Author Archives: larryehu

NPP constituency youth organizer-hopeful resigns, renounces membership

A Constituency youth organizer hopeful of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Asuogyaman,Osagyefo Kwaku Aboagye has resigned and renounced his membership of the party stating that the party is “unattractive, unsupportive and divisive to the youth”. In a resignation letter dated April 19,2022 and addressed to the constituency chairman and the Regional executives, Osagyefo Kwaku Aboagye said “I write ...

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Serwaa Broni: Robbery claims against National Security disturbing – Ablakwa

North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the Minority will invite Serwaa Broni as part of their investigations into her claims against President Akufo-Addo and some officials of the national security. He said the Minority is nonetheless uninterested in the alleged affair between her and the President. “We don’t care about the moral issues and who slept with who. The ...

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Sell SOEs to private sector for better mgt – Kwame Pianim

A renowned economist, Kwame Pianim is calling for the outright sale of some State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to the private sector as part of the measures to mobilise revenue for the government. According to him, many of the SOEs which have become less vibrant to the state needs to be sold to maximize profit in the wake of the economic ...

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It’s illegal to price, advertise, pay in foreign currencies – BoG warns

The Bank of Ghana has reminded the public that it is illegal for companies, institutions and individuals to engage in foreign-exchange business without a licence issued by the central bank or price, advertise, receive or make payments for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana, without written authorisation from the regulator. Such violations, according to the BoG, are punishable ...

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Dep. Fin. Min. sues Kweku Baako, New Crusading Guide for defamation over Dubai embassy demolition

Deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei-Asare has sued the editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jr, as well as his newspaper and one other journalist for claiming she had something to do with the demolition of a building at Roman Ridge. The story was headlined: ‘Dubai embassy demolishing spree, minister and husband fingered’. The paper first broke the story ...

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NABCo has no exit plan – UG lecturer

An Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebo Turkson, has noted that the government’s Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) programme is a good policy but does not have an exit plan where the beneficiaries will have permanent jobs after years of service to the nation. According to him, the claim by the government of Ghana ...

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