Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has assured lenders that the company is on course to meet its financial obligations in respect of the $1.3billion syndicated loan, in spite of a dwindling crop harvest caused by dry weather and plant disease. “We have shown over the past 25 years that Cocobod is credible and has never ...

The Minister in charge of Public Procurement Sarah Adwoa Safo has stated categorically that her office only exist to advice the President on procurement and not to involve in procurement processes of ministries. “I am the Minister of State, I don’t have a ministry”, she emphasized. Providing clarity on her office she said the minister responsible for Public Procurement exists ...

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has described the attempts to prosecute former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr Stephen Opuni, as an exercise in futility. Some 27 charges, including willfully causing financial loss to the state, have been preferred against Dr Opuni in a case set to be called on 23 March 2018 at the Accra High Court. ...

Former head of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Emile Short has called on Ghanaians to desist from politicising corruption cases. The call comes on the back of claims by the Ashanti regional branch of the NDC that the suit leveled against former CEO of COCOBOD Dr. Stephen Opuni is a political witch-hunt. The Attorney General and ...

The Minority in Parliament has described the suit against former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD as a sign of desperation by the state to hold him accountable for his stewardship. The Attorney General and Minister for Justice Gloria Akuffo has charged Dr. Stephen Opuni and one Seidu Agongo for causing financial loss to the state to the tune of GHC217 ...

The government cannot release public funds to support the John Evans Atta Mills Presidential Library in Cape Coast because the memorial and research facility is a private initiative. The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, told the Daily Graphic in an interview on Wednesday that “this facility is purely a private enterprise to immortalise President Mills, so government cannot commit ...

MyNewsGh.com reproduces an earlier story it carried on September 20, 2017 in which New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyapong warned of dire consequences for his party if it failed to jail former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD and others. Full text of the story is captured below; Controversial lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong wants President Nana ...

Very Reverend Samuel Kwaku Opoku, the Superintendent Minister of the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Bantama, has called on the government to return mission schools to the churches to help improve the upbringing of the children. He said at the time when the schools were being handled by the missions, they inculcated useful virtues, discipline, patriotism and the fear of God in ...

Public Service Management expert and former head of GIMPA Professor Stephen Adei has called on government to hold the head of passports responsible over undue delays in the acquisition of passports in the country. The comment comes on the back of hints by government to issue out passports to Ghanaians at birth. According to the chief Executive officer of Public ...

Maiden family and friends holiday prayer meeting held on independence day 6th March,2018 was a success and a veRyan big thank you to all you supported us and all present. Watch out for the next edition 21st September 2018. Already counting down as preparation in prayer has already began. Share on: WhatsApp