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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it intends to gradually replace its lower banknotes denominations with coins to reduce its cost of printing. “BoG will also embark on a vigorous campaign among road transport workers, market operators, small businesses, supermarkets, vendors and others to create avenues for the usage of the coins including develop infrastructures for coin usage,” the Central ...

Data is safe and no loss of cash or cheques have been recorded after a fire outbreak at VAT House, a substation of the Ghana Revenue Authority at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, caused extensive structural damage to its ICT centre, official sources have said. A formal assessment of the extent of damage is set to begin after a fire ...

Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC National Communication Officer, has indicated that the President’s suspension of the December 17 referendum is a fear of defeat. This, according to him, shows that the NDC and all “No Vote” advocates have won and it is a “collective nationalistic decision to put Ghana first”. Sammy Gyamfi questioned the rationale behind the President’s decision to cancel ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has recommended a complete ban on the importation of rice into the country to secure the local rice industry. According them there was enough local capacity to meet the rice demand of the country and asked all government institutions to patronise local rice. While praising the government for the move to secure the ...

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a Creative Arts Senior High School to be located in Kwadaso, in the Ashanti Region. Cutting the sod on Sunday, 1st December, 2019, President Akufo-Addo stated that “we reaffirm our commitment to the growth of the creative arts industry by cutting the sod for the construction of the very first ...

IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe is of the firm belief that the angst of the “No” vote campaigners in the aborted referendum reflect things Ghanaians are not happy about. In a Facebook post, Mr Cudjoe wrote that even as the government has withdrawn the referendum, they (government) should not think that they are impacting lives as the macro stories are ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama on December 1, 2019, clashed with Rev. Owusu Bempah at the Holy Ghost Revival Center of the Assemblies of God Church, South Odorkor, Accra. Both Mahama and Rev. Bempah had been invited by the Church to grace their 30th Anniversary. The incident happened when Rev Bempah, who had to leave earlier because he had to ...

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The Chamber of Local governance (ChaLoG) says it is disappointed over President Akufo-Addo decision to call off the planned referendum on political parties involvement in local polls. The President in a televised address Sunday announced the cancellation of the referendum over what he says is lack of consensus. “So fellow Ghanaians, it is of deep regret that I have given ...

The Vice President has been accused of having no respect for facts, truth and candour. According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, a former Deputy Minister of Information,  Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s claim that the NDC left no legacy while in government is false. “It is not excusable for a Vice President to set out to tell outrageous falsehoods. The claim that President Mahama has no legacy in ...