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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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Attorney General directs further police investigation into ‘Delta Force’ case
Posted on | CommentTHE Attorney General’s Department has directed the police to conduct further investigation into the case in which 13 members of a group calling itself the ‘Delta Force’, are being tried in a Kumasi Circuit Court. They are alleged to have … Read more →
Gov’t settles on 2 banks as joint energy bond managers
Posted on | CommentGOVERNMENT has appointed Fidelity Bank and Standard Chartered Bank as Lead Managers for the issuance of the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) backed long-term bond to resolve the energy sector legacy debt. The legacy debt owed by State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) … Read more →
Local firms urged to form partnerships to enjoy gov’t incentives
Posted on | CommentCaptains of industry are encouraging local partnerships in order to benefit from government’s industrialization incentives. President of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I, is among those pushing for local business partnerships. At a breakfast … Read more →
Ghana is land of opportunity for private capital – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPRESIDENT Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that his government has put in place reforms, over the last five months, which involve fiscal responsibility and discipline, addressing corruption and unresponsive bureaucracies, focussing on the productive sectors of the economy, and improving the … Read more →
Supreme court orders Auditor General to retrieve ‘looted’ state cash
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has ordered the Auditor General to, with immediate effect, begin surcharging persons found to have misappropriated monies belonging to the state. The seven-member panel of justices, presided over by incoming Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, did not give … Read more →
Exercise full authority over public finances – Prez. Akufo-Addo to Parliament
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged Parliament to exercise full authority over public finances. “I belong to the group that feels strongly that our Parliament should be able to exercise full authority over our public finances,” he stated. The … Read more →
NDC supporters to John Mahama – ‘You are our candidate for 2020’
Posted on | CommentIf what took place at the Ashaiman Mandela Park last Saturday, June 10, 2017 is anything to go by, then the clear favourite of NDC supporters to lead the party into the 2020 elections is Former President John Mahama. First … Read more →
‘I don’t regret accusing Akufo-Addo’ for Major Mahama lynching – Asiedu Nketia
Posted on | CommentThe General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, also known as General Mosquito, has denied ever rendering an apology to President Nana Akufo-Addo for saying he must be held responsible for the lynching of … Read more →
Kweku Baako vows to release “dirty” files on Mrs. Rawlings
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings appears to have brought more troubles for his better half with his recent “sermon” on corruption as Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide; Abdul Malik Kweku Baako is threatening to make public “stinking’ dossier … Read more →
Chief Justice nominee interview rescheduled for 16th June
Posted on | CommentThe Appointments Committee of Parliament has brought forward the scheduled public hearing on the nomination of Supreme Court Judge Sophia Akuffo as Chief Justice. Akuffo JSC will be interviewed on Friday, June 16 instead of Monday, June 19. According to … Read more →
Rawlings praises NPP consistency
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings has stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been consistent in holding onto its values. He said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) – the party he founded and led for a long time … Read more →
One-village, one-dam to start after rainy season – Veep Bawumia
Posted on | CommentVice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the people of northern Ghana that the government’s ‘One-village, one-dam’ programme will commence after the current rainy season. He explained that it was not prudent to construct dams in the rainy season and, therefore, … Read more →
Adwoa Safo supports women groups with GH¢50,000 interest-free loan
Posted on | CommentMember of Parliament for Dome/Kwabenya, Lawyer Sarah Adwoa Safo, has gone to the aide of her constituents by giving out soft loans totaling GH¢50,000.00 to various women groups, mostly, traders. Over one hundred women in the constituency were each given … Read more →
$1m, 1 Constituency money ready for disbursement – Minister
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry for Special Development Initiatives has disclosed that the $275 million to be disbursed to all constituencies across the country is ready. The sector Minister Hawa Koomson, explained that 70 percent of the $1 million dollars for each constituency, … Read more →
“Assume responsibility for your country’s transformation” – Prez. Akufo-Addo to African leaders
Posted on | CommentThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished African leaders to assume responsibility for the transformation of their economies, and depart from the mindset of aid, dependency and charity and handouts. According to President Akufo-Addo, “If we, … Read more →
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