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The Minority in Parliament which demanded that President Akufo-Addo sacks deputy Agriculture minister William Quaitoo over his tribal comment has welcomed his resignation. Minority Spokesman on Communications A. B.A Fuseini told Starr News the move is a positive step. “This is a positive step, and going forward we will see what comes out but at least this points to the ...

The resigned deputy minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has said he left the post in order to bring peace among those offended by his comments. “Thank you all for your kind words. In addition to the sincere apology, I resigned to bring peace among all those who were offended and to save the President and the entire party ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has suspended trading in the shares of Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) with effect from August 30, 2017. The company has failed to meet its continuing listing obligations in spite of several promptings. The obligations are failure to submit financial reports and failure to conduct Annual General Meeting. The suspension of trading in CPC will ...

Popular leisure park at Kumasi, Rattray Park, is slowly dying, as security agencies investigate theft of a USB drive containing operating software for the recreation facility’s dancing fountain. The fountain which is the park’s major attraction has ceased working for over a month, and parts of its component have begun to rust away. Two people have been arrested in connection ...

The Ghana Police service is on the heels of the leader of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Dr Edward Mahama after he failed to honour an invitation to appear before them. The case which is currently before the Kotobabi Police station was brought against the Ambassador-at-Large by the party’s suspended General Secretary Atik Mohammed. Mr Mohammed defied the National Executive ...

The under-fire deputy minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has resigned, a statement from the Flagstaff Hous has said. “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, which takes immediate effect. The President wished him the very best in his future ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has commended Presidential Staffer, Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana for the huge role she played leading to the resignation of her former colleague in government and Deputy Agric Minister, William Quaitoo on Tuesday. Ms Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana, publicly condemned the former deputy Minister’s ethnocentric comment when he described farmers from the ...

A number of Chiefs at Nyinahin and its environs in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region insist that Exton Cubic Group Limited must be the ones allowed to mine bauxite in the area. They have therefore appealed to government to as a matter of urgency settle the impasse between them and the company to allow [Exton Cubic Group] ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the entire membership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the successful conduct of the 25th Annual Delegates Conference held in Cape Coast at the weekend. “The peaceful, orderly and yet lively manner in which the conference, rally and thanksgiving service were held, reinforced our commitment and dedication to the noble goal of ...

Board Members of SSNIT will meet today, August 30, to give approval for the Company’s IT Manager to be sacked for faking the Ph.D. which he used to gain employment there. Caleb Aflalo’s act has been in the news since Monday when it emerged that he presented falsified qualifications to secure the high-level position at SSNIT. The incident has triggered ...