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Gov’t settles on 2 banks as joint energy bond managers
Add a 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 →
Gov’t has saved GH¢612m by debt re-profiling – Finance Minister
Add a CommentThe move to re-profile the country’s debt has saved the nation GH¢612million, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, has said. “Our potential savings on domestic interest cost and therefore the creation of fiscal space currently stands at GH¢612million. Part of the … Read more →
Gov’t to pay teacher trainee allowance in September
Add a CommentThe scrapped allowance for teacher trainees across the country is to be restored by September this year, government has announced. Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, who revealed this said the government is busily working on the … Read more →
Gov’t unshaken by petition over bond issue – Oppong Nkrumah
Add a CommentThe Akufo-Addo government remains unflustered by the petition to Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the possible conflict of interest in the $2.25 billion bond issue. In a Citi News interview, a Deputy Information Minister, Kojo … Read more →
Govt pick-up Mitsubishi double cabin pick-up sold for GH¢1,000
Add a CommentThe Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament yesterday grilled officials of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and an auctioneer to the ministry for grossly contravening the auction laws and auctioning 24 vehicles to mostly staff of the ministry … Read more →
Stop blaming me – John Mahama to gov’t
Add a CommentThe Special Aide to former President John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari has denied claims that former President John Dramani Mahama is planning against the implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy of the Nana Addo led government. In a … Read more →
Gov’t to pay NHIS providers by May
Add a CommentThe government has announced that it will pay all amounts owed providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the end of April, 2017.Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, who revealed this at the ministry’s annual summit in Kumasi on Wednesday, … Read more →
Gov’t cancels Opuni’s GH225m contract
Add a CommentA contract worth GH¢255 million awarded by the John Dramani Mahama administration for the supply of farm inputs to cocoa farmers has been cancelled by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo upon the advice of the newly inaugurated Board of Ghana … Read more →
Osafo Maafo, Freddie Blay, 38 others sue gov’t
Add a CommentForty former Members of Parliament (MPs) have sued the government for GH?233,495 each, being their accrued monthly pension pay since January 2009. The amount being claimed works out to GH?13,735 per person per month, but interest accrued during the 85 … Read more →
Produce report in 1-week – Gov’t to Marwako Management
Add a CommentThe Employment Minister has directed managers of Marwako Fast Food to produce a report over an alleged assault of a female worker within a week. Ignatius Baffour Awuah told the media Tuesday the report of the company would assist the … Read more →
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