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We don’t receive ex-gratia; only back pay – Judges

The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG) has denied and described as “false” and “malicious” claims that Superior Court justices are paid ex-gratia. Recently, Article 71 office holders have come under public scrutiny following the refund of ex-gratia payments by Togbe Afede, who had served as a Council of State Member. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi ...

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Save TOR from collapse – IES tells Akufo-Addo

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene to rescue the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) from folding up. The IES said TOR is at the moment saddled with huge debts, poor management and other challenges that must be tackled immediately. A statement issued by IES on Thursday June 16 said “While the ...

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Food prices high but there’s maize glut unlike in 2016 where Ghana fell on Niger for supplies – Dep. Agric minister

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Yaw Frimpong Addo, has described as false, reports that there is food shortage in the country. He said unlike in 2016 where there was a shortage of maize and Niger became a supplier of the staple to Ghana, the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs has reversed that trend. He said there ...

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Kwesi Botchwey’s damning verdict on current economy

Former Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Professor Kwesi Botchwey says Ghana’s current economy is showing semblance of what pertained in the early 1980s. That period witnessed one of the hardest times including a near famine in the country. Speaking at the launch of ‘The Children of House No. D13, South Suntreso Kumasi’, a book jointly authored by the Ahwois, ...

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Ghana first country in the world to implement bank-wide mobile money service – Bawumia

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday, 15 June 2022, launched the GhanaPay mobile money service, the first bank-wide mobile money service by universal banks, rural banks, as well as savings and loans companies to individuals and businesses. The service, which operates like the existing mobile money service, also has additional banking services, and is opened to everyone with access to a ...

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Asante Kotoko must fight to reclaim lost African glory – Herbert Mensah

Former Asante Kotoko Board Chairman Herbert Mensah has challenged the current playing body to fight to reclaim the club’s lost glory in the African Football. The Porcupine Warriors have booked their place in CAF’s elite competition the Champions League following their 2021/22 Ghana Premier League success. In a congratulatory message to the club, Herbert Mensah advised the playing body to ...

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Asset declaration: Inusah Fuseini advocates vigilante organisation to ensure compliance

A former member of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini has appealed to Ghanaians to push for the establishment of a Public Vigilante Organization to ensure government officials comply with the asset declaration regime of the country. The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency in the Northern Region was of ...

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English Premier League fixtures released: Man City away to West Ham, Liverpool at Fulham, Forest at Newcastle

Champions Manchester City face West Ham away on the opening weekend of a 2022-23 Premier League campaign that will include a mid-season break for the World Cup in Qatar. There will be no top-flight games after the weekend of November 12-13 until December 26, because of the World Cup. The first fixture takes place on Friday, 5 August when Crystal ...

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