policies are highfaluting but not feasible. Mr Alston had doubted the ability of the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to successfully execute flagship projects like the one-district-one-factory … Read more →
Court places injunction on V/R NPP regional elections
Posted on | CommentBarely 24hours to the governing New Patriotic Party’s regional elections across the country, the exercise in the Volta region has been dealt a massive setback with a Court injunction. A disgruntled NPP Volta regional chairman-aspirant, Kofi Boateng, Friday secured a … Read more →
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