POLITICS

Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says the Government has demonstrated its commitment and support for industries with respect to providing and maintaining stable and cost effective energy through policies and strategies that promote the industrialisation drive of the Akufo-Addo government. Speaking at the inaugural Presidential Business Summit to dialogue on the role of the private sector in Ghana’s Post ...

Former President John Mahama says Ghanaians are incensed by what he describes as the shifting positions of economic experts in government over economic statistics between 2016 and 2021. According to him, while these experts downplayed positive data during his tenure, they seek to make them a point of achievement under the Akufo-Addo government. “Our people are galled by the hypocrisy ...

A member of the three-member committee that probed the disturbances in Ejura, over the killing of protesters after the death of social activist Macho Kaaka, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso has said former President John Dramani Mahama should have waited for the report to be published and know what it contains before asking for payment of compensation to the victims. Dr Antwi-Danso said the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, 16 September 2021, submit a list of nominated Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) to the Minister for Local Government and Regional Re-organisation Dan Botwe. This was disclosed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin in a Facebook post. Mr Dan Botwe, he said is expected to announce ...

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has revealed that ECOWAS tried on several occasions to stop Guinea’s deposed President Alpha Conde from usurping that country’s constitution to seek a third term. Addressing journalists at a Press Conference on Wednesday, Ayorkor Botchwey said claims that ECOWAS stood aloof and failed to prevent Mr Conde from going ahead to change the ...

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah@konkrumah, has said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been working hard at the vision to build a robust private sector led by industry. This comes on the back of the opening of the Presidential Business Summit aimed at deepening dialogue between Government and the private sector, on Tuesday September 14. “President @NAkufoAddo has been working hard at the vision to build a ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured Private Sector players that the Business Compact which will constitute the outcome of the inaugural Presidential Business Summit (PBS) between government and the private sector, will be fully respected and implemented on the side of his administration. The PBS is an annual calendar event organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the ...

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker on Tuesday, 14 September, 2021, inaugurated a seven-member Board of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) to ensure that the business of Gold purchase in Ghana flourishes during their tenure in office. Administering the inaugural address on behalf of the Sector Minister, Mr Duker urged the PMMC Board to ...

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has hit hard at the General Secretary of the ruling party John Boadu describing him as a failure. According to him, Mr Boadu has no right criticise former President John Mahama because he failed to protect his party’s seat in Parliament during the 2020 electioneering. “What I want ...

The Energy Sector is the best performing in terms of revenue contribution to the state, Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) Stephen Asamoah-Boateng has disclosed This, he said, is contrary to public opinion that the energy sector entities are a drain on the state, saying “they are among the best performing, accounting for over 60 percent of ...