Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will this Thursday, 24 March 2022, announce decisions taken by the government to address the recent economic challenges facing the country. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below; This was disclosed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 22 March 2022 at the Jubilee House. Mr Ofori-Atta will also be ...
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My gov’t not ‘impotent’ at solving economic crisis – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government is not unable to tackle the economic crisis buffeting Ghana currently. Addressing a meeting with the Council of State at the Jubilee House on Tuesday, 22 March 2022, Mr Akufo-Addo said: “It is no secret that our economy is going through difficult times”. “It is also no secret that we are not alone ...
Read More »Soaring inflation, fuel price & transport fares cause business confidence to fall by 9.6% – BoG
The Bank of Ghana has said its business and consumer confidence surveys conducted in February 2022, revealed “a softening of sentiments with business confidence declining by a greater extent”. It said while consumer confidence dipped by 0.7 percentage points, business confidence declined by 9.6 percentage points. The central bank Governor Dr Ernest Addison said at the Monetary Policy Committee’s 105th ...
Read More »Reviewing FSHS: Mahama vindicated – Apaak
Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, believes former President John Dramani Mahama has been vindicated by the government’s likely decision to review the flagship policy, Free Senior High School (SHS). To him, though it is not too late, it has been long overdue since the policy is a good one, except that it has ...
Read More »Ghana ramps up interest rates in shock move to slow inflation
Ghana’s central bank raised interest rates by the largest margin in a generation on Monday in a bid to slow rampant inflation that threatens to create a debt crisis in one of West Africa’s largest economies. The Bank of Ghana raised its main lending rate by 250 basis points to 17%, the biggest hike in more than 20 years, signalling ...
Read More »Water transport: key to reducing traffic jams and promoting tourism
Everyone is in a hurry to someplace under the scorching African sun. Suddenly, vehicles begin rolling to a halt. Exhaust fumes from anile trotro engines filling lungs. Eardrums of weary commuters not being spared from the bash of claxons by impatient drivers. A looming gridlock it is, yet it is not even Christmas. Yes! This is just another frustrating day ...
Read More »Agric minister receives Canadian Minister for Int’l Dev’t
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Tuesday, March 14, 2022, welcomed a Canadian delegation led by the Minister for International Development, Harjit S. Sajjan, to The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana. The Canadian government has been investing in the Agricultural sector of the country through a whole range of initiatives by our long-standing relationship, thus, the purpose of the visit ...
Read More »Sark, Stonebwoy, Kwabena Kwabena confirmed for ‘Accra in Paris Concert’ in France
The return leg of the ‘Paris in Accra’ concert dubbed ‘Accra in Paris’ (AIP) set to hold in France has been slated for April 23. Ghanaian acts Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, and Kwabena Kwabena have so far been confirmed to thrill music lovers at the highly-anticipated show. Likewise, their French counterparts Passi and Orti are gearing up to thrill the crowd on ...
Read More »Cedi fall: Sack BoG Governor – Exporters, Importers tell Akufo-Addo
The Association of Importers and Exporters of Ghana has implore President Nana Akufo-Addo to sack the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison over the depreciation of the cedi against the dollar and other major international currencies of trade. At the BoG’s recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting, Dr Addison said: “Gross International Reserves at the end of February ...
Read More »Onzy Nkrumah files injunction against CPP Chair from performing her duties
The Vice Chairman of the Conventions People’s Party (CPP) Onzy Kwame Nkrumah has filed an interlocutory injunction against his party Chairperson Nana Frimpomaa Sarpong Kumankuma seeking to stop her from performing her leadership duties. The application filed by the son of Ghana’s first President Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is seeking for six reliefs. Onzy Nkrumah per his statement of claim ...
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