POLITICS

Deputy Finance Minister-designate John Kumah has conceded that the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) introduced by former Finance Minister Seth Terkper during the Mahama administration, has been helpful to the Akufo-Addo government in clearing a lot of energy sector-related debts. Now known as ESLA PLC, the company’s key objective is to resolve the energy sector debts. Speaking to Nana Yaw ...

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has pledged the government’s support to the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) towards scaling up a technology developed by the institution to purify water bodies polluted through illegal mining activities. He said the discovery of that technology was a major boost to the government’s quest to restore the ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong has charged journalists to projects opportunities within their regions in order to attracts investors to invest in these regions. According to him, journalists should develop a conscious culture beyond holding duty bearers accountable and pointing to the ills in society to projecting local economic opportunities in a way that will attract investors to harness these ...

The minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the Akufo-Addo government had to embark on extra borrowing in order to get the Ghanaian economy functioning despite the harsh impact of COVID-19. He said the media must play a role in reminding Ghanaians about the devasting impact the pandemic has had on the world economy and the need to work with ...

Government has detailed five measures as part of efforts aimed at rebounding the Ghanaian economy and set it back to its previous growth trajectory. This was outlined by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta at a press briefing in Accra on Sunday May 9, 2021. According to the Minister, government is working to re-energize key sectors of the Ghanaian economy ...

The National Women Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hannah Bissiw. says the party will not be ‘diplomatic’ in the 2024 elections. According to her, their decision to be civil and cooperating resulted in their defeat in the 2020 polls. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat Wednesday, the former lawmaker said the party believes that but for ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has emphasized government commitment to support the work of journalists in Ghana. The Minister said this on Wednesday May 5, 2021, on a three-day tour of the North East, Upper East, Northern, Savannah and Upper West Regions to engage with journalists. The tour forms part of government’s efforts in taking inputs from relevant stakeholders ...

A delegation from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult (AFESC), the research and consultancy firm of Jospong Group of Companies and Sanitation giants, Zoomlion, are in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to understudy that country’s waste management system and good environmental and sanitation practices. The visit will enable the delegation to learn at first hand how those ...

The National Chairman of the ruling NPP Freddie Blay says the #Fixthecountrynow protestors on social media are mostly members of the opposition NDC. He however noted that people are within their rights to protest adding that government is in the act of fixing the country. He told Starr News “it’s a democratic country, you can have an opinion, maybe most ...

The Osafo Maafo-led 2020 Elections Review Committee that was set up by the NPP to review the party’s performance in the 2020 General Elections, on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, presented its final report to the leadership of the party at the NPP’s national secretariat, Accra. Presenting the report on behalf of the 9-member Committee, the chairman of the Committee, Mr ...