President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has kept quiet on the ongoing issues surrounding the National Cathedral project because he has been embarrassed by the revelations, North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said. Asked whether he is surprised that the President has not spoken on the matter, while speaking on the New Day show with Johnnie Hughes on TV3 Tuesday June ...
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AfDB names Jacques Edjangue as Ag Veep, People and Talent Mgt Complex
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jacques Edjangue as Acting Vice President, People and Talent Management Complex, effective 20th June 2022. Edjangue, a Cameroonian national, is currently Acting Director of the Human Resources Management Department, and also Director of the Language Services Department. A thought leader, Jacques has broad and diverse experience within the ...
Read More »Duffuor takes ‘Ghanaian Dream’ to Trekume Basic School
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance under the erstwhile NDC government of President John Evans Atta Mills, has intervened to support the renovation of a dilapidated basic school in the Anloga district of the Volta region in line with his Ghanaian dream of seeing every child in Ghana go to school under the best learning and teaching conditions. His intervention ...
Read More »Punish assailants of journalists severely – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has called on judges to punish with speed and severity, perpetrators of attacks on journalists irrespective of their social status and political affiliations. According to the minister, who also doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region, this is urgently required to stem the tide of ...
Read More »Ghana’s economy bad – Boakye Agyarko
The Ghanaian economy is in a bad shape, former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has said. In his view, the country must admit that and then strategise to get out of the current situation. Mr Agyarko told Accra-based Asempa FM in an interview that: “The economy is not in a good place”. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s ‘private’ cathedral sidelines Dag, ex-Presby Moderator; it’s ‘drowning in sea of naked lies’ – Ablakwa
North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said: “Incorporation documents I have obtained from the Registrar General exposes another false claim contained in the 7-page June 17, 2022 press release by the National Cathedral Secretariat and signed by Executive Director, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah”. The opposition lawmaker said: “Contrary to the information provided in the said press statement (see page 5) ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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